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Gitea: Open source, self-hosted GitHub alternative

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Re: Gitea: Open source, self-hosted GitHub alternative

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Post by tekstar »

Currently for private repos I just have a dedicated account on my vps that uses git-shell with a few scripts for creating and listing repos. I've scaled it to include a few friends using Linux groups for shared access.

Might look at switching to this though as it looks quite a bit more featureful but still simple to maintain

Re: Gitea: Open source, self-hosted GitHub alternative

#43

Post by grinsekatze »

mcny wrote: post #12

I would like to see a full-fledged docker installer something to the effect of the discourse installer that I can put on something like digital ocean or my own machine, handles https in an opinionated way (let's encrypt), and integrates with popular email services like sendgrid or mailgun (with generous free tiers).

I have made a tool with which I can easily deploy and backup/restore dockerized web apps. Configuring and deploying gitea (or any other service I integrated so far) only takes a couple of minutes. Services are run behind an nginx reverse proxy container and Let’s Encrypt certificates are automatically issued if you choose so during config. The only requirement is docker.

I have been using it for about a year and recently put it on github, because I found it useful enough to share.

You an find it here https://github.com/chaosbunker/dockerbunker

Maybe not exactly what you are looking for, since I am not familiar with the discourse installer, but maybe interesting for someone? I’m happy about some feedback, since I never actively shared this until now.

Re: Gitea: Open source, self-hosted GitHub alternative

#45

Post by lobo_tuerto »

tekstar wrote: post #42

Currently for private repos I just have a dedicated account on my vps that uses git-shell with a few scripts for creating and listing repos. I've scaled it to include a few friends using Linux groups for shared access. Might look at switching to this though as it looks quite a bit more featureful but still simple to maintain

If that's the case, you might as well have a look at gitolite: https://lobotuerto.com/blog/how-to-setup-your-own-private-gi...

Re: Gitea: Open source, self-hosted GitHub alternative

#46

Post by laurent123456 »

Arg0naut wrote: post #11

Just started trying out Gogs. How come Gitea felt the need to fork it?

Gitea seems more active as there's more people working on it:

Gogs: https://github.com/gogits/gogs/graphs/contributors

Gitea: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/graphs/contributors

(switch from one tab to the next to see the difference)

Re: Gitea: Open source, self-hosted GitHub alternative

#47

Post by lobo_tuerto »

Quick comparison from GitHub stats and READMEs:

Gogs: 24,564 stars, 602 issues, has a features list. https://github.com/gogits/gogs

Gitea: 5,971 stars, 733 issues, doesn't have a features list. https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea

Gogs features (from README):

    Activity timeline
    SSH and HTTP/HTTPS protocols
    SMTP/LDAP/Reverse proxy authentication
    Reverse proxy with sub-path
    Account/Organization/Repository management
    Add/Remove repository collaborators
    Repository/Organization webhooks (including Slack and Discord)
    Repository Git hooks/deploy keys
    Repository issues, pull requests, wiki and protected branches
    Migrate and mirror repository and its wiki
    Web editor for repository files and wiki
    Jupyter Notebook
    Two-factor authentication
    Gravatar and Federated avatar with custom source
    Mail service
    Administration panel
    Supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite3, MSSQL and TiDB (via MySQL protocol)
    Multi-language support (29 languages)
If anything, Gogs seems like a more polished product just by going through the README.

Gitea with all its 2+ maintainers can't take care of that?

It's hard to do a comparison without that list. Are users expected to install and find out?

Re: Gitea: Open source, self-hosted GitHub alternative

#48

Post by gsich »

gsich wrote: post #22
matte_black wrote: post #2

How do I pronounce it when introducing it to co-workers, Git-tea or Gityea?

As a native German speaker: git is not spoken with English pronunciation, so Gitea, also without English pronunciation.

Downvotes show that this is the right way to pronunce it.

Re: Gitea: Open source, self-hosted GitHub alternative

#49

Post by vanderreeah »

nimbius wrote: post #39

devops sysadmin here. I started with gitlab about a year ago and can honestly say I wish I had taken gogs/gitea instead. The main problem for me is gitlabs utter dearth of somewhat counterproductive features. Git LFS support is almost a cruel joke in gitlab as git operations under the hood now take inexorably more ram to complete. In turn im rewarded with more traditional RCS programmers asking why git has problems w…

Pedantic notice: an utter dearth of counterproductive features would seem to be a good thing rather than a problem.
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