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Re: Gogs, an alternative to Gitlab

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Post by alex_hitchins » Mon, Mar 16, 2015, 2:25 PM UTC

klaruz wrote: post #31

Why do I rarely see Gitblit talked about as an open source alternative to GitHub? It does a lot: http://gitblit.com/features.html , including a well thought out ticket workflow: http://gitblit.com/tickets_overview.html It's also very easy to install, since it only needs a JVM. I started using it after getting frustrated with Gitlab's install process on RHEL (a year ago), and I used Gitolite before that. Gitblit has b…

I haven't seen Gitblit before - thanks for the mention. I will check it out and see if it offers me any wins over GitLab.

Re: Gogs, an alternative to Gitlab

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Post by maratd » Mon, Mar 16, 2015, 2:27 PM UTC

solutionyogi wrote: post #37

Why are they not dogfooding? If they will use Github to develop Gogs, the potential audience may think why they should not use Github itself. I am not trying to put them down, it's very difficult to dog food when your product is in its early state but their page suggests that they already support Issue Tracking. I think it is in a state where they can use Gogs to develop Gogs. This will ensure that they work on those…

> If they will use Github to develop Gogs, the potential audience may think why should I not use Github itself?

Because you have to pay for private repos and pay even more to host your own deployment?

Re: Gogs, an alternative to Gitlab

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Post by dordoka » Mon, Mar 16, 2015, 2:29 PM UTC

izacus wrote: post #10

I use Gogs on my Synology NAS for personal use and I love it. Mostly because it's so easy to setup and deploy - cross-compiling the binary for ARM was simple, after that it was just a matter of SCPing it to the NAS itself. It's not as feature rich as other options, but it does it's job well.

Care to share how did you get it working on Synology? Thanks very much.

Re: Gogs, an alternative to Gitlab

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Post by Mahn » Mon, Mar 16, 2015, 2:29 PM UTC

ctvo wrote: post #21

What's the value of hosting your own Github alternative as an organization / company? Do people have on-premise requirements and don't want to pay for Github enterprise? I assume most start-ups don't and 25 USD for 10 private repositories isn't going to break the bank.

> What's the value of hosting your own Github alternative as an organization / company?

Despite Github maturity not everyone is comfortable hosting their own code at someone else's host. Github could get hacked, employees could copy your code, etc. Github Enterprise can help with these concerns, but it's expensive.

Re: Gogs, an alternative to Gitlab

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Post by mikewhy » Mon, Mar 16, 2015, 2:32 PM UTC

alkonaut wrote: post #32

Still looking for a good locally deployable github alternative that has decent issue tracker (i.e. youtrack/jira/tfs level of customization and planinng support) AND pull request support. Are there any? Is this it?

I haven't used it before, but Gitlab does offer JIRA integration[1][2]

[1]: http://doc.gitlab.com/ee/integration/jira.html

[2]: http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/integration/external-issue-tracker....

Re: Gogs, an alternative to Gitlab

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Post by duiker101 » Mon, Mar 16, 2015, 2:32 PM UTC

maratd wrote: post #42

solutionyogi wrote: post #37

Why are they not dogfooding? If they will use Github to develop Gogs, the potential audience may think why they should not use Github itself. I am not trying to put them down, it's very difficult to dog food when your product is in its early state but their page suggests that they already support Issue Tracking. I think it is in a state where they can use Gogs to develop Gogs. This will ensure that they work on those…

> If they will use Github to develop Gogs, the potential audience may think why should I not use Github itself? Because you have to pay for private repos and pay even more to host your own deployment?

also, they might be using github because it's already open to the wide audience that might want to contribute.

Re: Gogs, an alternative to Gitlab

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Post by maaaats » Mon, Mar 16, 2015, 2:36 PM UTC

solutionyogi wrote: post #37

Why are they not dogfooding? If they will use Github to develop Gogs, the potential audience may think why they should not use Github itself. I am not trying to put them down, it's very difficult to dog food when your product is in its early state but their page suggests that they already support Issue Tracking. I think it is in a state where they can use Gogs to develop Gogs. This will ensure that they work on those…

To be fair, Gogs is about having your own, possibly private to a company, Git service. Github is about collaboration. Most people wanting to contribute to this are probably already on Github.

Re: Gogs, an alternative to Gitlab

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Post by technomancy » Mon, Mar 16, 2015, 2:39 PM UTC

Maybe it isn't fair, but every time I see "...written in X" tacked on the end of the tag line, I assume it's a very immature product. If the implementation language is that high on the list of things potential users might be interested in, it's usually a sign that they've got a ways to go.

Re: Gogs, an alternative to Gitlab

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Post by rpcope1 » Mon, Mar 16, 2015, 2:39 PM UTC

Rafert wrote: post #8

What experiences do people have with http://phabricator.org/ ? It's not a GitHub clone but it does seem very complete, possibly replacing Jira and Stash if you're into the Atlassian ecosystem.

I like it much much better than Gitlab, and find it's real good alternative for Atlassian's stack. I've been nothing but pleased with it and I've deployed it a number of places now. The biggest thing is that everything is integrated (i.e. it plays well together, unlike trying to graft Redmine + Gitlab or other combos), and that installation and upgrade is comparatively painless. The sense of humor is also an added plus.

Re: Gogs, an alternative to Gitlab

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Post by dewey » Mon, Mar 16, 2015, 2:39 PM UTC

solutionyogi wrote: post #37

Why are they not dogfooding? If they will use Github to develop Gogs, the potential audience may think why they should not use Github itself. I am not trying to put them down, it's very difficult to dog food when your product is in its early state but their page suggests that they already support Issue Tracking. I think it is in a state where they can use Gogs to develop Gogs. This will ensure that they work on those…

They don't support issue tracking yet. Not really something you'd want for the development process.