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Isn't GitLab doing the same thing?
GitLab could definitely have been a bit more original with the name, but actually the UI is very different from GitHub. Which has its pros and cons, of course.
Getting a few private repositories on GH is $7/month.
It'll cost me more than that for a server, not to mention the time setting up and managing.
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.
Reasons for hosting your own:
- Billing is complex as it has to pass through multiple departments; - Most code never makes it out of the company (I sincerely hope); - Configuration files and sensitive data sometimes ends up in repositories, especially with young projects.
So GitHub for big, released stuff and internal repositories for small projects and as a developer sandbox.
Hi, GitLab CEO here. Installing GitLab should take only 2 minutes with the Omnibus packages available on https://about.gitlab.com/downloads/ Upgrading GitLab is as simple as: sudo gitlab-ctl stop unicorn sudo gitlab-ctl stop sidekiq sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create sudo dpkg -i gitlab_x.x.x-omnibus.xxx.deb sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure And we're working very hard to make sure this is a flawless, uneventful & borin…
Hi, GitLab CEO here. Installing GitLab should take only 2 minutes with the Omnibus packages available on https://about.gitlab.com/downloads/ Upgrading GitLab is as simple as: sudo gitlab-ctl stop unicorn sudo gitlab-ctl stop sidekiq sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create sudo dpkg -i gitlab_x.x.x-omnibus.xxx.deb sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure And we're working very hard to make sure this is a flawless, uneventful & borin…
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.
We run Gitlab at work. It's a bit slower than Stash, but other than that I really love it. Lots of features, and they are easy to use. Upgrading to the newest version has always been simple. Only gotcha we have had is the timeout of the workers, which meant that some large repositories would be impossible to clone. After adjusting the timeout everything was fine. Although a bit more caching would be in order to speed…
"a bit slower"? My experience with Gitlab was terrible. It's unbearably slow especially when I try to create a relatively large pull request for review. The pull request comparison tool is not very smart either. Often times I have a big chunk of false change detection. Maybe I was doing it wrong, but I just don't see any advantage of it over the like of Github and Bitbucket.
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.
I wrote up an essay of the three key things that every Git server should have, features that if are missing cause users to decided to look around for alternatives. And you are right, "Written in X" is not on that list. http://benjamin-meyer.blogspot.com/2014/10/so-you-want-to-bu...
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.
Long ago I had asked github if they would offer a size-based account (e.g. $10/month for 1GB of unlimited repos) but they don't. So Gitlab works really well for me.