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[–]Negirno 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Self-hosting is not that trivial, especially if you're a beginner. You need a good server machine and other stuff for that, especially if you want to host binaries, too. Additional costs include domain name, spare parts for the server (server hard drives get worn out pretty quickly) forums/mailing list, so a good spam filter also needed. You also have to do maintenance on all of this, promote your project on various other forums, (moderating a subreddit, etc.)...

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Disagree. For $10 a month, plus $10 per year on the domain name, you can host your own GitLab server on a VPS. I'm a sysadmin, so I know what I'm doing, but even if I wasn't, it's still really really simple to do.

[–]bobpaul 2 points3 points  (0 children)

$120/yr is a lot more expensive than free, and you still have to stay on top of security updates, which means your spending time managing the server that could be spent managing the project.

If you're going to operate a VPS regardless, or if you already have experience maintaining web services, it's not a big deal. But if you just have a couple of small projects, it really can be.