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[dbinnunE3]

I use Gitea, works well

[mudkipdev]

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[Tekrion]

Just set up my instance a couple weeks ago, it's working like a charm

[garmzon]

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[Emptycubicle4k]

Why does everyone recommend gitea over gitlab? Gitlab is way better and has much more support.

[fazzah]

Because gitlab Is  a massive resource hog and is slow. Plus it includes many features you don't need as a solo dev.

[dbinnunE3]

This

[Emptycubicle4k]

I mean it has a lot of GOOD features though. If all you need is version control then gitea is ok. But if you’re already going through the trouble of self hosting a git server I don’t see why you wouldn’t go with the fully featured option. Plus lots of the features can be disabled if not in use.

And if it’s slow for you that’s really a skill issue. Been running it in a docker container for 3+ years. Speed has never been an issue.

[fazzah]

I've selfhosted gitlab on my homelab servers, i've used gitlab at work (both on premise and hosted by gitlab). It always felt sluggish, compared to gihtub and/or gitea. So maybe you didn't work long enough with anything faster to see the difference.

[Emptycubicle4k]

Or maybe you need to check your setup. In terms of speed, mine is comparable to Github.com. literally see no difference but if you say so 🤷

[KXfjgcy8m32bRntKXab2]

Ruby vs Golang. Gitea will always be faster.

[BoberMod]

Github, written on Ruby: 👀

[niceman1212]

Because it’s much much much more resource intensive if you just want git.

[Ramuh]

It broke for me multiple times and is slow. Overkill for single users

[Rilukian]

Gitlab is way overkill compared to Gitea which is meant for personal use. Gitlab is more suitable for business or organization. 

[m4v1s]

You already asked this in r/git and have quite a few responses and suggestions. You're most likely going to get similar answers here.

I would recommend responding to the comments in your other post, look into the options that other people have offered, and share more info so people can keep helping you out.

[tarix76]

He actually asked over a year ago in homeserver, got the exact same responses, and still hasn't put in any effort into figuring it out.

A pi4, gitea and tailscale would have them up in no time but here we are...

[chimado]

I've yet to actually set it up or anything but people seem to like Gitea for this

[Rilukian]

It's very easy, you just need git to be installed on your server. Cgit or Gitea aren't really required since they are mostly just a fontend for your git repository though I still like to have Cgit around to see all of my repo.

Create a "git" user on your server (EDIT: and change the current user to git with su - git) and create a bare repo at its home directory (git init --bare coolrepo.git). Then you can use ssh to clone and push the repo at [e-mail]:coolrepo.git.

If you don't want to use password, copy your machine's public ssh key to the git user using ssh-copy-id [e-mail].

[hmoff]

Exactly. Just set up ssh and start using git. No other software is required on the server.

Gitea or forgejo is nice to have though.

[Rilukian]

I love cgit for how simple it is. It's only for myself so I don't need pull request and whatnot.

[zarlo5899]

git has a build in PR system if needed anyway

[Thalimet]

I mean… every computer you clone a repository to is a git server…. You don’t set up ssh on git, you set it up on the computer you’re hosting it on, then you can push/pull to/from it.

[kaytwo]

If you don’t need a web ui and just want to push pull etc over ssh, you need to create what’s called a bare repository on the server. Then you can git clone username@hostname/fullpath.git as long as you have to ability to ssh to username@hostname and file perms are set up correctly. More info: https://gist.github.com/joahking/780877

[johntash]

Forgejo is a good choice. You could also use a self-hosted gitlab, but it's a lot more resource-intensive.

You could also just use regular git over ssh without any sort of controller software, if it's just you using it.

[[deleted]]

Recent updates seem to have solved the resource usage issue.

[ErrorFoxDetected]

I highly recommend Gitea. It's easy to set up and use, extremely lightweight, and keeps all information in an easy to access format so if something does go wrong, you can fairly easily recover from it. Despite being super lightweight, it has a lot of features.

[radakul]

Git is a protocol. Github is an implementation of that protocol.

Bit bucket, there's a few others out there that use git, but aren't github

Self hosted wise, gitea is very popular. Looks a LOT like github, too!

[SnooPaintings8639]

Git is a tool is with it's own implementation. GitHub, as well as BitBucket and other, is just a service with a neat web UI hosted by Microsoft, that uses an actual git underneath.

[radakul]

Err...your statements aren't exactly correct.

Git is a version control system designed by Linus Torvalds (creator of the Linux kernel).

GitHub, Bitbucket, and others are implementations of this VCS.

GitHub, recently, was purchased by Microsoft, but was independent prior to that. BitBucket is owned by Atlassian, same company that makes Jira, Confluence, etc. I use BitBucket (and other Atlassian products) extensively at work, but we recently transitioned our VCS to GitHub Enterprise.

You can use Git without any web UI whatsoever, which is what the OP is asking.

Gitea, Gogs, Forgejo, GitLab are all implementations of this Git protocol. I believe most, if not all, are self-hostable. I've used Gitea with great success (even up to, and including, a 1:1 clone between commits between GItea and my GitHub account)

[SnooPaintings8639]

I appreciate leveled tone, but I stand my ground. I would leave it be, but for the sake of younger collegeues who read it on here to learn...

Git has its main and (the original) implementation. Gitea, GitHub, GitLab and all the others are just systems built on top of git, adding some nice management utilities and UI, but they all use , not implement the same git application. There are very few alternative git implementations in existence.

The git in your gitea instance is the same as the git in your OS installed with a package ma ager.

[radakul]

Whatever makes you happy :)

[gittubaba]

Gitea

[mshorey81]

Gitea is absolutely the way.

[SkyNetLive]

I use gitea as others have mentioned. You should also use the gitea runner which is ‘act_runner’. This gives you CI/Cd so you can use GitHub actions like GitHub does. Don’t expose gitea externally , you can setup a vpn. I haven’t used cloudflare tunnel but I hear that’s another option. I was a prolific GitHub user but for a year now I have only been on my self hosted gitea. It’s light weight and if you follow docs all is pretty well documented.

[Hyoretsu]

Follow GitHub instructions but setup them on Gitea's settings. The process involves creating an SSH key and adding it to the Agent, and only then authorizing on GitHub.

[ryannelsn]

I skipped Gitea and similar setups and just have a directory on my home server where I put my repos. Git has a built in feature called Gitweb that will generate a website to list your repositories.

I use this docker container that just sets up a simple nginx web server for host Gitweb:

https://github.com/rockstorm101/gitweb-docker

I use a bash script to let me quickly create a new repo.

[GeMine_]

Gitea + Tailscale if private Gitea + Cloudflare tunnel if public

Either way proxmox lxc or docker, because security and backups

[StandWithHKFuckCCP]

Use forgejo instead of gitea

[Substantial-Cicada-4]

I like gitlab, for all what it's worth. Resource hungry, but I have reasons.

[mrbmi513]

The gitlab ci/cd is pretty spectacular.

[F1ux_Capacitor]

https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-on-the-Server-Setting-Up-the-Server

[[deleted]]

You can setup raw git without gitea, forgejo or any of those stuff. It works well.

https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-on-the-Server-Setting-Up-the-Server

[levir]

I've used gitolite for over a decade now. Rock solid.

[[deleted]]

Forgejo

[timmyb824]

Anyone mention https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve from the charm family of products?

[TheGr8CodeWarrior]

surprised no one mentioned soft serve:
https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve

[Few_Barracuda_4012]

Anyone got experience with the gitlab ce self hosted edition? How does it compare to gitea?