Forgejo, Codeberg, Gitlab, or self-host.
should be pointed out that codeberg is just a hosted and branded instance of forgejo (nothing wrong with it just pointing it out)
Gitlab
GitLab vs Codeberg, go!
No experience with Codeberg, personally. My team switched to GitLab at work a few months back and it’s been excellent. They are plenty of features to love, but the better CI/CD support and private package repositories were the deciding factor for us.
GitLab: a lot of cool features, well-integrated, polished. Downsides: resource hog, open-core model (some features locked behind a paid license when self-hosting)
Forgejo (the thing that powers codeberg): it’s federated & lighter on resources usage. Downsides: some features still missing/in development
Codeberg (and Forgejo in general) is the nicest code forge I have ever used.
GitLab has horrible UI/UX. Is slow as hell and so heavy that self-hosting is a strain on compute resources. The layout of the sidebar makes finding what you care about slow.
Forgejo is slick as hell, very light on resources, and does virtually everything GitLab or GitHub does. Looks pretty much identical to GitHub with a clean coat of paint, but the UI runs so much faster in the browser.
The only downside to Codeberg and Forgejo is having to roll your own CI actions.
Forgejo makes migrating projects such a breeze too. You can transfer everything you have on GitHub in under 10 minutes. Forgejo is also working on implementing the ForgeFed spec, which will enable federated projects where people on other instances can create issues and otherwise interact with your project.
Seriously try out Forgejo with a couple projects, there is nothing you will miss about GitHub.
Thanks so much for the detailed response!
I was already on both GitLab and Codeberg actually, but now I feel confident moving entirely to Codeberg. ❤️
You wouldn’t happen to have tried SourceHut as well, have you?
Never tried SourceHut, but it definitely seems lightweight from browsing repos hosted on a SourceHut instance. UI is different from other code forges to say the least.
Codeberg for sure! I only just made an account on it, but I’m planning to use it :)
Blender developers moved from Phabricator to their own Gitea instance, about two years ago now. They worked to bring some features to Main that were missing apparently (can’t tell you which), and as far as I can tell it seems to be functionally identical.
Around how long ago was this? IIRC Forgejo is a fork of Gitea.
Almost 3 years now : https://code.blender.org/2022/07/gitea-diaries-part-1/
- https://codeberg.org/ for personal or small FOSS project
- https://gitlab.com/ for more complex projects (requiring issue tracker, CI, deploy, etc…)
I just migrated my personal projects to Codeberg (and sent a donation their way too!). As soon as I update the origins on my servers I’ll be deleting my GitHub account.
The one FOSS project I contribute to was already being hosted on GitLab to begin with. And my work just announced we’ll be migrating to GitLab as well.
Today is a good day
Self host or hosted? Self host: forgejo, soft-serve, gitea, bare repos on a server
Hosted: codeberg, gitlab
Want to mention tangled.sh
I created an account, but then realized I could use my existing bluesky account that’s registered to my own PDS. Intriguing.
It is isn’t it? I hope to see the these kinds of alternatives being the main way we interact with each other, Instead of billionaires controlling the very system the majority of earth’s population relies on. I wonder how the Martians are doing (not a reference, just wanted to say that lol)
Chatgpt lol
I deleted my 13 year old Reddit account and I am so glad I did. They started banning me for the most ridiculous things. I am very vocal about the Israeli genocide and just using the word genocide, was enough for them to temporarily ban me. They follow a zionist agenda and they censor voices that are against genocide. I don’t have to talk about Spez, everyone already knows what type of person he is.
My last ban was for “Fostering and promoting race based hate and violence”.
My comment resulting in the ban, I believe was “Fuck ICE and anyone who aids that white supremacist gestopo. Fight them via any and all means necessary”.
I appealed, and the ban was upheld.
You didn’t say a wrong word. On the same hand they allows WorldNews and Conservative scum to facilitate hate and incite violence. Reddit deserves to die.
Apparently, ICE is “all white people” I guess.
You could self-host GitLab, though if you’re looking for exposure it’s probably not the best.
I think the GitLab CEO said something dumb recently
BURN HIM AT THE STAKE!!!
Got a source on that? The co-founder just stepped down from the CEO role recently, due to cancer. If his replacement is shady, I’d like to know.
I think Forgejo with federation will take over in another 10 years. Microsoft and others will be forced to copy it similar to meta and bluesky corporate options adding federation.
Forgejo/Codeberg is also a non-profit cooperative so there should sustainability of mission there.
Gitea?
I’m OOTL. What’s happening with GitHub?
In a one word… Enshittification
movement of jah people
What’s jah people?
It’s a reference to Bob Marley’s Exodus
Github now reports to Microsoft’s AI division directly
Ew
Is that true?
Microsoft bought GitHub like back in 2017.
I knew that part and assumed they were training on repos, but I didn’t know they linked them so directly internally. Like this is the most important asset. Train on every push kinda thing.
Yep… It was all over mastodon the other day when the CEO quit!
Yeah, and don’t forget they work with ICE
Codeberg
git.gay is also a cool git host
Idk sounds kinda gay
Ok my deleted message was: “Saying gay as a synonym for bad or weird is homophobic.”
But I’m not really sure if it is in the context you were saying in, this could be taken as a stance in terms of making fun of people who say gay as a synonym for bad or weird. In which case it is totally ok to be mean to homophobes.
I’m kinda confused is this homophobic or not?
To be gay is absolutely completely 100% fine. But it’s also, like, really gay. Does that help?
Stop already, you’re gonna break their brain.
I think they were just making a joke because git.gay.
As in, not as bad or weird but more making fun of the homophobic “it’s gay” argument that used to be used.
I do the same thing with my spousy occasionally. We’re gay as hell, so it’s funny as shit when I stroll by their room and just say, “Gaaaaaaaay~”. Lol.
I just had a pretty intense argument with my friends about this and we ultimately came to the same conclusion as you pretty much.
They want everything to be public with an open source license fwiw
Damn, thanks for linking that report. I have appreciated devault’s work for almost a decade, this is a good reminder that just because someone’s public actions align with my values does not automatically mean they are infallible nor should they be canonized.
Well shit. I will still self-host sourcehut because it’s so cool from a technical standpoint, but now with disgust for its author
I’ve been self hosting but various projects have moved to codeberg. I like Savannah as it’s more old-school but it’s a bit selective about projects.
