Proud GitLab self-hoster here (for private projects). I'd love for someone to beat GitHub. The hard part is going to be replacing the discoverability and the network effect. I find GitLab to be a superior product, technically, but it doesn't matter much in the face of GitHub's momentum as the incumbent 800 lb gorilla.
this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2024
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The previous gorilla was called Sourceforge and it's still cowering in the corner.
We're just waiting on the next young gorilla to step up and make a challenge.
git ≠ github
git is fine
you can even self-host a git server, no problem
Is this really an unpopular opinion? I feel like with the ever-spreading enshittification, which spreads to GitHub as well, distancing from big tech products is becoming the new normal.
The vast majority of open-source projects are still hosted on GitHub, so yes, it’s an unpopular opinion.
Yes still a really big amount of people are using github
There should be like a federated gitlab for this to be a feasible replacement imo.
What type of stuff are you looking to be shared? Git itself is already distributed. Issue tracking and wikis?
Yep that would be really good
Codeberg gang.
Yeah codeberg seems to be really good.
I'll be honest, in not sure I follow the security or privacy arguments.
I do get saying you don't want to give fodder or leverage to a company that at best is neutral to the interests of the average developer, has a terrible track record and already has far to much sway.
I agree, I am not sure if I am ready to make the move myself, but I have ADHD and this post may be just the motivation I need. I am using GitHub as glorified private git server, so the move shouldn't be too difficult. Any recommendations are welcome (thinking of codeberg at the moment)!
Aside from price, I have aspirations of open sourcing stuff this year so some issue tracking and CI/CD features would be appreciated (thought not necessary).
Edit: It seems codeberg is non-commercial, but there is a host for forgejo that seems interesting (https://gna.org/).
(I started a rant about self hosting, then realized it's completely irrelevant but I had already written it, so continue at your own risk)
IMO self hosting is not an option unless you are a sysadmin or somehow have a tonne of relevant experience.
I used to self-host GitLab, one weekend after about a month of being off my hobby projects I tried to login and the service wasn't available. At first, I panicked, I didn't know when my last backup was, but it was a while. In the end, my host was performing scheduled maintenance and a few hours after GitLab was running again, but that incident was enough to scare me away from ever self-hosting anything valuable ever again.
Don't let a bad experience stop you
I guess what I was trying to say is that I am not willing to take up the risk of self-hosting my code or expend the effort to make sure this is well functioning and safe.
[...] very large amount of people still use git.
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Lemmy among others host their source on git.
I was laughing at your apparent confusion between github and git
I love my GitHub Actions, though. And since I'm already using Azure... In for a penny, in for a pound.