GitHub just got less independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation
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    • Mitch Effendi (ميتش أفندي)@piefed.mitch.scienceEnglish
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      4 months ago

      i just wanted to drop my personal favorite self-hosted git alternative, Gogs (gogs.io). i have very modest git needs (i just need a place to host code and interact with the git client), and i think it fits the bill well.

      i am not associated with it at all, i just want folks to know that self-hosting your own git service has really never been easier or better; there are so many good options, like a similar project, gitea.

      if you are uncomfortable with exposing your home network to the internet, you can use tools like tailscale funnel or a reverse proxy server like caddy and a $5 VPS from any cloud host of your choosing to obscure your home IP, while still keeping the storage and the brains somewhere closeby.

      imo, the only way forward for all of us to stay safe is to keep repeating a simple mantra: “let’s go back to making websites.”

    • witten@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Now if only they could work that magic on ICE and IDF. (Microsoft is in bed with both.)

    • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
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      4 months ago

      There’s plenty alternatives.

      • Sourcehut sr.ht (possibly other instances)
      • Various gitlab instances, e.g. framagit.org
      • not to mention git’s own web ui which runs under so many domains; some of them might even be open to signups.
    • mintiefresh@piefed.caEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I would like to but I do want some private repos.

      Maybe self hosting is the best move from here on in.

      • Jason2357@lemmy.caEnglish
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        4 months ago

        A forge like Codeberg is great for collaboration, but if you mean private as in just-for-yourself, pushing to a bare repo on just about anything will get it done. No need for a software forge. If you already sync files somehow, like some dropbox equivelant, put bare repos on there and push/pull from there. That said, forgejo is very easy to self-host and the identical UI to Codeberg.

  • reluctant_squidd@lemmy.caEnglish
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    4 months ago

    The ensh*tification continues. Time for community git to somehow be federated like lemmy.

    Some sort of encrypted collective sharing of the whole through BitTorrent style shared hosting.

    I would seriously consider donating a few TB space and half my bandwidth to that.