Choosing a Git self host server
reddit / selfhosted

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rojeb-d · 2023-11-20 04:15

Hello fellow self hosters,

I'm thinking about self hosting a git server, instead of using GitHub.

I have closed my options down to Gitea and Soft-Serve

I know that you can't really compare the two because they are very
different one has a GUI and another is terminal based, but I really
love the two and I can't choose between them, I'm kind of torn apart.

I guess I need a third-person perspective from people that know their
stuff.

(Sorry if this is considered a low effort post, I'm new to this)

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thekrautboy · 2023-11-20 04:50

Gitea.

If you need more then Gitlab but also heavier on resources.

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zoredache · 2023-11-20 04:51

Your code will be in git, so if you don't like it, you'll be able to
switch later.  Pick one and try it for a while? If you don't like it,
clone your repo, then import it into the other?

I kinda like having the web interface available, so I use gitea.

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Door_Vegetable · 2023-11-20 05:48

Gitea all the way they’re even supporting actions now which makes it
good for a 100% self hosted solution.

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Extension-Dare7375 · 2023-11-20 05:58

Gitea

CI is currently in Beta

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root_switch · 2023-11-20 06:19

Yup and a container registry!

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generic-hamster · 2023-11-20 06:46

GitLab CE works for me quite well.

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ProKn1fe · 2023-11-20 07:11

I use gitea for ~3 years.

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tatacom · 2023-11-20 09:13

Forgejo is a gitea fork maintained by a non-profit, highly recommend

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mar_floof · 2023-11-20 12:43

Me too. Let me drop my stand alone container registry, the Jenkins
server, and the jira server.

It’s not lightweight, but what you get for that resource use cannot be
understated

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spuddman · 2023-11-20 13:38

If you need something simple Gitea, if you want CI/CD pipelines, SAST
testing, PM, Gitlab-CE.

I use Gitlab-CE for work and personal now.

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jwink3101 · 2023-11-20 17:28

If your team is small (or just you), I've been super happy *not* using
any kind of git host and just pushing to a bare repo via SSH.

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Reasonable-Ladder300 · 2023-11-20 21:30

Both these options are the decision maker for me.

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Fratm · 2023-11-20 23:34

I've been using GOGS, mainly because it has such a small footprint.

I made a video about it, not a great video, but.. well watch it if you
want lol [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKNCCFgvaXA](https://www.you
tube.com/watch?v=AKNCCFgvaXA)

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UnseemlyCorgi · 2023-11-20 23:46

Gitlab

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rrrmmmrrrmmm · 2023-11-21 13:19

This.

GitLab has amazing integrations and functions but you might want to
follow [this](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/memory_constrai
ned_envs.html) and [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/gitlab/comments/10m
0hxa/gitlab_container_image_without_extra_applications/?utm_source=sha
re&utm_medium=web2x&context=3).

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thekrautboy · 2023-11-21 13:29

Yes, i found your post about this yesterday and based on that came up
with a compose for GitLab that has almost everything disabled by
default, atleast from a quick test it seems to work fine :)

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sk1nT7 · 2023-11-21 22:15

Gitlab, Gitea, OneDev