Yeah that was the main thing that excited me about it - because I don't mainly use GitHub to have stuff publicly visible - I mainly use GitHub to contribute to specific projects and interact with specific people. Without federation, I can't do that if I self host.
Claude talked me out of it multiple times bc of resource load but I feel like I'm constantly writing custom integration for forgejo to get parity. You using for hobbies or b2b production?
I've been self-hosting forgejo for about 2 months for 3 people. Its been great so hard. We haven't set up actions yet so I can't talk to that capability, but everything has been great otherwise
If you're so paranoid that literally no PaaS is doing it for you, AND you don't care about the extra features for community interaction, just push to literally any other machines to keep copies.
If you need the public facing features, and you claim they are all terrible, make your own, or STFU already, my God. It's all UI on top of git. All those extra features ARE the product.
what a dumb take. how do I tell a dev that there's a bug without codeberg or something similar ? How do I see what others have encountered? how can I see what changes other people are proposing?
we aren't all developers who are going to look at the source code. some of us actually want to donate, report bugs, and find other users
I had to look up mailing lists and that feels like something right out of the 90s. There's no way normal people use or are willing to use that. It looks terrible
It's actually not that bad, and I say that as a zoomer myself. Debian for example has mailing lists for many topics, where discussion happens. Then again they also use IRC for short messages.
I still prefer web based bug tracking systems, though.
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CameronDev@programming.dev · 51 pts · 89d
Swapping github (MS) for bitbucket (Atlassian) is a completely sideways move. Atlassian will fuck you just as hard as MS will.
boaratio@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 89d
Can confirm.
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works · 29 pts · 89d
Or Forgejo
HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 89d
Codeberg uses forgejo I believe.
CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 89d
Out of these options, Forgejo is my favorite for sure.
msage@programming.dev · 2 pts · 89d
Only Forgejo, everything else is shit or soon will be.
los0220@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 88d
I've been hosting Forgejo for a few months now, couldn't be happier.
theherk@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 89d
I really like Source Hut. It forces you to learn how to use git with its built in patch and send via email system. Also they host gemini small web.
PlexSheep@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 89d
Forgejo is cool but I've been waiting for federation for years now.
BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 89d
Yeah that was the main thing that excited me about it - because I don't mainly use GitHub to have stuff publicly visible - I mainly use GitHub to contribute to specific projects and interact with specific people. Without federation, I can't do that if I self host.
boaratio@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 89d
No one talking about Gitea?
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea
mholiv@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 88d
Gitea suffers from corporate capture. Forgejo is the community fork primarily sponsored by the Codeburg nonprofit based out of Germany.
kokesh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 89d
I'm using my own gitea and can't be happier.
atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 89d
the video isnt playing for me, but i assume git.gay will be proclaimed as the best github alternative
mesamunefire@piefed.social · 1 pts · 89d
Server might be overloaded.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 89d
been selfhosting gitlab for about 6 years now. I'm happy with it.
blazeknave@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 89d
Claude talked me out of it multiple times bc of resource load but I feel like I'm constantly writing custom integration for forgejo to get parity. You using for hobbies or b2b production?
afk_strats@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 89d
I've been self-hosting forgejo for about 2 months for 3 people. Its been great so hard. We haven't set up actions yet so I can't talk to that capability, but everything has been great otherwise
just_another_person@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 89d
Y'all, it's Git.
If you're so paranoid that literally no PaaS is doing it for you, AND you don't care about the extra features for community interaction, just push to literally any other machines to keep copies.
If you need the public facing features, and you claim they are all terrible, make your own, or STFU already, my God. It's all UI on top of git. All those extra features ARE the product.
atro_city@fedia.io · 14 pts · 89d
what a dumb take. how do I tell a dev that there's a bug without codeberg or something similar ? How do I see what others have encountered? how can I see what changes other people are proposing?
we aren't all developers who are going to look at the source code. some of us actually want to donate, report bugs, and find other users
PlexSheep@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 89d
I guess mailing lists and something like the debian BTS is the old fashioned way, but agree that it has fallen out of time.
atro_city@fedia.io · 2 pts · 88d
I had to look up mailing lists and that feels like something right out of the 90s. There's no way normal people use or are willing to use that. It looks terrible
PlexSheep@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 88d
It's actually not that bad, and I say that as a zoomer myself. Debian for example has mailing lists for many topics, where discussion happens. Then again they also use IRC for short messages.
I still prefer web based bug tracking systems, though.
yuriRO@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 89d
But i like the gui tho
MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social · 2 pts · 89d
For private stuff, I just don't push it anywhere and use a separate backup program :P
BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 89d
Ok well I DO care about community interaction, like it's the #1 reason I use a forge. You act like that's an edge case.