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I am looking for recommendations for an open source self-hosted ~~version control system~~ source code hosting service. I found a few, but I can't decide on which one to pick:

If there's a better one than the ones I've listed here, I'd love to hear about it!

I care primarily about privacy and security, if that makes any difference.

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[–] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

IMO, the Gogs dev was correct. If you look at that community input and what Gitea became, I was glad to use the version that rejected it.

But I don't know how it compares with Forgejo.

[–] _cryptagion@quokk.au 8 points 11 months ago

It’s Gitea with some security fixes and community input, as open source software should be.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

what's the problem with gitea? I never used gogs so I can't compare it

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The added features made it harder to deploy, came with some bugs, and overall traded a simple design for community-oriented features that IMO were a negative value overall.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

made it harder to deploy? Isn't it still just a single binary, a config file and a directory for data?

bugs are inevitable for evolving software.

which community oriented features do you mean? are they in the way, or is it just that you don't need them?