this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2025
68 points (98.6% liked)

Selfhosted

60542 readers
696 users here now

A place to share alternatives to popular online services that can be self-hosted without giving up privacy or locking you into a service you don't control.

Rules:

Detailed Rules Post

  1. Be civil.

  2. No spam.

  3. Posts are to be related to self-hosting.

  4. Don't duplicate the full text of your blog or readme if you're providing a link.

  5. Submission headline should match the article title.

  6. No trolling.

  7. Promotion posts require active participation, with an account that is at least 30 days old. F/LOSS without a paywall has exceptions, with requirements. See the rules link for details.

  8. AI-related discussions and AI-involved promotional posts have additional requirements for tagging, as noted in Rule 7 and the AI & Promotional Post Expanded Rules post.

Resources:

Any issues on the community? Report it using the report flag.

Questions? DM the mods!

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 56_@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Those 3 are all fairly similar. Here are some others I can think of:

  • Gitlab: many features, complex, pr workflow.
  • Forgejo / Gogs: simpler, github inspired interface, pr workflow.
  • Radicle: peer to peer, idk much more...
  • Sourcehut: minimal (non-github) interface, very modular, email workflow.
  • Cgit / Gitweb / etc.: just a git interface, no specific workflow.

 

If you're not using any of the additional features, cgit should be enough. If you're planning on collaborating with others, probably Forgejo would be better.

You can also use individual components of sourcehut, if you want a git web interface with just issue tracking, ci, or wiki, for example.

[–] sun@slrpnk.net 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A pro of Sourcehut is that EVERYTHING can be done by email. So, if you use their issue tracker and want other people to be able to submit issues, they can do it without making an account.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 11 months ago

Sourcehut also supports Mercurial, so you also have an option to the herd mentality.

Sourcehut also has zero, or almost zero, JavaScript in the interface, so it doesn't suck

Sourcehut is also componentized, so you can mix and match the pieces you want or need:

  • VCS hosting
  • masking list management
  • issue management
  • build server
  • man server

Sourcehut is by far the best hosted VCS option at the moment. The Mercurial support alone puts it miles ahead of the others, which are all hobbled by tight coupling to git.