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pirofti Jul 9, 2023

Github fediverse alternative

Github fediverse alternative - iusearchlinux.fyi

I am already self-hosting a lot of things for 15+ years now, including git, but I am looking for a solution like Github that is federalized (not Gitlab or the like). I want people to be able to open issues, PRs, comment, fork or star without having to create an account on my server. Is there anything like that? I saw radicle.xyz but I am not sure if that is what I want. Basically a lightweight git+ActivityPub + web frontend is what I am looking for. I think. No CI/CD or other fancy features required.

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ninjan Jul 9, 2023

Gitea is looking into joining ActivityPub as the core framework is called.

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pirofti

Is it not a big no-no to use Gitea now since the commercial takeover? From what I understand, Forgejo is the safe option and I am glad to hear from the other comments that it is getting support for that through ForgeFed!

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DARbarian Jul 9, 2023

Excuse me for being uninformed, but what is this about a corporate Gitea takeover?

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Sudo Jul 9, 2023

They switched to commercial model last year.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitea#2022

Gitea - Wikipedia

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lz0 Jul 9, 2023

AFAIK Gitea incorporated as a for-profit (which was supported), but there was some perceived shady-ness from the perspective of the community. You can read more here in the open letter: https://gitea-open-letter.coding.social/

The Gitea Community is asking Gitea Owners to correct conflicts of interest and restore Community Trust.

Open Letter to Gitea

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poVoq Jul 9, 2023

That is a bit hyperbole. The domains and trademarks where transferred to a for-profit entity (owned by the main devs) and all that was done in relative secrecy which didn’t go down well with the open-source community.

However for the time being nothing much changed and Forgejo is more of a “just in case” soft-fork.

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exu Jul 11, 2023

There was some drama with the main Forgejo developer that caused a bunch of drama and prompted him to “reboot” the community. I found it on HN a while back, but the drama itself happened in issues and discussions under the Forgejo project.