I can’t believe no one said anything about Radicle ? https://radicle.xyz/
What’s the benefit of a distributed git host? Are you just trying to distribute the storage costs?
Not just storage costs — mainly for privacy, avoiding Big Tech control, and having an open-source, decentralized alternative where I’m not tracked or subjected to ads.
You can pay for hosting or self host it and get all that. What did being distributed do that?
Game of Trees - https://gameoftrees.org/index.html
Not distributed but definitely meets other requirements.
I haven’t tried it but Radicle sounds cool ? Radicle is an open source, peer-to-peer code collaboration stack built on Git. Unlike centralized code hosting platforms, there is no single entity controlling the network. Repositories are replicated across peers in a decentralized manner, and users are in full control of their data and workflow.
There are some dev/repo tools, but I don’t know how they compare with commercial platforms.
Is there something wrong with Gitlab?
Is there something wrong with Gitlab?
Not inherently—GitLab works fine, but it’s corporate-owned, collects some data, and isn’t fully decentralized. If your goal is privacy, open source, and independence from Big Tech, that’s why people look for alternatives like Gitea, Forgejo, or federated solutions.
it’s “open core”.
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I haven’t tried it but Radicle sounds cool ? Radicle is an open source, peer-to-peer code collaboration stack built on Git. Unlike centralized code hosting platforms, there is no single entity controlling the network. Repositories are replicated across peers in a decentralized manner, and users are in full control of their data and workflow.
There are some dev/repo tools, but I don’t know how they compare with commercial platforms.
I’m not a git expert. If we Primarily use private repos and use gitea why would this be good ? I presume it’s only good for public repos right?
I’m not a git expert. If we Primarily use private repos and use gitea why would this be good ? I presume it’s only good for public repos right?
Even with private repos, it can be useful for backups, CI/CD, or local mirrors. If you just care about public exposure, then yes, it’s mainly for public repos.
Have not used it but there is also Pijul. It’s not git based and uses another diff algorithm, not fediverse.
GitHub has ads? Unless you just mean them aggressively pushing copilot, but I don’t consider that an ad.
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Yes, codeberg, and it’s going to be decentralized soon when forgejo implements federation
Interesting would something decentralised like this help prevent take downs of fan games by big companies like Nintendo? 😆
Well soon is a few years though
Yes but it’s the closest to decentralization, GitLab could implement it quicker with their money, but they chose not to because of the greed of their for profit parents
Wait what? If gitlab doesn’t federate they will just die
https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/11247
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You can self host forgejo as well.
Yes, codeberg, and it’s going to be decentralized soon when forgejo implements federation
amazing!
Yes, Codeberg/Forgejo or even self-hosting a git server. Git itself is decentralized and self-hostable.
Git itself is decentralized and self-hostable.
This is true but Git is nothing like GitHub really
The differences are all the parts you don’t want anyway.
I mean, I like a browsable GUI where I can look at a project in more or less detail, and without actually spending disk space.
Github is a way of quickly getting some indication that software is legit before you install it, because you can see at a glance various ways others have interacted with it, and potentially look into things further. If it’s on Github the code is probably at least published, which is another sign of not being sketchy, so it’s a good thing to be able to append to a web search. I also like that it’s easier to find info about how to install software from Github than from some self published website for that particular software, because the information is generally going to be in the same place and use the same conventions every time.
If you’re only writing code for yourself, Git by itself would be fine, but there’s definitely a need for something that is basically a sort of social media for software.
@fajre @Codeberg ist “a non-profit, community-led organization that helps free and open source projects prosper. Our services include Git hosting (using @forgejo ), Weblate, Woodpecker CI and Pages.”
interesting man, i’ll try!
Forgejo is an activitypub-enabled Git forge software, and codeberg is one of the largest forgejo instances.
Tangentially related, but git-annex, and, in particular, its sync subcommand are a great tool for storing files and managing git repos across multiple machines (and even just loose drives) in a “P2P” way without any centralised server
Forgejo is an activitypub-enabled Git forge software, and codeberg is one of the largest forgejo instances.
Thank you for this explainer, that’s cool as fuck!
