Github fediverse alternative

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.

pim,

I think a federated version control system makes so much sense and I hope it will break open GitHub’s (nearly) monopoly.

pirofti,

Completely agree! Please note that git itself is federated, well distributed, it’s the rest of the stuff on top that needs to be fixed.

AnonymousLlama, (edited )
@AnonymousLlama@kbin.social avatar

I know we're using codeberg for kbin.social

It's been a pretty decent experience so far, similar to GitHub but a little more basic. The markdown editor is my biggest gripe so far, it has weird backspace handling on mobile

thejoker8814,

Codeberg is using Forgejo, basically Gitea. You can change the editor, if you like with other editors if you host Forgejo or Gitea yourself. Features like CI/CD can be deactivated.

ninjan,

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

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!

DARbarian,
@DARbarian@lemmy.world avatar

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

Sudo,
@Sudo@lemmy.world avatar

They switched to commercial model last year.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitea#2022

lz0, (edited )
@lz0@kbin.social avatar

AFAIK Gitea incorporated as a for-profit (which was supported), but there was some perceived(not intended to throw shade on any side here, just keeping it neutral) shady-ness from the perspective of the community. You can read more here in the open letter: https://gitea-open-letter.coding.social/

poVoq, (edited )
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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.

exu,

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.

preciouspupp,

AFAIK it’s a planned feature for Forgejo

eodur,

Yeah, the protocol is called ForgeFed and from what I recall it will be added to Forgejo, then ported upstream to Gitea. Supposedly GitLab has commented on adopting it in the future as well.

mvirts,

Let’s just extend SMTP instead

pim,

Mail is one of the most insecure protocols out there

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