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== Git Repo Hosting ==
It seems everyone uses GitHub these days (~8 million users, 20 million projects). It's not a bad solution, but there are some drawbacks(you might not want Microsoft looking at your private code), and whether you're just looking to host your own project or setup enterprise-wide git hosting, there are other ways to host your projects in Git. Let's take a look at some options. You can see a comparison of some of these options at https://ethercalc.org/choose-the-git-host.html
=== Free ===
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<li>[https://pagure.io/pagure Pagure] is a forge written in Python. With pagure you can host your project with its documentation, let your users report issues or request enhancements using the ticketing system and build your community of contributors by allowing them to fork your projects and contribute to it via the now-popular pull-request mechanism.
<li>[https://codingteam.net/project/codingteam Coding Team] is a forge written in PHP using the AGPL license. <blockquote>CodingTeam is a free (as in freedom) forge written in PHP with a lot of collaborative work and communication tools. This is a free software released under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3. A little bit of history: the project is born in march 2005 but the first public version (0.42) was released in june 2007. The first motivation of this project was to make a good forge for French-speaking users. Now, developers focus on accessibility and ease-of-use (this forge is recognized by many people as one of the only forge to have understandable and intuitive HCI). CodingTeam is available in many languages and the "lightweight but powerful" philosophy now benefits to everybody!</blockquote>
Sadly, the project doesn't seem to have progressed much past the initial support for git and mercurial.
<li>[https://kallithea-scm.org/ Kallithea] is a fork of the Rhode Code project (after they made disturbing changes to their license) maintained by the Software Freedom Conservancy. <blockquote> a member project of Software Freedom Conservancy, is a GPLv3'd, Free Software source code management system that supports two leading version control systems, Mercurial and Git, and has a web interface that is easy to use for users and admins. You can install Kallithea on your own server and host repositories for the version control system of your choice.</blockquote>
<li>[http://gitolite.com/gitolite/index.html gitolite] is similar to '''gitosis''', but adds features; is currently maintained; and used by large installations like Kernel.org and KDE.
<li>[https://github.com/tv42/gitosis Gitosis] was created by [http://scie.nti.st/2007/11/14/hosting-git-repositories-the-easy-and-secure-way/ Garry Dolley] ([https://github.com/up_the_irons up the irons]) back in 2007, and is now maintained by [http://eagain.net/about/ Tommi Virtanen] ([https://github.com/tv42 Tv]). Gitosis can still work well for small dev groups who want to use key-based auth for their code like I setup at Harvard' IIC.
<li>[https://gitorious.org/gitorious/mainline/archive/HEAD.zip?p=gitorious:mainline.git;a=tree Gitorious] code is available, but the AGPL project was bought out by GitLab, and hasn't been developed since 2015
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=== Non-free ===
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<li>[https://www.phacility.com/phabricator/ Phabricator] is a full forge; and is used by the WMF. However, the code is [https://github.com/phacility/phabricator/blob/master/LICENSE Apache licensed], not GPL.
<li>'''GitHub''' can make it a bit easier for developers who are used to working with svn because they have 'built-in' [https://github.com/blog/1178-collaborating-on-github-with-subversion svn client] support.<ref>Anyone can use <code>git svn</code> and all the other built-in git subversion bridging commands, GitHub simplifies how to do it.</ref> GitHub [https://enterprise.github.com/home Enterprise] can be installed on your own servers. GitHub costs money for private repos.
<li>[https://about.gitlab.com/ '''GitLab'''] is the "popular" alternative to GitHub that comes in "Community", "Enterprise" and "Cloud" versions. They say it's "[https://about.gitlab.com/better-than-github/ better than GitHub]" One nice thing that I note is that they've integrated git-annex for large binary support. This is a nice plus. (I've personally used git-annex as a file backup system -- like DropBox. In my case, it was to make backups of UbuntuOne when that service was discontinued.) You can install GitLab in minutes on your own server. It's costs if you want the [https://about.gitlab.com/features/#compare Enterprise] version.<li>'''GitBlit''' is "a pure Java git server that just works". It's a "true" open source project run by [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/james-moger/8b/3a3/65b James Moger] and scores of other contributors. GitBlit is self-hosted, so you can get a feel for it quickly by looking at the projects own [https://dev.gitblit.com/ source code]. It does have some nice [http://gitblit.com/features.html features]. The current Wikimedia Ops team is using used [http://gitblit.com/ Gitblit] prior to switching to drive [https://gitwww.wikimediaphacility.orgcom/phabricator/ Gitblit is an open-source, pure Java stack for managing, viewing, and serving Git repositoriesPhabricator].It's GitBlit is designed primarily as a tool for small workgroups who want to host centralized repositories. It comes in two options: GO is an integrated single stack solution so you can really get up and running in no time flat; and there is a WAR version (assumes you already have a servlet container like Jetty or Tomcat.) Gitblit requires a Java 7 Runtime Environment (JRE) Gitblit comes with a lot of [http://gitblit.com/features.html features]<li>[httphttps://gitolitegitea.comio/en-US/ Gitea] is MIT-licensed<li>[https:/gitolite/indexnotabug.html gitoliteorg/about Notabug] offers free hosting, and is similar to based on a modified version of Gogs. Despite the now defunct '''gitosis''leadership of Peers, it's still MIT-licensed.
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