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GitLab is relatively more free than Github, in the sense that there is a free version of the software you can host yourself. But I still dream of an unequivoca

GitLab is relatively more free than Github, in the sense that there is a free version of the software you can host yourself. But I still dream of an unequivocally free Git server and Web application, preferably written in Python rather than Ruby. Is there a reason Github, GitLab, and the now-dead Gitorious all chose Ruby?

sytse 11y ago
I think that the availability of gems for Ruby on Rails (compared to Django) really helped.
smoyer 11y ago
Have you tried GitBucket? I've been pretty happy with how that development is moving forwards.
nsajko 11y ago
Why would you choose python?
- ralmidani 11y ago
  I've learned a fair amount of both Python (plus Django) and Ruby (off and on Rails). I learned Python first, almost switched to Ruby, then went back to Python. Ruby, on Rails especially, has too much magic. I could simply rely on the magic, but I felt like my growth as a programmer would be inhibited as a result.
  - jumpwah 11y ago
    Have you heard of kallithea [1]? Not sure if it be what you want though because it also supports mercurial (and uses it for its development). But iirc, it's written in python. [1]: https://bitbucket.org/conservancy/kallithea https://bitbucket.org/conservancy/kallithea
    - ralmidani 11y ago
      Nice. It's developed by the Software Freedom Conservancy, which inspires confidence. Thank you.
      - jumpwah 11y ago
        One of the dealbreakers for me with Kallithea at this point of time though is the lack of an issue tracker. I think their main reason for not having it was that they don't want to impose one when you could be using one already. But I would like it all integrated nicely with the git web interface.
iza 11y ago
There is http://gogs.io/ http://gogs.io/ written in Go
- ynak 11y ago
  I'm looking forward it becomes v1.0. Gogs requires less system resources than GitLab.
johnny22 11y ago
the Fedora folks are working on one here: https://pagure.io/pagure https://pagure.io/pagure

sytse 11y ago

I think that the availability of gems for Ruby on Rails (compared to Django) really helped.

smoyer 11y ago

Have you tried GitBucket? I've been pretty happy with how that development is moving forwards.

nsajko 11y ago

Why would you choose python?

ralmidani 11y ago
I've learned a fair amount of both Python (plus Django) and Ruby (off and on Rails). I learned Python first, almost switched to Ruby, then went back to Python. Ruby, on Rails especially, has too much magic. I could simply rely on the magic, but I felt like my growth as a programmer would be inhibited as a result.
- jumpwah 11y ago
  Have you heard of kallithea [1]? Not sure if it be what you want though because it also supports mercurial (and uses it for its development). But iirc, it's written in python. [1]: https://bitbucket.org/conservancy/kallithea https://bitbucket.org/conservancy/kallithea
  - ralmidani 11y ago
    Nice. It's developed by the Software Freedom Conservancy, which inspires confidence. Thank you.
    - jumpwah 11y ago
      One of the dealbreakers for me with Kallithea at this point of time though is the lack of an issue tracker. I think their main reason for not having it was that they don't want to impose one when you could be using one already. But I would like it all integrated nicely with the git web interface.

iza 11y ago

There is http://gogs.io/ http://gogs.io/ written in Go

ynak 11y ago
I'm looking forward it becomes v1.0. Gogs requires less system resources than GitLab.

johnny22 11y ago

the Fedora folks are working on one here: https://pagure.io/pagure https://pagure.io/pagure