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> GitLab cost everyone a day GitLab isn't popular because of the stability of its cloud platform. It's popular because you can install your own instance for fr

> GitLab cost everyone a day GitLab isn't popular because of the stability of its cloud platform. It's popular because you can install your own instance for free practically anywhere with minimal effort. I run GitLab CE on a box in my server closet for projects that involve livelihoods.

praneshp 10y ago
I know (because I use it and also host it at home, and like it). The point of my comment was HN's reaction.
- Spare_account 10y ago
  Remember that HN is not a single-minded mob, during each incident a particular group was vocal on a given subject but that group may not have been the same individuals who were vocal each time.
  - praneshp 10y ago
    Fair point, thank you.
thewhitetulip 10y ago
>It's popular because you can install your own instance for free practically anywhere with minimal effort. If that is the reason why you use Gitlab, then why not try gitea or gogs? gogs is written in Go and provides a docker image or a drop in binary
- pritambarhate 10y ago
  I have been running Gitlab CE for around three years now and I am very happy with it. The interface it good. The access management works very good. And the best part? Keeping it updated is very easy on a ubuntu box. Just a couple of very easy commands. I am so happy with Gitlab that I didn't even install Gogs even once to give it a try, though I know about it since it's initial days. For me Gitlab CE just works. Unless Gitea shows a 10x feature I am very unlikely to shift away from Gitlab CE.
- deleted 10y ago
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- E6300 10y ago
  Gogs is pretty sweet. After hearing about it here I installed it on my old home server with constrained memory because I couldn't meet Gitlab's (IMO) obscene memory requirements. It's perfect for my needs as a hobbyist and I even use it as a secondary Git server from work. It's also way, way faster than a self-hosted Gitlab or any public Git server, so even though my current server has more than enough memory to run Gitlab, I still use Gogs. The only (minor) issue I've had with it was when I tried to push the OpenCV repository to it, just for the hell of it, on a heavily constrained VM (Debian with 256 MiB of RAM). The poor thing just couldn't handle it without crashing until I upped the memory to a couple gigabytes.
  - tscs37 10y ago
    It might be related to git and not Gogs/Gitea itself. I've found Gitea to handle larger repos fine after running the following: git config --global core.packedGitWindowSize 16m git config --global core.packedGitLimit 64m git config --global pack.windowMemory 64m git config --global pack.packSizeLimit 64m git config --global pack.thread 1 git config --global pack.deltaCacheSize 1m This reduces the memory used by git during certain operations.
- problems 10y ago
  GitLab is a lot more feature packed than Gitea/Gogs. Gogs is lightweight, good for personal projects, but if you're looking for something to deploy company wide with integrated everything, Gitlab is the way to go.
  - sdesol 10y ago
    I think this is changing at a pretty fast pace ... well for Gitea anyways. It also looks like Gitea is lighting a fire under Gogs, as they appear to be iterating at a faster pace as well. Here's a very quick breakdown of what's going on. Activity for the last 160 days. There were 175 commits to gogs and 720 commits to gitea. https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/commits-160days.png https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/commits-160days.png Activity for the last 60 days. There were 109 commits to gogs and 262 to gitea. https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/commits-60days.png https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/commits-60days.png https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/changes-60days.png https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/changes-60days.png https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/changes-files-60days.png https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/changes-files-60days.png The options and vendors directory are unique to Gitea and they account for a lot of the changes within the last 60 days. I was told the vendors directory is used to store dependencies but I don't know what the options directory is used for. And as the following shows, they account for a lot of the files touched, in the last 60 days. https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/changes-options-vendor-60days.png https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/changes-options-vendor-60day... Based on what I've read on Hacker News, the developer behind Gogs, tends to merge in changes in spurts, so it's hard to tell if this recent flurry of activity is a spurt or not. In this 365 days of activity, you can see the 3 spurts for Gogs so far. https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/commits-365days.png https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/commits-365days.png Regardless of whether or not Gogs will continue to develop at an increased rated, it looks like Gitea will.
ergo14 10y ago
You can also look at RhodeCode CE - supports git/mercurial/svn and has a really nice installer you can use to keep things up to date.

praneshp 10y ago

I know (because I use it and also host it at home, and like it). The point of my comment was HN's reaction.

Spare_account 10y ago
Remember that HN is not a single-minded mob, during each incident a particular group was vocal on a given subject but that group may not have been the same individuals who were vocal each time.
- praneshp 10y ago
  Fair point, thank you.

thewhitetulip 10y ago

>It's popular because you can install your own instance for free practically anywhere with minimal effort. If that is the reason why you use Gitlab, then why not try gitea or gogs? gogs is written in Go and provides a docker image or a drop in binary

pritambarhate 10y ago
I have been running Gitlab CE for around three years now and I am very happy with it. The interface it good. The access management works very good. And the best part? Keeping it updated is very easy on a ubuntu box. Just a couple of very easy commands. I am so happy with Gitlab that I didn't even install Gogs even once to give it a try, though I know about it since it's initial days. For me Gitlab CE just works. Unless Gitea shows a 10x feature I am very unlikely to shift away from Gitlab CE.
deleted 10y ago
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E6300 10y ago
Gogs is pretty sweet. After hearing about it here I installed it on my old home server with constrained memory because I couldn't meet Gitlab's (IMO) obscene memory requirements. It's perfect for my needs as a hobbyist and I even use it as a secondary Git server from work. It's also way, way faster than a self-hosted Gitlab or any public Git server, so even though my current server has more than enough memory to run Gitlab, I still use Gogs. The only (minor) issue I've had with it was when I tried to push the OpenCV repository to it, just for the hell of it, on a heavily constrained VM (Debian with 256 MiB of RAM). The poor thing just couldn't handle it without crashing until I upped the memory to a couple gigabytes.
- tscs37 10y ago
  It might be related to git and not Gogs/Gitea itself. I've found Gitea to handle larger repos fine after running the following: git config --global core.packedGitWindowSize 16m git config --global core.packedGitLimit 64m git config --global pack.windowMemory 64m git config --global pack.packSizeLimit 64m git config --global pack.thread 1 git config --global pack.deltaCacheSize 1m This reduces the memory used by git during certain operations.
problems 10y ago
GitLab is a lot more feature packed than Gitea/Gogs. Gogs is lightweight, good for personal projects, but if you're looking for something to deploy company wide with integrated everything, Gitlab is the way to go.
- sdesol 10y ago
  I think this is changing at a pretty fast pace ... well for Gitea anyways. It also looks like Gitea is lighting a fire under Gogs, as they appear to be iterating at a faster pace as well. Here's a very quick breakdown of what's going on. Activity for the last 160 days. There were 175 commits to gogs and 720 commits to gitea. https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/commits-160days.png https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/commits-160days.png Activity for the last 60 days. There were 109 commits to gogs and 262 to gitea. https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/commits-60days.png https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/commits-60days.png https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/changes-60days.png https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/changes-60days.png https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/changes-files-60days.png https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/changes-files-60days.png The options and vendors directory are unique to Gitea and they account for a lot of the changes within the last 60 days. I was told the vendors directory is used to store dependencies but I don't know what the options directory is used for. And as the following shows, they account for a lot of the files touched, in the last 60 days. https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/changes-options-vendor-60days.png https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/changes-options-vendor-60day... Based on what I've read on Hacker News, the developer behind Gogs, tends to merge in changes in spurts, so it's hard to tell if this recent flurry of activity is a spurt or not. In this 365 days of activity, you can see the 3 spurts for Gogs so far. https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/commits-365days.png https://gitsense.com/gogs-gitea/commits-365days.png Regardless of whether or not Gogs will continue to develop at an increased rated, it looks like Gitea will.

ergo14 10y ago

You can also look at RhodeCode CE - supports git/mercurial/svn and has a really nice installer you can use to keep things up to date.