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Gitlab is great and I have used it for years but I recently switched to Gogs for self hosted repositories because it is much faster, easier to set up and walk i

by Jnr 8y ago

Gitlab is great and I have used it for years but I recently switched to Gogs for self hosted repositories because it is much faster, easier to set up and walk in a park to maintain. It doesn't have all the features (bloat) that Gitlab has but it can probably satisfy >95% of git users.

StyloBill 8y ago
Yes but Gogs is self-hosted whereas Gitlab offers hosting solutions.
- tenebrisalietum 8y ago
  You can host Gitlab.
- techntoke 8y ago
  GitLab has self hosted solutions
- dsumenkovic 8y ago
  Here's a link to the self-hosted GitLab https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/#self-managed https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/#self-managed
- lucideer 8y ago
  I'm somewhat dumbfounded at the no-less-than-three sibling commenters here all chiming in with the same repeated misinterpretation of your post. I suspect those downvoting you didn't take time to read your comment properly either.
  - manwithaplan 8y ago
    I blame the misunderstandings on the non-standard syntax: > Yes but Gogs is self-hosted whereas Gitlab offers hosting solutions. Replying that, to someone who literally said they switched from GitLab to Gogs for self-hosted repositories, also made me parse it as implying one word: > Yes, but Gogs is self-hosted, whereas GitLab offers [only] hosting solutions. but the author probably meant something like: > Yes, but Gogs is [exclusively] self-hosted, whereas GitLab [also] offers hosting solutions [so switching is not always an option].
    - StyloBill 8y ago
      Spot on. I'm a non-native english speaker, so my syntax sometimes leaves to be desired. Sorry for the confusion.
W-Stool 8y ago
Did you look at Gitea before you stood up Gogs? I'm looking at both and will choose one shortly, any insight is most appreciated.
- davidcollantes 8y ago
  Gitea has more options and features, but it is more bleeding edge. Unkwon (Gogs author) handles contributions to Gogs very carefully, taking painstakingly attention to the code being submitted. That has resulted on a very stable, and reliable software. You decide. :-)
  - tshannon 8y ago
    To rephrase what you said, Gitea is more community driven. You'd have a better chance contributing and fixing issues that impact you with Gitea, compared to Gogs. Personally I switched over to Gitea. One of the more tangible differences between the two is that Gitea bundles all the web assets into the executable used to run the service, so you just have a single exe replace on upgrades. It's been a while since I've used Gogs, but looking at their latest info you still need to remove some folders and not others when updating Gogs, because some of them are template and static files used by the web server.
Suri_GitLab 8y ago
Hello! Since GitLab is a single application that covers the entire software development lifecycle, we're a bit "bigger" than Gogs, which only tackles SCM. We have a plan to make GitLab use less resources, including forming a team to specialize in this area, and we're really grateful for your feedback. :)
- letientai299 8y ago
  May I know what is the requirements for who would join that team?
  - Suri_GitLab 8y ago
    Hi! We just opened up hiring for an Engineering Manager and Senior Product Manager - I'd love it if you applied and we became teammates! :) Engineering Manager: https://boards.greenhouse.io/gitlab/jobs/4201458002 https://boards.greenhouse.io/gitlab/jobs/4201458002 Senior Product Manager: https://boards.greenhouse.io/gitlab/jobs/4192657002 https://boards.greenhouse.io/gitlab/jobs/4192657002
    - letientai299 8y ago
      I'm still in my early years of professional, so guess I'll wait for more low level and engineering focused roles open. Thanks.
- chmln 8y ago
  > We have a plan to make GitLab use less resources I used to use gitlab at work daily and releases would mention how performance is being tackled consistently. However, I have not seen any large improvements at all, suggesting that there is an impenetrable wall made of the underlying technologies. Gitlab is based primarily on Ruby-on-Rails, which doesn't particularly shine with neither memory usage nor performance. What sort of effort would even reduce the use of resources significantly, short of a rewrite?
  - yutghgh 8y ago

by Jnr 8y ago

StyloBill 8y ago

Yes but Gogs is self-hosted whereas Gitlab offers hosting solutions.

tenebrisalietum 8y ago
You can host Gitlab.
techntoke 8y ago
GitLab has self hosted solutions
dsumenkovic 8y ago
Here's a link to the self-hosted GitLab https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/#self-managed https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/#self-managed
lucideer 8y ago
I'm somewhat dumbfounded at the no-less-than-three sibling commenters here all chiming in with the same repeated misinterpretation of your post. I suspect those downvoting you didn't take time to read your comment properly either.
- manwithaplan 8y ago
  I blame the misunderstandings on the non-standard syntax: > Yes but Gogs is self-hosted whereas Gitlab offers hosting solutions. Replying that, to someone who literally said they switched from GitLab to Gogs for self-hosted repositories, also made me parse it as implying one word: > Yes, but Gogs is self-hosted, whereas GitLab offers [only] hosting solutions. but the author probably meant something like: > Yes, but Gogs is [exclusively] self-hosted, whereas GitLab [also] offers hosting solutions [so switching is not always an option].
  - StyloBill 8y ago
    Spot on. I'm a non-native english speaker, so my syntax sometimes leaves to be desired. Sorry for the confusion.

W-Stool 8y ago

Did you look at Gitea before you stood up Gogs? I'm looking at both and will choose one shortly, any insight is most appreciated.

davidcollantes 8y ago
Gitea has more options and features, but it is more bleeding edge. Unkwon (Gogs author) handles contributions to Gogs very carefully, taking painstakingly attention to the code being submitted. That has resulted on a very stable, and reliable software. You decide. :-)
- tshannon 8y ago
  To rephrase what you said, Gitea is more community driven. You'd have a better chance contributing and fixing issues that impact you with Gitea, compared to Gogs. Personally I switched over to Gitea. One of the more tangible differences between the two is that Gitea bundles all the web assets into the executable used to run the service, so you just have a single exe replace on upgrades. It's been a while since I've used Gogs, but looking at their latest info you still need to remove some folders and not others when updating Gogs, because some of them are template and static files used by the web server.

Suri_GitLab 8y ago

Hello! Since GitLab is a single application that covers the entire software development lifecycle, we're a bit "bigger" than Gogs, which only tackles SCM. We have a plan to make GitLab use less resources, including forming a team to specialize in this area, and we're really grateful for your feedback. :)

letientai299 8y ago
May I know what is the requirements for who would join that team?
- Suri_GitLab 8y ago
  Hi! We just opened up hiring for an Engineering Manager and Senior Product Manager - I'd love it if you applied and we became teammates! :) Engineering Manager: https://boards.greenhouse.io/gitlab/jobs/4201458002 https://boards.greenhouse.io/gitlab/jobs/4201458002 Senior Product Manager: https://boards.greenhouse.io/gitlab/jobs/4192657002 https://boards.greenhouse.io/gitlab/jobs/4192657002
  - letientai299 8y ago
    I'm still in my early years of professional, so guess I'll wait for more low level and engineering focused roles open. Thanks.
chmln 8y ago
> We have a plan to make GitLab use less resources I used to use gitlab at work daily and releases would mention how performance is being tackled consistently. However, I have not seen any large improvements at all, suggesting that there is an impenetrable wall made of the underlying technologies. Gitlab is based primarily on Ruby-on-Rails, which doesn't particularly shine with neither memory usage nor performance. What sort of effort would even reduce the use of resources significantly, short of a rewrite?
- yutghgh 8y ago