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Side Question : Is there a distributed alternative to github ?
by nautical 6y ago
Side Question : Is there a distributed alternative to github ?
- correct_horse 6y agoI'm not sure if this is a joke, but I'll humor you. Yes - it's called git.
- trevyn 6y agoI’m not sure if this is a joke, but I’ll humor you. GitHub is way more than git.
- INTPenis 6y agoGitlab is working on federation, or they at least have an open issue about it.[1] Meanwhile there is a federated git as a reference implementation called Forgefed.[2] 1. https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/6468 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/6468 2. https://forgefed.peers.community/ https://forgefed.peers.community/
- nautical 6y agoIs there a confusion in question ? GitHub is centralized, the Git protocol is decentralized. I dont fully understand your response.
- badsectoracula 6y agoYes, Fossil. https://fossil-scm.org/ https://fossil-scm.org/
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 6y ago+1 This is the first thing that came to mind. Like a torrent swarm of the repo where people can still make commits and pull requests so that development can continue.
- tbrugz 6y agoYes, gittorrent: https://blog.printf.net/articles/2015/05/29/announcing-gittorrent-a-decentralized-github/ https://blog.printf.net/articles/2015/05/29/announcing-gitto... HN post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9625840 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9625840