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Self-hosting forgejo under tailscale + mirroring public repos through GitHub Has worked wonders for me :)

varun_ch 5mo ago
Forgejo is fantastic. I do think it could use a fresh coat of paint from a designer but it’s otherwise really good. Gitea (what Forgejo forked from) recently stole the sidebar on repos from GitHub and I think that would be great for Forgejo to steal too… Forgejo themed by Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo (the codeberg theme is extremely low contrast) Forgejo default: https://v15.next.forgejo.org/pparaxan/quark https://v15.next.forgejo.org/pparaxan/quark Forgejo themed by Lix: https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix Gitea: https://gitea.com/gitea/awesome-gitea https://gitea.com/gitea/awesome-gitea Gitea themed by Blender: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender I personally like Blender’s Gitea theme better than the rest but I guess that’s subjective. In dark mode I do not like the low contrast Codeberg theme or the default Forgejo theme, but all of the instances custom themes look great. As far as Git forges go in general though.. tangled is very pretty https://tangled.org/tangled.org/core https://tangled.org/tangled.org/core I think more power user oriented software should be comfortable with compact interfaces
- maxfurman 5mo ago
  That Blender Gitea theme is really nice! I wonder why exactly it's so much easier on the eyes? In a lot of ways all of these are "just Github" with minor changes, so the one that is actually better really stands out.
  - cyberpunk 5mo ago
    I like it too, is it available for download anywhere?
    - cyberpunk 5mo ago
      I think I found it : https://projects.blender.org/infrastructure/gitea-custom/src/branch/main https://projects.blender.org/infrastructure/gitea-custom/src...
preisschild 5mo ago
Ideally those forgejos would safe enough to be on the public internet (and using a federation protocol like activitypub) so we don't have to go through a centralized service such as github and not locked behind private networks (such as tailscale nets)
myng111 5mo ago
It's fascinating how fast the Forgejo I host at my university's laboratory loads from my home network. Every page load is <100ms. I think it goes to show how much bloat we don't realise exists in modern webapps.
- robin_reala 5mo ago
  GitHub used to be like that before they rebuilt everything in React.
  - SoKamil 5mo ago
    No, they didn’t rebuilt everything in React and current sluggishness of page loads is not related to React. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47940456 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47940456

Forgejo is fantastic. I do think it could use a fresh coat of paint from a designer but it’s otherwise really good. Gitea (what Forgejo forked from) recently stole the sidebar on repos from GitHub and I think that would be great for Forgejo to steal too… Forgejo themed by Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo (the codeberg theme is extremely low contrast) Forgejo default: https://v15.next.forgejo.org/pparaxan/quark https://v15.next.forgejo.org/pparaxan/quark Forgejo themed by Lix: https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix Gitea: https://gitea.com/gitea/awesome-gitea https://gitea.com/gitea/awesome-gitea Gitea themed by Blender: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender I personally like Blender’s Gitea theme better than the rest but I guess that’s subjective. In dark mode I do not like the low contrast Codeberg theme or the default Forgejo theme, but all of the instances custom themes look great. As far as Git forges go in general though.. tangled is very pretty https://tangled.org/tangled.org/core https://tangled.org/tangled.org/core I think more power user oriented software should be comfortable with compact interfaces

maxfurman 5mo ago
That Blender Gitea theme is really nice! I wonder why exactly it's so much easier on the eyes? In a lot of ways all of these are "just Github" with minor changes, so the one that is actually better really stands out.
- cyberpunk 5mo ago
  I like it too, is it available for download anywhere?
  - cyberpunk 5mo ago
    I think I found it : https://projects.blender.org/infrastructure/gitea-custom/src/branch/main https://projects.blender.org/infrastructure/gitea-custom/src...

preisschild 5mo ago

Ideally those forgejos would safe enough to be on the public internet (and using a federation protocol like activitypub) so we don't have to go through a centralized service such as github and not locked behind private networks (such as tailscale nets)

myng111 5mo ago

It's fascinating how fast the Forgejo I host at my university's laboratory loads from my home network. Every page load is <100ms. I think it goes to show how much bloat we don't realise exists in modern webapps.

robin_reala 5mo ago
GitHub used to be like that before they rebuilt everything in React.
- SoKamil 5mo ago
  No, they didn’t rebuilt everything in React and current sluggishness of page loads is not related to React. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47940456 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47940456