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Just curious, why is this hosted on Github instead of on a self-hosted Gitlab instance?

• rsobers 14y ago
  My guess: discoverability. Also, Gitlab is for self-hosted Git repos--probably aimed mostly at private projects, not open source. Gitlab itself is open source, so it seems logical to put it on the site that contains the largest gallery of open source projects in the world.
• jamesmoss 14y ago
  https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/issues/1085 https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/issues/1085 The authors use Github because they want to make it easier for people to contribute to Gitlab.
• ariejan 14y ago
  Gitlab is not a 'github replacement' to run public projects, it's sole focus is private repositories on your own server.
  • 1qaz2wsx3edc 14y ago
    So it's more of a `github enterprise replacement`, got it.
    • rsobers 14y ago
      Still not quite right. Github enterprise requires that you pay Github to license the software and provide support. Gitlab is free and open source -- you can clone Gitlab and start doing git project hosting without paying or contacting anyone. (NB: I have no involvement with Gitlab.)
      • cdcarter 14y ago
        I think it would still qualify as a replacement, just an open one.
  • mlinksva 14y ago
    Akin to gitorious' rationale for not including an issue tracker. It is also targeting in-house development (and in gitorious' case, assuming will need to integrate with existing issue systems eg https://issues.gitorious.org/issues/41#note-11 https://issues.gitorious.org/issues/41#note-11 says along those lines). Odd result is that Github is significantly easier to deal with for an open source project than are its open source alternatives.
• sytse 14y ago
  Right now GitLab doesn't have public repo's http://gitlab.uservoice.com/forums/176466-general/suggestions/3159951-allow-public-repositories http://gitlab.uservoice.com/forums/176466-general/suggestion...