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Gitbucket – The easily installable Github clone powered by Scala

98 points by shawndumas 13y ago

rgbrgb 13y ago
Are there screenshots?
- yohanatan 13y ago
  It's a clone.
  - makmanalp 13y ago
    Was the snark really necessary? Clones rarely are exact copies.
- aberkowitz 13y ago
  This blog post has some screenshots: http://takezoe.blogspot.com/2013/09/gitbucket-15-released.html http://takezoe.blogspot.com/2013/09/gitbucket-15-released.ht...
  - Zolomon 13y ago
    I'm just curious, but isn't that design/look copyrighted to GitHub, or it doesn't matter because GitBucket isn't commercial meaning that they don't make any profits out of the copy?
    - yeukhon 13y ago
      https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6494609 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6494609 It has been asked.
ballard 13y ago
It's clever branding and nice. If it could use Heroku as backends for repos, now that would probably break HK's freemium model. The other point is that bitbucket has unlimited private repos for free and github has unlimited public ones for free. In a business setting, I can't see the time and cost of maintaining code services except as a backup, or if you are Goldman Sachs imprisoning your ex-employees or a defense contractor working on missiles. (Setting up giolite + active directory + Crowd + JIRA + FishEye was a chore I'd rather not repeat.) It looks a little nicer than gitlab, but has anyone had recent experience with gitlab, redmine or github enterprise? Ultimately though, github could threaten C&D against the authors if it were to take off because it's such a design ripoff. Although it has almost no commercial viability it's neat for its own sake.
- Cynddl 13y ago
  We use Gitlab for about 30 people. The last versions are really neat. The UX is perhaps better with Github, but Gitlab is easier to learn and use, especially for small organisations. I am always reluctant to use "clones" like gitbucket... If the usage is not the same, why making a clone? Indeed, it is always easier to copy a brand but is it worthwhile?
  - sytse 13y ago
    Thanks for mentioning GitLab Cyndll! I hope you like the UI update in 6.5 and let us know if there is anything else we can improve. I'm a GitLab.com co-founder.
    - sandGorgon 13y ago
      You currently offer Gitlab cloud for free : if you could have a flat storage-based fee model, and throw in some backups, that could be a great way to monetize. alternatively, would love it if you could partner with one of the smaller git providers - like RepositoryHosting or XP-Dev.
  - __david__ 13y ago
    I think it says why, right in the first sentence: "…the easily installable Github clone…" (emphasis mine). I love Gitlab and have a small installation (only 4 users). It's an wonderful github clone and it makes me happy when I use it. However… it's a maintenance nightmare. I've never encountered a more obtuse and maintenance hostile app. I think maybe Rails apps just aren't meant to be distributed and run out in the wild. They are finicky and upgrading is a nightmare. Compare that against, say, Wordpress, which is downright trivial to maintain. And it's darn near invisible if you're willing to sacrifice security for their in-browser updates.
- aragot 13y ago
  +1 for private repos on BitBucket. Actually the name is very similar to BitBucket and it was used by the BitBucket team when they started to support Git. I wonder if the author is playing on the confusion? Disclaimer: I worked for Atlassian in the past.
taspeotis 13y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6494478 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6494478
bachback 13y ago
many thanks for the work. with so much things on github some distribution is good. it would nice to make this into a packer image and be able to boot it up on AWS on a click (better than heroku). the other one is: https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq
artpop 13y ago
Friendface
marc_omorain 13y ago
Gitbucket is hosted on github, which made me smile. Is it ready for production use? Does anyone on HN use it? I'd be interested in having a local install for a corporate environment if it could be easily set up to mirror a private github.com repository. Decentralised github!
bjackman 13y ago
Cool! How does this compare to Gitorious?
btd 13y ago
I did the same tool, when begin learn scala, with jgit and apache project libraries it was enough simple. https://github.com/btd/luna https://github.com/btd/luna
rndstr 13y ago
I managed to bring in existing repositories by creating a bare repo in the webapp then replacing the created folder with my real repository (or just symlink to it). Is there a streamlined way of doing that?
- rav 13y ago
  You should be able to just create an empty repo at the destination and use git's own `git push --all` to bring in your existing repository.
gregmolnar 13y ago
I still don't get why the guy couldn't make a different look from github. It just makes him look like a copycat.
n0nick 13y ago
Took me a couple minutes to find a link to a demo site: http://gitbucket.herokuapp.com/ http://gitbucket.herokuapp.com/ EDIT: credentials are root/root
- ultrafez 13y ago
  The demo link should be right at the top of the GitHub description, as it should be with all projects that have demos.
lawl 13y ago
I just slapped it on my server works great. Easier to maintain than GitLab, though with way less features. Probably not something for a company to use, there i'd go with gitlab, but it's just perfect for your own private server, instead of using the ugly cgit or something.
- Trufa 13y ago
  Not to get on a Scala flamewar but for people considering this, take into consideration that Scala is pretty hard and with different paradigms, so if you ever want to do a little fix yourself, this might not be trivial. While RoR has also it's particularities, it is easier IMO to hack something away if you would need to even if you're not proficient in it.
  - tormeh 13y ago
    Scala is my favorite language and it's really powerful and flexible, but that also makes code potentially really hard to read if the author didn't write the code with readability in mind.
    - banachtarski 13y ago
      Random comment: having an actual answer to the "what's your favorite language" question isn't a good thing.
      - wambotron 13y ago
        That's a bizarre and rather rude comment.
      - jkrems 13y ago
        In this case it was combined with admitting some of its trade-offs. It's okay to have preferences and even a favorite language as long as one doesn't treat it as a flawless gift of the gods that can solve every problem without ever being a problem itself.
      - 13y ago
nahname 13y ago
Looks like there are hardly any automated tests for this project?
caniszczyk 13y ago
Technically powered by JGit too (which powers Gerrit, Gitblit and other tools): http://eclipse.org/jgit/ http://eclipse.org/jgit/
syntern 13y ago
Having tried to setup a few local git repositories myself, I do appreciate the easy install part. This is a really handy tool for a small company that is not much into figuring out all the details of gitorious or gitlab. Keep up the good work guys!
simula67 13y ago
If anyone is looking for similar stuff, I have also been testing RhodeCode ( which despite being GPLv3 seems to be free for only 20 devs ). It installs with an interactive python script in minutes on RHEL and is much better.

98 points by shawndumas 13y ago

rgbrgb 13y ago

Are there screenshots?

yohanatan 13y ago
It's a clone.
- makmanalp 13y ago
  Was the snark really necessary? Clones rarely are exact copies.
aberkowitz 13y ago
This blog post has some screenshots: http://takezoe.blogspot.com/2013/09/gitbucket-15-released.html http://takezoe.blogspot.com/2013/09/gitbucket-15-released.ht...
- Zolomon 13y ago
  I'm just curious, but isn't that design/look copyrighted to GitHub, or it doesn't matter because GitBucket isn't commercial meaning that they don't make any profits out of the copy?
  - yeukhon 13y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6494609 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6494609 It has been asked.

ballard 13y ago

It's clever branding and nice. If it could use Heroku as backends for repos, now that would probably break HK's freemium model. The other point is that bitbucket has unlimited private repos for free and github has unlimited public ones for free. In a business setting, I can't see the time and cost of maintaining code services except as a backup, or if you are Goldman Sachs imprisoning your ex-employees or a defense contractor working on missiles. (Setting up giolite + active directory + Crowd + JIRA + FishEye was a chore I'd rather not repeat.) It looks a little nicer than gitlab, but has anyone had recent experience with gitlab, redmine or github enterprise? Ultimately though, github could threaten C&D against the authors if it were to take off because it's such a design ripoff. Although it has almost no commercial viability it's neat for its own sake.

Cynddl 13y ago
We use Gitlab for about 30 people. The last versions are really neat. The UX is perhaps better with Github, but Gitlab is easier to learn and use, especially for small organisations. I am always reluctant to use "clones" like gitbucket... If the usage is not the same, why making a clone? Indeed, it is always easier to copy a brand but is it worthwhile?
- sytse 13y ago
  Thanks for mentioning GitLab Cyndll! I hope you like the UI update in 6.5 and let us know if there is anything else we can improve. I'm a GitLab.com co-founder.
  - sandGorgon 13y ago
    You currently offer Gitlab cloud for free : if you could have a flat storage-based fee model, and throw in some backups, that could be a great way to monetize. alternatively, would love it if you could partner with one of the smaller git providers - like RepositoryHosting or XP-Dev.
- __david__ 13y ago
  I think it says why, right in the first sentence: "…the easily installable Github clone…" (emphasis mine). I love Gitlab and have a small installation (only 4 users). It's an wonderful github clone and it makes me happy when I use it. However… it's a maintenance nightmare. I've never encountered a more obtuse and maintenance hostile app. I think maybe Rails apps just aren't meant to be distributed and run out in the wild. They are finicky and upgrading is a nightmare. Compare that against, say, Wordpress, which is downright trivial to maintain. And it's darn near invisible if you're willing to sacrifice security for their in-browser updates.
aragot 13y ago
+1 for private repos on BitBucket. Actually the name is very similar to BitBucket and it was used by the BitBucket team when they started to support Git. I wonder if the author is playing on the confusion? Disclaimer: I worked for Atlassian in the past.

taspeotis 13y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6494478 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6494478

bachback 13y ago

many thanks for the work. with so much things on github some distribution is good. it would nice to make this into a packer image and be able to boot it up on AWS on a click (better than heroku). the other one is: https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq

artpop 13y ago

Friendface

marc_omorain 13y ago

Gitbucket is hosted on github, which made me smile. Is it ready for production use? Does anyone on HN use it? I'd be interested in having a local install for a corporate environment if it could be easily set up to mirror a private github.com repository. Decentralised github!

bjackman 13y ago

Cool! How does this compare to Gitorious?

btd 13y ago

I did the same tool, when begin learn scala, with jgit and apache project libraries it was enough simple. https://github.com/btd/luna https://github.com/btd/luna

rndstr 13y ago

I managed to bring in existing repositories by creating a bare repo in the webapp then replacing the created folder with my real repository (or just symlink to it). Is there a streamlined way of doing that?

rav 13y ago
You should be able to just create an empty repo at the destination and use git's own `git push --all` to bring in your existing repository.

gregmolnar 13y ago

I still don't get why the guy couldn't make a different look from github. It just makes him look like a copycat.

n0nick 13y ago

Took me a couple minutes to find a link to a demo site: http://gitbucket.herokuapp.com/ http://gitbucket.herokuapp.com/ EDIT: credentials are root/root

ultrafez 13y ago
The demo link should be right at the top of the GitHub description, as it should be with all projects that have demos.

lawl 13y ago

I just slapped it on my server works great. Easier to maintain than GitLab, though with way less features. Probably not something for a company to use, there i'd go with gitlab, but it's just perfect for your own private server, instead of using the ugly cgit or something.

Trufa 13y ago
Not to get on a Scala flamewar but for people considering this, take into consideration that Scala is pretty hard and with different paradigms, so if you ever want to do a little fix yourself, this might not be trivial. While RoR has also it's particularities, it is easier IMO to hack something away if you would need to even if you're not proficient in it.
- tormeh 13y ago
  Scala is my favorite language and it's really powerful and flexible, but that also makes code potentially really hard to read if the author didn't write the code with readability in mind.
  - banachtarski 13y ago
    Random comment: having an actual answer to the "what's your favorite language" question isn't a good thing.
    - wambotron 13y ago
      That's a bizarre and rather rude comment.
    - jkrems 13y ago
      In this case it was combined with admitting some of its trade-offs. It's okay to have preferences and even a favorite language as long as one doesn't treat it as a flawless gift of the gods that can solve every problem without ever being a problem itself.
    - 13y ago

nahname 13y ago

Looks like there are hardly any automated tests for this project?

caniszczyk 13y ago

Technically powered by JGit too (which powers Gerrit, Gitblit and other tools): http://eclipse.org/jgit/ http://eclipse.org/jgit/

syntern 13y ago

Having tried to setup a few local git repositories myself, I do appreciate the easy install part. This is a really handy tool for a small company that is not much into figuring out all the details of gitorious or gitlab. Keep up the good work guys!

simula67 13y ago

If anyone is looking for similar stuff, I have also been testing RhodeCode ( which despite being GPLv3 seems to be free for only 20 devs ). It installs with an interactive python script in minutes on RHEL and is much better.