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Which git plateform to choose? (lemmy.zip)
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Hi, I want to self host a git service to display my work (electronics) for some recruiters. Which platform is the best? I've heard about Gitlab, Gitea and Forgejo. For me the fact that the platform doesn't run some background analytics and does not sell my data is very important.

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[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I like forgejo. Its a fork of ~~gitlab~~ gitea without the shenanigans. It has a lot of features and no tracking. Unless you want it too. And its lightweight

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Forgejo is not a fork of Gitlab. It's a fork of Gitea which is a fork of Gog.

[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 4 points 3 days ago

Whops typo. Corrected

[–] triplenadir@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"The shenanigans" with Gitea = being Chinese. If you're not a craven racist then either is fine.

[–] jnareb@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

https://forgejo.org/compare-to-gitea/:

Forgejo was created in October 2022 after a for profit company took over the Gitea project. It exists under the umbrella of a non-profit organization, Codeberg e.V. and is developed in the interest of the general public.

Gitea contribution policy requires a copyright assignment, even for MIT licensed code. It is Open Core [...]