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There have been complaints about it on Reddit as well. I registered an account recently and to me the annoying thing is the constant "making sure you are not a bot" check. For now I see no reason to migrate, but I do admit Forgejo looks very interesting to self-host.

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https://tangled.org/ is building on ATProto

1. use git or jj

2. pull-request like data lives on the network

3. They have a UI, but anyone can also build one and the ecosystem is shared

I've been considering Gerrit for git-codereview, and tangled will be interesting when private data / repos are a thing. Not trying to have multiple git hosts while I wait

I, too, am extremely interested in development on Tangled, but I miss two features from GitHub - universal search and Releases. the web frontend of Tangled is so fast that I am still getting used to the speed, and jj-first features like stacked PRs are just awesome. kinda reminds me of how Linux patch submitting works.

It's fast because it lacks features

I'm more interested in gerrit/git-codereview for stacked commits than jj. A couple extra commands for new folks, not a completely new tool and lexicon

3 of the most exciting decentralized GitHub alternatives being developed today:

  Tangled (2024, ATP)
  Radicle (2019, IPFS) 
  Codeberg (2018, Gitea fork which supports decentralized protocols)

Which decentralized protocols does Codeberg support?

Codeberg doesnt currently support any, but Forgejo, the software it runs on, is implementing support for ActivityPub. Codeberg will likely enable it once support is stable.

> but I do admit Forgejo looks very interesting to self-host.

I've been self-hosting it for a few years now and can definitely recommend. It has been very reliable. I even have a runner running. Full tutorial at https://huijzer.xyz/posts/55/installing-forgejo-with-a-separ....

I moved (from selfhost gitlab) to forgejo recently, and for my needs it's a lot better, with a lot less hassle. It also seems a lot more performant (again probably because I don't need a lot of the advanced features of gitlab).

I've been contemplating this for almost two years. Gitlab has gotten very bloated and despite disabling a number of services in the config, it continues to require increasingly more compute and RAM; we don't even use the integrated Postgres database.

There are a few things that keep me on Gitlab, but the main one is the quality of the CI/CD system and the gitlab runners.

I looked at Woodpecker, but it seems so docker-centric and we are, uh, not.

The other big gulf is issues and issue management. Gitlab CE is terrible; weird limitations (no epics unless you pay), broken features, UX nightmares, but from the looks of it Forjego is even more lacking in this area? Despite this seeming disdain, the other feature we regularly use is referencing issue numbers in commits to tie work together easily. On this one, I can see the answer as "be the change - contribute this to Forgejo" and I'm certainly willing. Still, it's currently a blocker.

But my hopes in putting this comment out there is that perhaps others have suggestions or insight I'm missing?

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