I’m looking to self-host a GitHub alt on a cheap Linux VPS for personal use. Any rec?

  • SamC@lemmy.nz
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    8 months ago

    If you don’t need the web gui stuff (and you shouldn’t for personal use) you can set up a git server using gitolite. Very easy to manage

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      8 months ago

      And if you really want even more barebones, you can just do git init --bare into a directory on your VPS, and then git clone user@your.ip.here:path/to/the/directory and use git as you would normally!

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        8 months ago

        Most of the Web GUIs are designed for interaction/collaboration between multiple people, and are massive overkill for one person. Tools like gitk/git gui are more than enough to see what’s going on graphically.

        If you want to install all the other stuff, that’s completely up to you, but a lot of people don’t seem to realise that the Web GUI stuff and command line are completely separate things, and you don’t have to install both of them.