I’ve seen some comments about how “gitlab bad” or whatnot, why do people prefer Codeberg over GitLab?

    • second@feddit.ukEnglish
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      11 months ago

      That’s a bit of an unfair comparison - that’s the GitLab instructions to install from source. Most people use a package (rpm, deb) to install GitLab.

      The installation instructions for GitLab from prebuilt binaries is https://about.gitlab.com/install/, and that’s significantly shorter.

      That said, I think for most home applications, GitLab is hugely overkill.

      • Oliver Lowe@lemmy.sdf.org
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        11 months ago

        Yes that’s true. I guess what I wanted to point out is that GitLab has dependencies like Postgres, Redis, Ruby (with Rails), Vue.js… whereas Forgejo can use just SQLite and jQuery.

        • ErwinLottemann@feddit.de
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          11 months ago

          sqlite is not something one would use for a database with a lot of users, postresql or mysql/mariadb is a better choice in these circumstances. and i don’t think having jquery as a dependency in 2023 is a positive sign. not sayibg the software is bad, it’s just different.

  • it_a_me@literature.cafe
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    11 months ago

    1. Codeberg is fully open source(forgejo) while gitlab has an open source core+community edition but a source available propietary enterprize edition.

    2. Codeberg is a nonprofit with no ulterior motives. Gitlab is a publicly traded for profit entity with a goal to make profit

    3. This could just be me, but codeberg feels a lot more transparent. When they have outages, they explain why.

    4. Super minor, but the codeberg team “self-hosts” their own servers so you only need to trust the one entity rather than additionally trusting the server provider.

    • droopy4096@lemmy.ca
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      11 months ago

      self-hosting is great but that still means datacenter someplace. I’ve been using GitLab for some time now and CodeBerg “feels weird” to me. But then it could be my biases and “muscle memory”. I’d say whatever feels right for you.

      Unlike other big name Git hosting company who chose to use AI to “steal” from hosted projects other two did not stoop that low. So there’s that.

      • Helix 🧬@feddit.de
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        11 months ago

        that still means datacenter someplace

        no, you can also self host on your personal computer and simply mirror everything that you’re throwing on Codeberg.

    • Helix 🧬@feddit.de
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      11 months ago

      Codeberg is a nonprofit with no ulterior motives.

      Well, their ulterior motive is to provide a service to the public.