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

  • @droopy4096@lemmy.ca
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    02 years 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 🧬
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      42 years 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.

    • @SNFi@beehaw.org
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      2 years ago

      Actually, I also got back to GitLab when I read this: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/activitypub/

      Usage of ActivityPub in GitLab is governed by the GitLab Testing Agreement.

      The goal of those documents is to provide an implementation path for adding Fediverse capabilities to GitLab.

      I think this is the way, while using Codeberg would mean storing my code and my stuff on someone else computer, I trust them, but I just want to have it by myself.

      EDIT: Ok, people already told me Codeberg uses a fork called Forgejo and I can host it myself, which sounds super cool.

      • @xvlc@feddit.de
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        2 years ago

        You are comparing GitLab (the application) with codeberg.org (the website operated by the codeberg e.V. non-profit). A fair comparison would be gitlab.com (the website operated by GitLab Inc.) with codeberg.org or GitLab (Community Edition or Enterprise Edition) with Forgejo (the application powering codeberg.org). They can be fully self-hosted and are both planning to implement AcivityPub-based federation.