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What are the best self-hosted web-based Git repository managers?

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The Best 1 of 23 OptionsWhy?

Best self-hosted web-based Git repository managers	Price	Platforms	Git
92 GitLab	Free (Hosted/CE)	Linux	Yes
87 Gitea	Free	Windows, Linux, Mac, Docker	Yes
77 Gogs	Free	Windows, Linux, Mac	Yes
58 Bitbucket Server	Free / paid	-	Yes
-- RhodeCode	FREE (CE)	Linux	Yes

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GitLab

Top Pro

Free and open source

GitLab is a free and open source project licensed under MIT. Source code for Enterprise Edition can be found here and Community Edition here. See More

Top Con

Not lightweight

GitLab is demanding, Gitea is a much more lightweight solution which uses less CPU and memory. See More

Capuccino 's Experience

GitLab is the all-time favorite of people who wants a Git repository, CI/CD, Kubernetes deployments, Docker registries in one nifty, small package. Not all features are available in the CE version though, but the CE version is enough to satisfy a startup's needs. See More

Specs

Top Pro

At feature parity with GitHub

Gitlab is very close to Github in use and feel, written in Ruby on Rails, open source and hosted on Github as well as on GitLab.com See More

Top Con

The upgrade process fails more often than not

Even for minor versions such as 9.2.0 to 9.3.0. Sometimes the upgrade failure is silent and only seen when logging in first time after update and an http 502 error is given. See More

Mike Collins's Experience

Contrary to what is advertised here, this is NOT free and open source. See More

Top Pro

Regular updates

GitLab is being constantly worked on and has a new release every month on the 22nd. Updating is also very easy through a single apt-get command. See More

Top Con

Not all features are free

GitLab's Service Desk features and some more are only available in GitLab EE. See More

Michael Gratton's Experience

Bloated, overwrought, and company policy allows them to profit from organisations that commit human rights abuses. Avoid. See More

Top Pro

Has wikis and pages

Wiki and pages support out of the box. See More

Top Con

Kind of slow

HonorableNootaikok's Experience

implementado en Telecomunicaciones Movilnet. See More

Top Pro

Supports pull requests

Has pull request (AKA, merge request) support. See More

Top Con

LDAP lacking

importing groups from ldap is only available in EE (Entreprise Edition) not in CE(Community Edition) See More

PowerfulUastyrdzhi's Experience

very high resource use See More

Top Pro

Easy to install with the packages

With the packages available here, GitLab can be installed in two minutes. See More

Top Con

Requires at least 1GB of RAM

The default installation is meant for already many users and recommends 2GB of RAM. 1GB is possible but results in some HTTP 500 errors. On a Raspberry Pi 2 it runs fine most of the time, though it eats 75% of the RAM. Another option is to reduce unicorn['worker_processes'] in gitlab.rb. See More

EmbiggenedPerun's Experience

no why See More

Top Pro

Support for protected branches

A protected master branch means that no code can be merged to master without passing a code review by an authorised developer. With GitLab this comes out of the box. See More

Top Con

Bad code review possibilities

No precommit reviews. See More

Top Pro

Good web UI

GitLab's UI is clean and intuitive. Each view is designed to not fill the screen with useless information. It displays the activity in a feed-type way in the most prominent part of the view. On top of that, there's a toolbar with buttons which can filter this feed by pushes, merge events or comments. On the left, there's a menu that displays all the links that take you to the different views. For example, a file directory which displays all the files in that repo, a commit view which displays all the commits in cronological order, a network and a graph view that display important information graphically etc... All these details make GitLab's UI extremely intuitive and easy to use, no view is overflown with information and every view displays only the most useful and crucial information needed at that time. See More

Top Con

Security risks

Read GitLab provides remedies for slew of potential risks and GitLab Critical Security Release. See More

Top Pro

Issue tracking support

Has issue tracking out of the box. Creating tickets, commenting on issues, closing issues etc... It's all there out of the box. See More

Top Pro

Integrates fully with LDAP

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol is an application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an Internet Protocol (IP) network. GitLab EE adds additional functionality over CE such as support for multiple LDAP servers and group sync. See More

Top Pro

Comes with integrated CI/CD solution

GitLab CI makes it easy to set up CI and deployment for projects in GitLab. It supports parallel testing, multiple platforms, Docker containers and streaming build logs. See More

Top Pro

Permissions and roles are supported

It has private/public repositories, roles for users (master, developer, reporter, guest). All of these can be set from the user interface. Same permissions set for the UI work for the SSH as well. See More

Top Pro

Supports Approvers/Reviewers of Pull/Merge requests

Since 7.12 you can define a minimum number of approvers for merge requests. See More

Top Pro

"Snippets" support

Top Pro

Scalable

A single instance can handle up to 40,000 users (requires a server with 64 core CPU and 64 GB of RAM) and it can run on multiple application servers to grow beyond that. See More

Top Pro

Integrates with other systems by webhooks

Integrates out of the box with services like Bugzilla, Pushbullet, Microsoft Team Notification and many more - one can also add own webhooks to integrate with own services. See More

Top Pro

Manages large files and binaries with integrated Git Annex

Git Annex enables Git to manage large files (esp binaries) without checking them into Git. See More

Top Pro

Can provide a Docker registry

The default docker.io registry is the docker hub but you can also login to other docker registries. And GitLab provides one for all Repos that make use of this feature. See More

Top Pro

Most GitLab EE features become part of GitLab CE after time

EE is the commercial Enterprise Edition, CE is the free and OpenScource Community Edition. Features such as Cycle Analytics were first a part of the EE and are now also available in CE. See More

Top Pro

Integration with third party applications

GitLab integrates with multiple third-party services to allow external issue trackers and external authentication. GitLab can integrate with many third-party apps to allow external issue tracking and authentication. It can also be integrated with several services, such as: Slack Campfire Flowdock Hipchat Gemnasium Pivotal Tracker See More

Top Pro

Very feature rich RESTful-API

GitLab exposes a REST API that allows automation possible, like PR bots. See More

Top Pro

Allows Timetracking with Cycle-Analytics

Very useful project management feature that allows you to know how long it takes to go from the idea to production. See More

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22 Other Options Considered

Gitea

Top Pro

Light-weight

Easy to install and setup. Can run on a VPS with 1 core CPU and 256MB RAM. See More

RickZeeland's Experience

We run it on Windows 10 in a local development network and it works fine. Starting with Gitea 1.17, the Package Registry can be used for common package managers like NuGet, npm, Maven etc. Here is a comparison with other Git servers: https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/comparison/ See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac, Docker

Top Pro

Open source and maintained by community

Unlike Gogs, which is maintained primarily by its creator. See More

EnchantingTashmetum's Experience

Very Light Weight See More

Top Pro

Non-memory consuming

Just like Gogs, but with new features and fixed bugs. Unlike GitLab which is enormous. See More

GraciousEkecheiria's Experience

Best option due to light weight, great community. See More

Top Pro

Intuitive interface

Easy to navigate around and feels very natural in general. See More

RationalLuDongbin's Experience

I've used for two years on my own self hosted enviroment. Easy installation. All functionality I need. Fire&forget (update sometimes). See More

Top Pro

Like Gogs but with faster bug fixes

If you love Gogs but were frustrated with the long wait for bugs to be fixed, this is for you. See More

InfluentialMellonia's Experience

because i like it See More

Top Pro

Wiki and issues

Like GitHub, a wiki and issues (bugtracking) can be added to a repository. See More

FantasticDekla's Experience

It was very hard to install and didn't work See More

Top Pro

Most common platforms

Versions available for Linux, Mac and Windows. This is possible because Gitea is developed in the Go language which makes it compact and fast too. Only one executable is needed. See More

Top Pro

Easy install with MariaDB back-end

No problems getting to work with MariaDB. See More

Top Pro

Runs perfect on a Raspberry Pi 3

Thanks to its light-weight and simple integration. See More

Top Pro

Customizable Templates

All templates can be overridden. See More

Top Pro

Fast pace of development

New features, constantly updated. See More

Top Pro

Package Registry

Supports NuGet, npm, Cargo, Composer, Maven, RubyGems etc. To work with the NuGet package registry, you can use command-line interface tools as well as NuGet features in various IDEs like Visual Studio. See More

Top Pro

Simple to install/written in GO

Top Pro

Focus only on key features

And if you want extra features, you can use web hooks. See More

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Gogs

Top Pro

Easy to install

The installation process is very simple, just a binary file that needs to be run in the directory. Most common advanced use-cases are well documented and easy to set up (running as a service on any OS, mailing setup, etc.) Everything just works out of the box. See More

Top Con

Can't filter by a user to see all their commits in one place

Clicking a user's name shows all users' history, not just the one clicked. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac

Top Pro

Very light

Gogs is very light and has very low minimal requirements. See More

Top Con

No third party provider support

Top Pro

Free and open source

Gogs is free to use and open source. It can be found here. See More

Top Con

Maintained by only one person

Single-maintainer management model is frustrating . See More

Top Pro

Excellent performance and efficiency

The fact that it's written in Go means that it has excellent performance even with little resources (less RAM for example). See More

Top Con

No suitable permission control for organization

General User has read permission to list all organization,. General User has permission to create new organization then create new repository. See More

Top Pro

Cross-platform

Gogs is written in Go, this means that Gogs can be run anywhere that Go can compile. Be it Linux, Windows or OSX. See More

Top Con

No Search functionality

You can't search for repos, issues or users See More

Top Pro

Self-hosted

Top Con

Has some bugs with Mysql 8 as of June 2018

Setup may not work if using mysql database. See More

Top Pro

Simple installation

The installation process is very simple, just a binary file that needs to be run on the directory where the user wants to install Gogs See More

Top Con

Supports only git

Gogs supports only the Git management system. See More

Top Pro

Built-in extras

Wiki, issue tracker, etc. See More

Top Pro

Open Source

Distributed under the MIT license. See More

Top Pro

Cross-platform compatibility

Gogs is written in Go, this means that Gogs can be run anywhere that Go can compile. Be it Linux, Windows or OSX. See More

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Bitbucket Server

Top Pro

Stash is excellent for code reviews

It's easy to create pull requests through the different view options and commenting. Stash also offers code reviews via pull requests, leading to better code quality. See More

Top Con

Paid

Costs money, but it is one-time (maintenance after first year is additional), and is much less than GitHub Enterprise if you have a rather large team. See More

Specs

Git:Yes

SVN:No

Mercurial:Yes

Top Pro

Issue tracking with JIRA and integration with Bamboo and HipChat

Stash uses JIRA for issue tracking and integrate out-of-the-box with Bamboo and Hitchat. Furthermore, it has many third party integrations and comprehensive API points for custom tools and integration. See More

Top Con

Proprietary

Top Pro

Easy to set up and use

Stash installation is very easy and there are install wizards for Windows, Linux and OSX. There are also a lot of tutorials and guides that cover the installation process and more. See More

Top Con

No wikis or issue tracking out of the box

Stash is commonly used in conjunction with JIRA and Confluence to provide issue tracking and wiki/project management solution respectively. Nor does it have some commonfly found info on Github, such as: Project description Most recent commit message/contributor on top Most recent commit message/date for each item in the file browser Contributor information Commit count, no branch count See More

Top Pro

Stash is built with focus on enterprise teams

Stash is built with focus on enterprise teams, as such it can scale up to 5000 users on a single instance, it is flexible enough to deploy to multiple OS and has multiple backing stores and database options. See More

Top Con

It doesn't support Gists

Gists are a way to share code files, documents or discussions without needing a full git repo. Stash unfortunately has no equivalent. There is a payed plugin which can fill some of that void but it still does not compensate for the power of Gist. See More

Top Pro

Backed by an established company with amazing support

Stash is backed and developed by Atlassian, an established and world-class software company with a great history of customer support. See More

Top Con

It doesn't have the ability to edit files from the browser

In Stash you can't edit files in the Web UI out of the box. You have to buy an additional plugin for that. See More

Top Pro

Stash has a great permission system

Stash has a permissions system that has 4 levels that go down to branch level. Global Permissions: Decide who can log in, who the system admin is, etc... Project Permissions: Read, write, and admin permissions at the project level. Repository Permissions: Read, write, and admin permissions on a repository level. Branch Permissions: Access and write(push) on a branch level. See More

Top Pro

Approvals for pull requests

In Stash, pull requests are visible to all team members, but they can only be approved for merging by a limited number of globally set reviewers. See More

Top Pro

Stash is cross-platform

Works fully on Linux and with limitations on Windows and OS X. It also has installers that will make the installation easy for each of them. See More

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RhodeCode

Top Pro

High security

It's open source and it can be installed on your own machine, which gives high security and isolated environment for the codes. Whole application installation is super easy and independent from the Linux distribution. See More

Top Con

Hard to maintain and upgrade

The documentation is not very clear and it's hard to troubleshoot if there is a failure. See More

PleasantPinikir's Experience

for an open source software, it does what its supposed to - the (free) support via Slack was very good. See More

Specs

Top Pro

Supports 3 major version control systems

RhodeCode supports Mercurial, Git and Subversion in a unified way that allows you to do code-reviews and other stuff on each of them. See More

SupportiveClotho's Experience

I've been using Rhodecode since v1 days and it's awesome! It has its own system to update it with a single command which makes updates trivial. Installing CE on my own server means I get a private repo without any per-user monthly costs. See More

Top Pro

Centralized user management

User management is centralized around administrators which can give granular permissions to individual users or user groups/. These permissions can be related to allowing contributions, editing, or simply giving read-only access to users. See More

Top Pro

Powerful and flexible code review

Code reviews can be done via Pull Requests, or simply commit-by-commit. There are voting rules, random reviewers pools, and smart comment invalidation logic. Pull requests are also versioned so it's easy to review partial changes after the author has updated his code. When you create a Pull-request you can add set of reviewers. They all have to vote and approve the PR. There's some flexibility on how the voting is accepted, it can be majority wins, or all-agree. Good practice is to add BOT accounts like jenkins, that also will vote on the review, based on for example tests run, and can forbid a merge because of a negative vote. In addition users can leave special type of comments that will also prevent merges, aka TODO notes. Once TODOs are resolved a Pull Request can be merged. See More

Top Pro

Free and Open Source

RhodeCode CE (Community Edition ) is free and open source. Enterprise Edition (EE) adds premium support, corporate authentication. and tool integrations on top of the RhodeCode CE. See More

Top Pro

Integrates fully with LDAP/AD and others

RhodeCode has auth plugins, now supported include: LDAP, LDAP with user groups, TOKEN, Container auth, PAM See More

Top Pro

Online editing with preview

Files can be added, modified and deleted from the web interface, including adding directories, and uploading files. See More

Top Pro

Best in class permission system

RhodeCode have the most advanced Permission system on the market, allowing things like permission inheritance, permission delegation. All comes in a format that doesn't get hard to manage at scale. See More

Top Pro

Header authentication plugin allows auth delegation to 3rd party systems

The builtin header auth can delegate authentication to other existing systems for further validation chain. See More

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GitHub Enterprise

Top Con

Proprietary

If being proprietary in general is not bad enough, it's owned by Microsoft. See More

Top Pro

Nice and usable UI

GitHub's UI is clean and intuitive. Each view is designed to not fill the screen with useless information. For example, the repository view displays only the most crucial data about that repo - on the top it displays the number of commits, branches, releases and contributors. When clicked, each of them will take the user to a page that displays more detailed information. See More

Specs

Git:Yes

SVN:No

Mercurial:No

Top Con

Can't natively manage large files and binaries (yet)

Max file size limited to 100MB. Git Large File Storage (GLFS) is in the works, but not ready yet. No other native options for large file/binary management. See More

Top Pro

Support for various cloud hosting platforms

GitHub enterprise is available for Amazon AWS, VMware and now on OpenStack KVM as well. This facilitates the use of GitHub Enterprise for people already familiar with these platforms and allows teams to keep using their infrastructure of choice. See More

Top Con

No Continuous Integration packaged into the software

You'll have to set up Jenkins or pay for CircleCI, Travis, etc. in order to get CI running alongside GitHub Enterprise. See More

Top Pro

JIRA integration

When linked to JIRA, branches, commit messages and pull requests can all reference JIRA issues. This allows JIRA to display information about your development activity in the corresponding issue. See More

Top Con

Update cycle lags behind public github

This is intentional, could be seen as advantageous. See More

Top Pro

Powerful search functionality

GitHub Enterprise has powerful search features that allow users to search by file name or project name. It's one of GitHub's most powerful tools. See More

Top Pro

LDAP support

GitHub has improved the LDAP performance. By optimizing searching strategies, they have reduced significant network IO and total queries. Therefore, in some cases as much as 40 percent less data is transmitted on sign on. See More

Top Pro

Gists support

Gists are ways to share code or have conversations about anything without needing a full git repo, and still, they work as git repos so they are versioned, forkable and usable from git. See More

Top Pro

GitHub Enterprise dows not render just markdown

GitHub does not render just markdown, it also renders geojson files, 3D models and csv files. See More

Top Pro

GitHub has the ability to edit code right on the web page

With GitHub Enterprise edits to code files and to files in general can be made inline right on the web page UI. See More

Top Pro

45-day trial available

There is an option to test GitHub Enterprise for free for 45 days. See More

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Gitbucket

Top Pro

Easy to install

Top Con

Can not rename or delete user

GitBucket just disables user login and deletes user's repository. See More

TalentedAlthaea's Experience

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Specs

Platforms:Windows/Linux/Mac

Top Pro

Wiki and issues available

GitBucket has support for wiki, issues, pull requests and mail notification. See More

Top Con

Still has some features that have not yet been implemented

Some features are still missing, but are in the process of being implemented. Such as: Network graph Statistics Watch / Star See More

Top Pro

Supports public and private repositories

GitBucket supports both public and private repos, as well as user management (only allowed to administrators). See More

Top Pro

Online file editing

Support for file editing right from the browser UI is supported. See More

Top Pro

LDAP support

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol is an application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an Internet Protocol (IP) network. See More

Top Pro

Monthly release

New version of GitBucket released every month. See More

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Gitblit

Top Con

No code reviews

It's not possible to start any code reviews on Pull Requests See More

Top Pro

Just works

Setting up is easy and usage is intuitive. See More

EnchantingRaetTawy's Experience

No Pull requests, meaning no code review, making actual control of the project ten times more difficult ... This is just a big No! See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac

Git:Yes

SVN:No

Mercurial:No

Top Con

Access controls are repository-based

Built in access controls are not branch-based. See More

Top Pro

Free and open source

GitBlit is free and open source (under Apache License) . See More

Top Con

No Squash Merge

There is no Squash Merge functionality See More

Top Pro

Cross-platform

Gitblit is available for Windows, OS X and Linux. See More

Top Con

No project admins

There's no separation between a system admin and a project admin. There's owners for projects, but to create a new repository one has to be a general admin. See More

Top Pro

Built-in authorization in windows

So you don't have to worry about setting up OpenSSH on Windows. See More

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Gerrit

Top Pro

Authorizations for users and groups

Gerrit supports group and user authorizations for various repositories. Only authorized users can push code to the master branch. See More

Top Con

The UI is very cluttered

Gerrit's user interface is very cluttered and messy, and quite ugly to look at. The navigations is also not very intuitive, which may hold some people off. See More

HonestMengPo's Experience

Gerrit has the best review support, and is easy to setup. See More

Specs

Platforms:Linux

Top Pro

Integration with LDAP, bug-tracking tools, CI, etc.

Full integration with LDAP (users, groups), bug-tracking systems (Jira, Bugzilla), CI (Jenkins, Hudson) and other tools. See More

Top Con

Difficult to customize

Fixing the UI/UX problems with CSS customization is nearly impossible. The markup doesn't include many classes, making it difficult to target CSS rules to specific elements of the interface. See More

Top Pro

Configurable project workflow, not always feature branches are the most suitable workflow

Top Pro

Project policy customization can be done with hooks and plugins

Multiple hooks available on various events. Plugin API for more customization of project behavior. See More

Top Pro

Self-contained installation of Java package, simple upgrades

Most upgrades require only download of new war file and running it in init mode. In some rare cases db reindex is required. See More

Top Pro

Web UI extension with plugins

A number of plugins available for web UI extension. Plugin API for more customization. See More

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Team Foundation Server

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Platforms:Windows, Web

GitStack

Top Con

Windows only

Unfortunately GitStack is not cross-platform. It only runs on windows. See More

Top Pro

Free and open source

GitStack is free and open source. It's source code can be found on GitHub. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows

Technology:Python, Django

Top Con

Does not support issue tracking

There is no issue tracking out of the box for GitStack, companies that choose to use it usually have a issue tracking software already installed and running. See More

Top Pro

FREE Business Edition if you write a blog post about them

They offer a FREE Business Edition if you have a blog and write a post about them. That's $720 you don't have to pay. See More

Top Con

Git only

Supports only Git version control system. See More

Top Pro

Easy setup

There is a wizard setup that installs GitStack on windows in about 3 minutes. See More

Top Con

Clear Port 80

When installing, you must have port 80 clear or it won't install. You can change the port after install, but for install, it must be clear. See More

Top Pro

Can manage users and groups out of the box

GitStack supports user and group management and permissions. Different users or groups can have different permissions. See More

Top Pro

LDAP support

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol is an application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an Internet Protocol (IP) network. See More

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Deveo

Top Con

Proprietary

Top Pro

Both Cloud and On-Premises supported

You can install Deveo on your own servers, as mentioned above, or use it from Deveo's own cloud instance. See More

Specs

Git:Yes

SVN:Yes

Mercurial:Yes

Top Con

Free tier storage limit

There is a storage limit for the free tier plan of 1GB, while everything else is free, the storage size may be limiting to users. See More

Top Pro

Free cloud with unlimited private repositories

Deveo has a free cloud. You'll be able of subscribing here: http://try.deveo.com/free/ See More

Top Pro

Supports also Subversion and Mercurial

In addition to Git support, Deveo also supports hosting Mercurial and Subversion repositories. Deveo code reviews also support feature branch workflows using Mercurial bookmarks or branches. See More

Top Pro

Better issue tracking than GitHub, Gitlab or Bitbucket

Issue tracking in Deveo is better compared to GitHub, Bitbucket or Gitlab. In Deveo you can define arbitrary states for issues, meaning you can model your team's workflow as it is in real life. In addition to arbitrary states for issues, you have free control over priorities and labels that enhance the experience. See More

Top Pro

Git powered wiki

Deveo has a project based built-in markdown based Wiki, that allows you to host your project documentation in one place. The whole wiki history is saved to a Git repository, which you can checkout and edit locally if you need. Deveo offers a unique split view for editing the wiki pages, that updates the preview automatically while you write. No longer do you need to guess whether the markdown syntax is right or wrong. See More

Top Pro

Repositories are grouped by project

In services such as Gitlab and GitHub repositories are not grouped by default. When doing other than open source software development, however, we generally have at least backend and front-end in separate repositories that both connect to the same project. In Deveo, repositories always belong to a project and share the same Wiki and Issue tracking space, which makes it easier to find the project specific information. See More

Top Pro

local accounts, LDAP, AD or SAML2 single sign-on

Deveo supports using multiple authentication scenarios. You may use Deveo local user database for simple usage. You can authenticate Deveo against your organization's centralized user directory (LDAP, AD) and you can even integrate it with an SAML2 based single sign-on service. See More

Top Pro

WebDAV repository support

In addition to Git, Subversion and Mercurial repositories, you can host WebDAV based binary repositories in Deveo. WebDAV is a technology that allows you to set up private dropbox type repositories where you can simply drag-and-drop files through OSX finder for example. It's convenient way to store binary packages, project documentation, specifications and more. See More

Top Pro

Scalability and High-Availability

Deveo can be set up in three different modes: combo, where you have everything on one server, high-availability, where you have separated database server, and cluster, where you have multiple web nodes serving the load. The cluster setup has been field-tested with thousands of concurrent users. See More

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Meat!

Top Con

Not open source with a license prone to errors

Although the self-hosted version is completely free and unlimited, it's not open source. It's proprietary license is filled with errors and it's open to a lot of interpretations in the future. For example: IF YOU DO NOT OWN THE SOFTWARE, THEN DO NOT DOWNLOAD, INSTALL, COPY OR USE THE SOFTWARE. Should be: You further acknowledge that title and full ownership rights to the Software will remain the exclusive property of BigHit and/or its suppliers, See More

Top Pro

Nice material design

The design is minimalistic and based on today's standarts on material design. It uses colors which are pleasing to the eye and displays the information in an ordered way. The main view shows the latest activity sorted in a chronological order, displaying commits and pushes. Every repo has it's own view, on the top there's the repo's name and a dropdown which displays the current branch with the ability to change to another branch or to create a new one. On the right there's a vertical menu with links to add a new file, show the history or to download the current repository. See More

Top Pro

Deployment is very easy

Deploying Meat! is very easy and it can be done in multiple platforms by using Virtual Machines such as Mware Fusion, VirtualBox, VM Workstation & Payer, or vSphere. See More

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Bonobo Git Server

Top Pro

Free

Bonobo Git Server is an open-source project under MIT License. See More

Top Con

Windows-only

Runs under IIS on Windows. See More

AdaptableCariocecus's Experience

Simple front-end to a git repo server, good to get started with if you don't need all the extra bells and whistles like pull requests and issue tracking. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows

Top Pro

Web User Interface

Manage users and have full control over your repositories with a nice user friendly graphical interface. See More

Top Con

Only repository management

Not a full DevOps solution, like issue tracking, project management, deploy, etc. See More

InsightfulSakpata's Experience

Inaccurate installation instructions which did not reflect what was displayed on screen, despite following the instructions step by step See More

Top Pro

Simple to use

Top Con

Inaccurate installation instructions made for a painful and failed installation

Inaccurate installation instructions which did not reflect what was displayed on the screen, despite following the instructions step by step. Is it really so difficult for developers to test their own instructions against a fresh server to see if they work? Two hours down the drain before moving on to another product... Not as advertised :( See More

MerryRudraige's Experience

Runs under IIS on Windows See More

Top Pro

Easy setup and installation

Top Con

Branch level UAC

Not easy to have branch let user access control. See More

Top Pro

Easy administration

Adding Teams and repositories can done from the UI or by editing files. Very easy See More

Top Con

Not self-hosted

Strictly speaking, when IIS is needed it is not "self hosted". Gitea and Gogs for instance do not need anything else installed. See More

Top Pro

Open source

Bonobo Git Server is an open-source project under MIT License. The source code is available on github and is very extensible. See More

Top Pro

Very simple LDAP integration

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Top Pro

Lightweight

No javascript, drasticly light interface See More

Top Pro

Email-Based Communication and Coordination

Unlike other services that make their communication services like mainstream social media, Sourcehut uses good old mailing lists to make things simpler. It capitalizes on git's "git send-email" feature. This is in adherence to Sourcehut's general design, which is to make simple, reliable products. The official website is at https://lists.sr.ht, and they have a tutorial on setting your git client up at https://git-send-email.io See More

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Includes build service

Sourcehut has an automated build service at https://builds.sr.ht that can build your code from it's repository. Because the project is in alpha, this service is currently free (they will build your projects for you for free!) See More

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"Pro" features are free since the project is still in Alpha

Because the project is in alpha, the "pro" features are free. See More

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My Recommendation for GitLab

My Recommendation for GitLab

Free and open source

Not lightweight

At feature parity with GitHub

The upgrade process fails more often than not

Regular updates

Not all features are free

Has wikis and pages

Kind of slow

Supports pull requests

LDAP lacking

Easy to install with the packages

Requires at least 1GB of RAM

Support for protected branches

Bad code review possibilities

Good web UI

Security risks

Issue tracking support

Integrates fully with LDAP

Comes with integrated CI/CD solution

Permissions and roles are supported

Supports Approvers/Reviewers of Pull/Merge requests

"Snippets" support

Scalable

Integrates with other systems by webhooks

Manages large files and binaries with integrated Git Annex

Can provide a Docker registry

Most GitLab EE features become part of GitLab CE after time

Integration with third party applications

Very feature rich RESTful-API

Allows Timetracking with Cycle-Analytics

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My Recommendation for Gitea

My Recommendation for Gitea

Light-weight

Open source and maintained by community

Non-memory consuming

Intuitive interface

Like Gogs but with faster bug fixes

Wiki and issues

Most common platforms

Easy install with MariaDB back-end

Runs perfect on a Raspberry Pi 3

Customizable Templates

Fast pace of development

Package Registry

Simple to install/written in GO

Focus only on key features

My Recommendation for Gogs

My Recommendation for Gogs

Easy to install

Can't filter by a user to see all their commits in one place

Very light

No third party provider support

Free and open source

Maintained by only one person

Excellent performance and efficiency

No suitable permission control for organization

Cross-platform

No Search functionality

Self-hosted

Has some bugs with Mysql 8 as of June 2018

Simple installation

Supports only git

Built-in extras

Open Source

Cross-platform compatibility

My Recommendation for Bitbucket Server

My Recommendation for Bitbucket Server

Stash is excellent for code reviews

Paid

Issue tracking with JIRA and integration with Bamboo and HipChat

Proprietary

Easy to set up and use

No wikis or issue tracking out of the box

Stash is built with focus on enterprise teams

It doesn't support Gists

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