When comparing Gitbucket vs Gitblit, the Slant community recommends Gitbucket for most people. In the question“What are the best self-hosted web-based Git repository managers?” Gitbucket is ranked 9th while Gitblit is ranked 10th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Easy to install
Pro Wiki and issues available
GitBucket has support for wiki, issues, pull requests and mail notification.
Pro Supports public and private repositories
GitBucket supports both public and private repos, as well as user management (only allowed to administrators).
Pro Online file editing
Support for file editing right from the browser UI is supported.
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.
Pro Monthly release
New version of GitBucket released every month.
Pro Just works
Setting up is easy and usage is intuitive.
Pro Free and open source
GitBlit is free and open source (under Apache License) .
Pro Cross-platform
Gitblit is available for Windows, OS X and Linux.
Pro Built-in authorization in windows
So you don't have to worry about setting up OpenSSH on Windows.
Cons
Con Can not rename or delete user
GitBucket just disables user login and deletes user's repository.
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
Con No code reviews
It's not possible to start any code reviews on Pull Requests
Con Access controls are repository-based
Built in access controls are not branch-based.
Con No Squash Merge
There is no Squash Merge functionality
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.