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Add to SafariWhen comparing Gitorious vs sourcehut, the Slant community recommends Gitorious for most people. In the question“What are the best self-hosted web-based Git repository managers?” Gitorious is ranked 14th while sourcehut is ranked 20th. The most important reason people chose Gitorious is:
In contrast to GitHub, Gitorious is not user-centered, it is project centered.
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Pros
Pro Project focused
In contrast to GitHub, Gitorious is not user-centered, it is project centered.
Pro Supports pull requests
Has pull request (aka merge request) support.
Pro Wikis
You can create your project wiki with Gitorious.
Pro Lightweight
No javascript, drasticly light interface
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
Pro 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!)
Pro "Pro" features are free since the project is still in Alpha
Because the project is in alpha, the "pro" features are free.
Cons
Con To be discontinued on June 1st
Gitorious was acquired by GitLab on 3 March 2015 and they have announced that Gitorious will be discounted on June 1st.
Con Destructive installation
Gitorious installation will change settings without asking.
