When comparing Meat! vs Deveo, the Slant community recommends Deveo for most people. In the question“What are the best self-hosted web-based Git repository managers?” Deveo is ranked 18th while Meat! is ranked 19th. The most important reason people chose Deveo is:
Deveo supports Git, Subversion and Mercurial repositories. You can access the repositories through HTTPS and SSH protocols.
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Pros
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.
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.
Pro Git, Subversion and Mercurial support
Deveo supports Git, Subversion and Mercurial repositories. You can access the repositories through HTTPS and SSH protocols.
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, Deveo generally has 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 a convenient way to store binary packages, project documentation, specifications and more.
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.
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.
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.
Pro Free private repositories
Deveo's cloud is free to use with unlimited private repositories, users, and projects. The free plan includes 1GB of total disk space, and after that the price is 1 euro/GB/month.
Pro Free cloud instance
Deveo offers a free cloud with. You'll be able of signing up here.
Cons
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,
Con Proprietary
There's no open source version of Deveo available.
Con On-premises plan is paid
Deveo's on-premises plan is a paid service. The price is 3 euros, per user, per month, and it includes a free 30-day trial.