So, where do the cool kids host their code these days? I went to GitLab and saw “Finally, AI for the entire software lifecycle” – ok, I guess this means no GitLab for me. Codeberg then? Or something else?

Note: no, I’m not self-hosting. Yes, I know how to do it, I’ve been doing it for a decade. But I still won’t.

#Github #GithubCopilot #GitLab

@WPalant Gitea/Forgejo have cloud offerings IIRC, they are pretty solid too for regular repo stuff.

@buherator Concerning Gitea I found https://about.gitea.com/resources/tutorials/gitea-mcp-server. This is not a core feature at the moment but I don’t really want to migrate to another service and have them start shoving this down everybody’s throat a few months later.

I cannot see any cloud offering for Forgejo.

@WPalant Codeberg is excellent IMHO. Sponsor if you can.

@WPalant MCPs are the least intrusive way for LLM integration IMO, so I wouldn't see too much into that but you do you!

How about managed services? Like deploying a Gitea AMI on EC2:

https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-lhdotldtcz2ke

@WPalant Codeberg is great. This is where I host my content.
They would probably appreciate if you could drop them some money for hosting your content :)

If you have big CI needs, you might need to selfhost a runner, though. They do provide some runners, but they are not meant for intensive workflows.

@WPalant codeberg seems cool but it doesn't really allow private repos

@freddy Luckily, I don’t have any private repos (not on Github at least). I have no problem self-hosting a few private repos if I need them.

@WPalant Codeberg or maybe Sourcehut. As at least the former is operated by a non-profit, check if you can spare a penny.

Ok, the people have spoken. I’ll be looking into migrating my repos to Codeberg. I plan to remove all repositories on Github and to create archived placeholders in their place linking to the new location (I don’t want to leave any repository history there).