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Posted by jslakro 8 hours ago

Moving from GitHub to Codeberg, for lazy people(unterwaditzer.net)
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hgo 4 hours ago|
Oh, I didn't know github had free macOS CI runners. Maybe that would solve my dreadful upcoming issue that I'd have to update my mac to a version with glass to be able to build for the app store.
packetlost 6 hours ago||
tangled.org is another interesting take that's open source and built on ATProto (which I have mixed feelings about).

Also radicle.xyz

delduca 6 hours ago||
> If you absolutely need macOS runners I’d recommend sticking with GitHub Actions on the GitHub repository...

This is the only reason I haven’t migrated yet (I keep a mirror[1]).

1 - https://codeberg.org/willtobyte/carimbo

pfortuny 6 hours ago||
I am really really amazed at how many people discount this alternative because it does not work but do not realize that they are being slaves to Microsoft by using Github. Honestly, I do not get it.
johnisgood 5 hours ago||
Apparently they have issues with self-hosting and basic git usage so I am not surprised, but yes, so many open source advocates, yet they literally depend on Microsoft, a bit too much.
goku12 4 hours ago||
> but yes, so many open source advocates, yet they literally depend on Microsoft, a bit too much.

I have abandoned github and even gitlab for all intents and purposes. But there's another side to consider in this.

It's always risky for the FOSS community to depend on a service that doesn't offer interoperability and freedom of migration. Ironically, Github is such a service built on a tool (git) that's built for maximum interop and migration. But the popularity of Github among the developer community isn't an accident. They worked really hard during their early stages as a startup, to gain the trust of community. Nobody foresaw Microsoft buying them at that stage (though you should really just assume that it would happen eventually).

The reluctance of a lot of them to abandon the platform can be attributed to lack of principles - IF it was an isolated incident. But we see the same story repeating with several development platforms. NPM is an example. PyPI and crates.io are still independent, as far as I know. But they aren't free of corporate influences either. No matter how much we try to avoid them, the companies just buy their way into these platforms when they become popular enough. I'm not happy with this. But I don't know a solution either.

p2detar 5 hours ago|||
> being slaves to Microsoft

An overly ideological PoV can make it easy to overlook that some people are simply on Github from a practical standpoint. I myself host Forgejo and moved a lot of stuff there. I don't really find a good reason to host anything on Codeberg, yet. Github still offers me a nice set of repos to find via the people I follow there.

d675 5 hours ago||
What’s the hate on Microsoft?
pfortuny 5 hours ago||
It's not hate, it is that everybody complains about their services and their predatory behavior but somehow Github gets a free pass. As if it were going to be free forever, and well maintained...
throwa356262 6 hours ago||
Codeberg is not a 1-1 replacement for github/gitlab but for many people it is a better option.

I really wish there was a way to support with them a smaller amount then €24. I dont use codeberg myself but I really want to support them.

arcanemachiner 6 hours ago||
I send them a couple bucks a month via Liberapay. I'm on mobile and short on time, but you can customize the donation amount easily.
KomoD 6 hours ago||
You can, €24 is just for the membership

Wire transfer is €10

Stripe is €5

With PayPal you can send €0.01 if you want

Or Liberapay, as little as €0.01 per week

bachittle 5 hours ago||
I have enjoyed using Forgejo over GitHub for local work. The features that GitHub has that plain Git does not includes a nice web renderer of markdown and code, issues and pull requests with comments, and project kanban boards. It's nice to have an alternative for local usage if GitHub ever goes down or just for private projects. Especially nice with agentic workflows, because agents can port issues, PRs, etc. back and forth between GitHub and Forgejo.
elzbardico 6 hours ago||
Really, they day I finally tire of github, I will just move to gitlab. git hosting is not something I want to wast my time yak shaving.
huijzer 6 hours ago|
I'm running Forgejo for years now and I spend almost no time on it. I just host it with my other services. Backups automatically with Syncthing and I manually check in on the server and run apt-get upgrade once every two weeks.
jtfrench 5 hours ago||
Haven’t heard of Codeberg. What are the top reasons to switch from GitHub?
steveharing1 6 hours ago||
Having options is really important bcs relying heavily on one thing is not something that goes always well
gitprolinux 5 hours ago|
I just have to say that I wrote my on hosting git service and eat my own stuff at gitbusiness.com
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