Hi Jawns, quick financial update. We need more income to cover server costs:
https://opencollective.com/jawnsclub/updates/financial-update-we-need-more-income
Please donate here:
https://opencollective.com/jawnsclub#category-CONTRIBUTE

Looking for a Mastodon server with feral chaos energy?
Can-do dedication to infrastructure?
Zero tolerance for hate?
Custom emoji for stunting on corporate websites as they collapse?
Please consider Jawns.club!
We welcome anyone from the past, present, or future of the #Philadelphia area; or anyone who just loves #Philly :-) 
If you want to join Jawns.club, and can't find the link, please request an invite here: https://forms.jawns.club/invite
#PHL #PA
Welcome! Whether you're new here or an old hand, please write an #introduction to help us get to know you. Hashtags can help others find you.
I'm Nelson, your Jawns.Club admin, and a #climateJustice activist living in the Mt. Airy neighborhood of #Philadelphia. I love #bicycles / #ebikes, #birdsong, and #solar power. Last year I moved house entirely by bicycle. My favorite band is #Queen, and I'm slowly collecting #vinyl from local musicians. I sing in the bath and carry a song in my heart.
If you're worried about hosting anything on the open web because fucking crawlers for LLMs are overloading indie websites, maybe you'd rather browse your git repo via SSH:
https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve
Have you used Soft Serve? Are you aware of any similar projects for browsing git repos over SSH?
Big caveats:
* Charm (the company behind it) has taken VC funding, and therefore is probably doomed
* Last VC round was lead by "Gradient, Googleβs AI-focused venture fund". They're all-in on AI bullshit
Finally, if you really need a full code forge, with issue tracking and everything, what is the simplest, most light-weight code forge you can self-host?
Is it Forgejo? "Lightweight: Forgejo can easily be hosted on nearly every machine. Running on a Raspberry? Small cloud instance? No problem!" https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo
That sounds great to me, but is Forgejo simple enough that I won't regret taking on the maintenance burden? Is there something even faster?
#GiveUpGitHub #git #SelfHosting
To avoid self-hosting a full-fledged code forge, you might want to simply store issues in the git repo itself. Have you tried using git-bug, git-issue, or some other decentralized bug tracker?
* https://github.com/git-bug/git-bug
* https://github.com/dspinellis/git-issue
Last time I tried git-bug I failed to import my issues from GitHub and gave up, but maybe it works now, it seems there is a new & more active maintainer.
#GiveUpGitHub #git #BugTracking #issues #SelfHosting #GitBug
If you're worried about hosting anything on the open web because fucking crawlers for LLMs are overloading indie websites, maybe you'd rather browse your git repo via SSH:
https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve
Have you used Soft Serve? Are you aware of any similar projects for browsing git repos over SSH?
Big caveats:
* Charm (the company behind it) has taken VC funding, and therefore is probably doomed
* Last VC round was lead by "Gradient, Googleβs AI-focused venture fund". They're all-in on AI bullshit
Next, have you tried a static site generator for browsing git repos? Here's a list of SSGs for git, sorted by latest commit (fresh to stale):
* reporat https://www.ratfactor.com/repos/reporat/
* git-arr https://blitiri.com.ar/p/git-arr/
* depp https://git.8pit.net/depp/
* itsy-gitsy https://git.trevorbentley.com/itsy-gitsy/file/README.md
* pgit https://pgit.pico.sh/
* stagit https://codemadness.org/git/stagit/file/README.html
* gituwa https://git.mcksp.com/gituwa/
* repo2html https://git.m455.casa/repo2html/
#GiveUpGitHub #git #SelfHosting #SSGs #StaticWebsites #StaticSiteGenerators
To avoid self-hosting a full-fledged code forge, you might want to simply store issues in the git repo itself. Have you tried using git-bug, git-issue, or some other decentralized bug tracker?
* https://github.com/git-bug/git-bug
* https://github.com/dspinellis/git-issue
Last time I tried git-bug I failed to import my issues from GitHub and gave up, but maybe it works now, it seems there is a new & more active maintainer.
#GiveUpGitHub #git #BugTracking #issues #SelfHosting #GitBug
Time to discuss self-hosted alternatives to GitHub!
First, has anyone simply put a bare git repo on a server somewhere, pushed via SSH, and called it a day?
https://idiomdrottning.org/hosting-git-repos
Do you really need more than a remote to push to and pull from, for your personal projects? If you've tried this, what obstacles did you encounter and what features did you miss?
#GiveUpGitHub #SelfHosting #git #SSH #BareRepos
Next, have you tried a static site generator for browsing git repos? Here's a list of SSGs for git, sorted by latest commit (fresh to stale):
* reporat https://www.ratfactor.com/repos/reporat/
* git-arr https://blitiri.com.ar/p/git-arr/
* depp https://git.8pit.net/depp/
* itsy-gitsy https://git.trevorbentley.com/itsy-gitsy/file/README.md
* pgit https://pgit.pico.sh/
* stagit https://codemadness.org/git/stagit/file/README.html
* gituwa https://git.mcksp.com/gituwa/
* repo2html https://git.m455.casa/repo2html/
#GiveUpGitHub #git #SelfHosting #SSGs #StaticWebsites #StaticSiteGenerators
Time to discuss self-hosted alternatives to GitHub!
First, has anyone simply put a bare git repo on a server somewhere, pushed via SSH, and called it a day?
https://idiomdrottning.org/hosting-git-repos
Do you really need more than a remote to push to and pull from, for your personal projects? If you've tried this, what obstacles did you encounter and what features did you miss?
#GiveUpGitHub #SelfHosting #git #SSH #BareRepos
Hi Jawns, quick financial update. We need more income to cover server costs:
https://opencollective.com/jawnsclub/updates/financial-update-we-need-more-income
Please donate here:
https://opencollective.com/jawnsclub#category-CONTRIBUTE

Looking for a Mastodon server with feral chaos energy?
Can-do dedication to infrastructure?
Zero tolerance for hate?
Custom emoji for stunting on corporate websites as they collapse?
Please consider Jawns.club!
We welcome anyone from the past, present, or future of the #Philadelphia area; or anyone who just loves #Philly :-) 
If you want to join Jawns.club, and can't find the link, please request an invite here: https://forms.jawns.club/invite
#PHL #PA
Welcome! Whether you're new here or an old hand, please write an #introduction to help us get to know you. Hashtags can help others find you.
I'm Nelson, your Jawns.Club admin, and a #climateJustice activist living in the Mt. Airy neighborhood of #Philadelphia. I love #bicycles / #ebikes, #birdsong, and #solar power. Last year I moved house entirely by bicycle. My favorite band is #Queen, and I'm slowly collecting #vinyl from local musicians. I sing in the bath and carry a song in my heart.