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2022-01-26 ~fel

repository guidelines

its a bit of a tangle to juggle between different git hosting services, so im going to lay out some very not strict rules for myself.

fully self hosted

minimal collaboration needed
im comfortable handling all patches alone
small shits and giggles
stuff that doesnt deserve any particular spotlight
super beta, not worth showing

github

discoverability: think people would like to see it / take from, and more accessible site for CVs

i do not enjoy github: too many githubism features, hard to migrate a project off of. not even largest microsoft hater, just it wayyy to big and monolithic for my tastes, while providing unique tooling that other services dont have (or need)

teaching/non-techy repo: dont want to gatekeep collaboration if its just for some non techy friends who cba to learn patching and all the other fluff, not that much of a dick, github does certainly makes it easier for new people

sourcehut

want useful/team collaboration or just big project: mailing lists tickets etc all in their good ole classic forms. very portable ci for so many platforms, even has 9front lol can even "special request" ci over email it seems (presumably $, but still)

hopefully gets more popular: once/if the popularity factor of github is negligible, only limiting factor is the from 0 knowledge to using time, which presumably will still be higher than github. really hope it does, sourcehut is tremendously good for open source community, dont even think that its debatable. also just better than any similar-scale alternative :p

other options that are niche or not yet there (imo)

forgefed: not hugest fan of federation over self hosting but future could lead it to worthwhile places. worth keeping an eye on (and rooting for, id say) for sure.

fossil: fits weird niche of self hosted but with github tier tooling. could fit depending on the software being held in it, but too clunky for personal repos and too learn-new-system for everyday collaboration. like it a lot tbh, but fits such a weird niche i dont have a use for it. might make a gemini interface for, could make it more useful to me.