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Alternative github frontends? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago by itmosi@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Github has become more bloated, slower and more user-hostile with each update (just like all other big corp platforms). SPA navigation slow like hell, the "new" file viewer/browser is hardly usable in my opinion, code search does not work without login, etc. So are there any good alternative FE where the following work (read only mode is enough):

  • Basic git stuff like commits, branches, tags, etc
  • File browser
  • Code search
  • Issues
  • Pull requests
  • Conversations
  • Wiki

For file browsing and searching I know the github1s.

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[–] BOFH666@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In run a personal instance of forgejo, love it.

Everything I want regarding version control and workers. And more lightweight on the frontend side.

https://forgejo.org/

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

+1 for Forgejo. Runs butter smooth even on not so high-end machines. You can even mirror your GitHub repos.

Plus: It is not owned by a for-profit organization.

[–] itmosi@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago

I already self host my git server, I'm looking for an alternative front-end to browse github (because a lot of open source stuff still lives on it).

[–] testman@lemmy.ml 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

GotHub seems to display basic GitHub stuff decently well.
https://gh.whateveritworks.org/

[–] itmosi@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This looks promising, but unfortunately the advertised just replace github.com with some alternative host doesn't work. I can't check the issues, wiki, etc, all pages give me error (except main repo url), eg:

[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

https://codeberg.org/gothub/gothub

[–] smpl@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

Gothub is looking for a new maintainer.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I mostly use GitHub through vscode's terminal. They've got plenty of extensions/plugins for git/github

[–] beta_tester@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Github isn't slow on my devices.

Which os? There are plenty of third party apps for computer or mobile

[–] itmosi@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ofc Firefox (on any OS). It might work better with a chromium based browser but I don't use any of them.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Depending on what you have a taste for, I seem to remember seeing this in Emacs:

https://github.com/magit/forge

[–] jelloeater85@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

You should really try the GitHub CLI, it's amazing. I only use the GUI for tweaking settings and browsing here and there. Everything else you can do from JetBrains / Viscose native, including PRs.

[–] backhdlp@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 10 months ago

I recently found https://github-wiki-see.page (Source) for wikis. It has the contents of the wikis with basic formatting, so it works, but it's not made to be a frontend.

[–] zed@lemmy.ca 0 points 10 months ago

I think you’re asking for alternative front ends to git, rather than GitHub?

I’m not sure if you want to retain access to Issues, Actions, Discussions and everything else on GitHub, but through another interface. Or if you’re asking to make a clean break from that data and ecosystem.

If it’s the former, then I think it’s either the web app (which you don’t like), or the CLI (gh). If it’s the latter, then I think any of the other options mentioned by others will do.

[–] ShaunaTheDead@kbin.social -4 points 10 months ago

Gitlab is quite good and used by a lot of open source developers.