Forgejo - install on a PC at home - works well, but you can’t easily share your code with people outside your home. (https://forgejo.org/)
Codeberg - runs Forgejo under the hood - now you can share with people - but you really ought to donate to them if you use their service. (https://codeberg.org/)
PikaPods - will host a Gitea instance for you in their cloud - you can share code this way too - costs about $2 USD per month and is dead simple to set up. (https://www.pikapods.com/apps)
VPS - go set up your own virtual private server (on a free Oracle server, or other various hosts out there) and install Forgejo on that - more complicated, hope you like securing servers - share as you like. Free or maybe $$$.
My last info with CodeBerg and donations was that they had funding for the next years and recommended to donate to some other projects. Ist that still valid? Or am I remembering wrong?
Just to add to the fray, here’s what I’ve found:
Forgejo - install on a PC at home - works well, but you can’t easily share your code with people outside your home. (https://forgejo.org/)
Codeberg - runs Forgejo under the hood - now you can share with people - but you really ought to donate to them if you use their service. (https://codeberg.org/)
PikaPods - will host a Gitea instance for you in their cloud - you can share code this way too - costs about $2 USD per month and is dead simple to set up. (https://www.pikapods.com/apps)
VPS - go set up your own virtual private server (on a free Oracle server, or other various hosts out there) and install Forgejo on that - more complicated, hope you like securing servers - share as you like. Free or maybe $$$.
Have fun!
Codeberg only hosts open source.
My last info with CodeBerg and donations was that they had funding for the next years and recommended to donate to some other projects. Ist that still valid? Or am I remembering wrong?
Forgejo is a Great fork. Just like Gitea you can have a public instance of it.
The main issue for collaboration is you’re putting extra hurdles in the way (people needing yet another account).