I use Gitea and I love it. The network effects and reach of GH are holding people back from discovering / using / contributing to other forges (gitlab, gitea, sourcehut) that are spread over numerous instances. Even just giving a star to show your appreciation for a project or a comment on the issue tracker often requires you to create a new account just for that.
Microsoft with features like these, acquiring NPM etc. and more to come, will be 'the Google of the dev world' (or they already are). Locked-in by the platform and by FOMO we'll be. And Gitea and other such fine works only used in the fringes of software development is my fear.
Big tech is causing big problems, as often discussed on HN. In this domain there are still competitors that can pick up the glove and put up a real fight. Gitlab can, but Gitea could do too. And imho here's how:
Federated forges, by adopting ActivityPub-based ForgeFed protocol [0]. I've searched your issue tracker and see [1] you are already considering adoption of parts of it.
I think federation support will greatly boost the attractiveness of Gitea as an alternative to GH.
PS. I've also heard talk to create federated LinkedIn alternatives.
Oh wow, this looks interesting, I hope it gets some traction. As someone who migrated away from Github the moment Microsoft bought it, I will be watching it and keeping fingers crossed.
Microsoft with features like these, acquiring NPM etc. and more to come, will be 'the Google of the dev world' (or they already are). Locked-in by the platform and by FOMO we'll be. And Gitea and other such fine works only used in the fringes of software development is my fear.
Big tech is causing big problems, as often discussed on HN. In this domain there are still competitors that can pick up the glove and put up a real fight. Gitlab can, but Gitea could do too. And imho here's how:
Federated forges, by adopting ActivityPub-based ForgeFed protocol [0]. I've searched your issue tracker and see [1] you are already considering adoption of parts of it.
I think federation support will greatly boost the attractiveness of Gitea as an alternative to GH.
PS. I've also heard talk to create federated LinkedIn alternatives.
[0] https://forgefed.peers.community
[1] https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/9045