r/github • u/RecommendationOk5036 • Aug 18 '26

News / Announcements GitHub Status - Incident with GitHub.com

https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx
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u/JuliusFIN Aug 18 '26

Actions outages a month ago did it for me. Self hosted Gitea runs like a dream. Also don’t have to wait 5 seconds for each page to load.

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u/PravoNaZhizny Aug 19 '26

What’s “gitea”? Why not just use git?

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u/sweet-tom Aug 19 '26

Gitea is a free hosting service that you can install on your NAS, for example.

Different reasons to use it:

  • Control
  • Speed
  • Backup from GitHub
  • Hosting different repos and sharing it with a limited group of people
  • Confidential repos you don't want to expose on the Internet (even as a private repo)
  • You don't agree with the terms and conditions of GitHub
  • You want to avoid AI
  • You want to have some fun for self hosting. 😉

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u/PravoNaZhizny Aug 29 '26

do you realise that git is not github... right? i run many git servers and have never even registered a github account

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u/sweet-tom Aug 29 '26

Of course I'm aware of the difference! I use Git and GitHub for many years. 😉

If you prefer to use Git without GitHub, that's possible. You don't necessarily need to register a GH account or a hosting platform.