I mainly just use bare SSH and/or point my web server to my repos as I don’t really need a whole UI for stuff I’m pretty much the only one that will ever use it.

I feel like it’s a git feature that’s often overlook by those that have only used to GitHub/GitLab/Gitea before. Git was originally designed to just be a folder on a server you have SSH access (read-write) or HTTP(S) access (read-only).

I’ve used Gogs and Gitea in the past but found it overkill for my needs.

https://forgejo.org/

I use gitea

The only selfhosted github I know about is github enterprise.

If you just want to host git repos, gitea, and gitlab are good. You don’t need that to host git though, git is peer based and doesn’t require a fancy dashboard to work.

You can use gitlab. Big and feature rich. or gitea - small neat and have all important features. With gitea add something like “woodpeaker” for CI

https://gitolite.com/

It’s basic SSH-based git, but also allows you to manage permissions for users and groups based on their SSH keys. You do all configuration by editing a file in the adminstration repo and pushing those changes to the server. I don’t want a web interface or any heavy service running all the time so this suits me perfectly.

If you want a way to self host git (not github) repositories you can check this list https://www.slant.co/topics/1440/~best-self-hosted-web-based-git-repository-managers

I have used Gogs and Gitea in the past, now Forgejo is a fork of Gitea with Woodpecker-CI

Gitea.

I used raw SSH for years but occasionally I had to share accesss to a repo with sonebody else, and the whole dance with creating an unix user and giving proper permissions was only fun for the first time.