Gitly.io
Dev tools
git hosting
SHOW HN2017
230points
125comments
#123of 2,242 in 2017
Top 6%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
18 positive, 28 neutral or asking, 10 mixed, 10 critical, out of 66 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.
Design: 7 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 4 againstIdea: 3 for, 1 againstPricing: 3 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Very fast page loads and clone times.
From 2 comments
Very nice. It really took me just 10s seconds to sign up and clone a repo. I believe this kind of easy of setup should be much more common - across many domains and languages.…
mtrn on HNCouldn't find a public test-repo on the front page. Anyone wanting a test drive without signup, here you go: https://niko.gitly.io/ruby-shout I love the speed and the (repo…
ende42 on HN
Minimal JavaScript and clean, slim design.
From 2 comments
It is so refreshing to see slim, fast websites. Only the minimal JS is used. Even though I don't have many repositories, I'll certainly consider supporting gitly. Please remain…
romuloab42 on HN> There are no JS libraries used (in fact, there's barely any JS at all) Holy shit that's refreshing! I was planning on moving from GitLab to cgit + an issue tracker/wiki, but…
mi100hael on HN
Simple, easy setup.
From 2 comments
I love the simplicity and speed of this. Its endearing. No fuss. Reminds me of Gogs, easy to setup, easy to use. Great job on that. Of course its early days but I do hope you…
throw2016 on HNVery nice. It really took me just 10s seconds to sign up and clone a repo. I believe this kind of easy of setup should be much more common - across many domains and languages.…
mtrn on HN
Objections
Name is derivative or too close to existing names and trademarks.
From 3 comments
It's so cool to see people focusing on web app performance. Everyone complains about it but no one follows up their complaints with action. That's a big plus and I will…
Analemma_ on HNYou may want to check with the Software Freedom Conservancy wrt trademark: "In addition, you may not use any of the Marks as a syllable in a new word or as part of a portmanteau…
glandium on HNNice project. IIRC, doesn't github have some trademarks on their designs or something? If so, please be weary of this (and their lawyers) OP
phantom_oracle on HN
Design too close to GitHub.
From 1 comment
Wow, the design is so "inspired" by GitHub… the language percentage thing especially
floatboth on HN
Self-hosting release date of April 1 seems like a joke.
From 2 comments
> Self-hosting will be available on April 1, 2017. Really, or is that just an April Fool's joke?
skykooler on HNAlways nice to see competition in this space. Keeps people on there toes though it's a steep hill to climb feature wise to bring out something as polished as the alternatives. >…
koolba on HN
Signup email verification arrives slowly or lands in spam.
From 2 comments
Just so you know, your email for verifying an account signup comes through with a pretty high spam score (for me at least.) The first email was rated 4.5 and the second 5.9 (I…
movedx on HNLooks great. May I ask, how can you provide free self-hosting (even if it's free only for <5 users)? edit: I didn't receive email confirmation yet, after signing up (15 minutes…
baal80spam on HN
Requests
Provide a way to try without signing up.
From 1 comment
It's there a way to try it out without signing up? The first thing I wanted to do was test your claim for speediness. There is a road block in front of doing that.
jazoom on HN
Production-ready install with packages, SSL and LDAP support.
From 1 comment
Will that 10s install be anything like production-ready? As a sysadmin, one of my pet peeves is tools where the "install process" is "run this executable and it's a webserver,"…
jcrawfordor on HN
Make signup work without JavaScript.
From 1 comment
It is so refreshing to see slim, fast websites. Only the minimal JS is used. Even though I don't have many repositories, I'll certainly consider supporting gitly. Please remain…
romuloab42 on HN
Publish the source code.
From 1 comment
Looks nice. My vague impression of the alternatives out there: GitLab: <s>Python</s>Ruby ergo slow, hard to set up; Gogs: haven't tried but I remember they directly ripped off…
comex on HN
Questions
How will it be monetized while offering free private repos?
From 1 comment
This looks promising. Can't wait to check out the source. How exactly do you plan on monetizing while allowing unlimited free private repos? Also, for anyone looking for a good…
aphextron on HN
Is it open source and what is the difference from Gogs or Gitea?
From 1 comment
What's the difference with gogs/gitea or is it another fork? Is this open source?
my_ghola on HN
Alternatives named
GitHub
From 1 comment
Hi, Gitly is my side project I've been working on for a couple of months. It is an open source repository manager with a focus on performance, ease of use, and productivity…
alex-m on HN
GitLab
From 1 comment
Looks nice. My vague impression of the alternatives out there: GitLab: <s>Python</s>Ruby ergo slow, hard to set up; Gogs: haven't tried but I remember they directly ripped off…
comex on HN
Gogs
From 1 comment
This looks promising. Can't wait to check out the source. How exactly do you plan on monetizing while allowing unlimited free private repos? Also, for anyone looking for a good…
aphextron on HN
Bitbucket
From 1 comment
Hi, Gitly is my side project I've been working on for a couple of months. It is an open source repository manager with a focus on performance, ease of use, and productivity…
alex-m on HN