RetroFed Forum

This is going to generally be about git forges like gitea, but it’s open to discussion about any collaboration assisting tools and platforms.

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

This is going to generally be about git forges like gitea, but it’s open to discussion about any collaboration assisting tools and platforms.

This is going to generally be about git forges like gitea, but it’s open to discussion about any collaboration assisting tools and platforms.

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

	Replies	Author	Score	Last Post
How can the size of a repo be determined /before/ cloning it?	2	freedomPusher	1	Mon Aug 3, 2026 7:35 am »
Any reason we can’t have secret public repos in gitea? The public/private choice misses some use-cases.	5	evenwicht	8	Tue Jun 16, 2026 11:38 am »
90% of forges used for LaTeX packages are in walled gardens with shitty US corporate gatekeepers (lemmy.sdf.org)	0	evenwicht	2	Fri Mar 27, 2026 5:35 pm »
What is the effect of “hide email address” in gitea?	0	freedomPusher	5	Tue Mar 3, 2026 4:12 pm »
How to establish a gitea repo for SSH access over Tor (without needing torsocks)	0	freedomPusher	3	Tue Mar 3, 2026 2:34 pm »
git not good for binary blobs; what do people do?	0	freedomPusher	2	Thu Jul 17, 2025 4:56 pm »
Comparison of forges (so stop using Gitlab.com & Github already!) (git.sdf.org)	0	freedomPusher	1	Fri Aug 13, 2021 3:46 pm »
Gitlab.com fails on several FSF criteria: C0 C2 C3 C4 C6 (git.sdf.org)	0	freedomPusher	1	Wed Mar 10, 2021 4:09 am »
GitLab.com's FSF rating too high (reply to RMS) (lists.gnu.org)	0	freedomPusher	1	Wed Mar 10, 2021 4:00 am »