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700+ self-hosted Git instances battered in 0-day attacks with no fix imminent (www.theregister.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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By 'Git instances' they mean Gogs instances that allow open registration. I know most of the community moved from Gogs to Gitea, and then to Forgejo, but thought this was still worth noting.

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[–] 20 points 11 months ago (14 children)

If i remember correctly on my gitea (now forgejo) the default is open registration which really shouldn't be the case for projects that are targeted towards self hosters.

My inital install was a long time ago so I don't remember for sure

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah in my project open registration is behind an option called yes_i_am_very_very_sure_i_want_an_open_registration_server_prone_to_abuse lol

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (9 children)

    I'm a current gitea user.. should I be moving to forgejo?

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  • [–] 16 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    Yes, even without this current news.

    https://forgejo.org/compare-to-gitea/

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    Thanks! I'll add it to the todo list.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    I just did it not long a ago. Gittea -> Forgejo10 -> Forgejo11 LTS, in Docker. Surprisingly quick, painless and smooth.

    (My only issue was not Forgejo, but MySQL. Because the hardware is ancient and Docker compose pulled down a new version of mysql8 at the same time as pulling forgejo. New version of mysql8 didnt support my CPU architecture. Easy fix was to change the label mysql8oraclelinux7 in Docker compose and pull that image. There is a issue with solutions in the MySQL Docker GitHub repo)

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (4 children)

    Doesn't Forgejo support SQLite as a backend?

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Yes, although MySQL/MariaDB or PostgreSQL are the more robust options.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    If MySQL is more robust than SQLite of all things, something is going seriously wrong.

    Then again, it's 2025. I no longer bet on what to expect from reality. Next someone points me to a mail indicating linux kernel will move its bookkeeping to MongoDB.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Depends how they define robust. MySQL has a myriad of features SLQite doesn't have and won't ever have. If they mean something like user configuration then SQLite is just out by default.

    (Coming from a SQLite fan.)

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Reading between the lines I feel like when you say “Targeted towards self hosters” what you mean is “John Q Hobbyist who doesn’t know any better”

    And in response to that I would contend that Gitea is not actually targeted at those folks, though they obviously use it. Gitea is FOSS but it’s still “targeted” at professionals.

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