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I am looking for recommendations for an open source self-hosted ~~version control system~~ source code hosting service. I found a few, but I can't decide on which one to pick:

If there's a better one than the ones I've listed here, I'd love to hear about it!

I care primarily about privacy and security, if that makes any difference.

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[โ€“] i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Git does have a server component. When git connects to an ssh remote it executes an ssh command that needs to be present.

[โ€“] kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

You are right! I was fooled by my server already having git installed and this requirement not being mentioned anywhere. I guess that explains why it uses SSH rather than SCP/SFTP.