# Gogs

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Gogs and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend Gogs as a lightweight self-hosted Git server with a web UI that needs few resources for simple repo storage. One critic says it did not accept outside contributions.

## Why people recommend it

- Simple self-hosted Git server with UI (3 comments): "gogs continues to be a viable alternative if you actually only want a git server with an UI" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46120034)) "If your goal is to just store your repos, even Gogs will do." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49034165)) "Gogs is a self-hosted forge" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49331899))
- Self-hostable alternative to GitHub (3 comments): "Full github/gitlab: git and Gogs, Gitea, Forgejo." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47956339)) "one can self-host forgejo, gitea, gogs and so on" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49032264)) "I'd definitely rather use Gitea/Gogs/Forgejo" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48299114))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [GitHub](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github.md): 764 recommend
- [Forgejo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/forgejo.md): 380 recommend
- [GitLab](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gitlab.md): 331 recommend
- [Codeberg](https://hackerapproved.com/p/codeberg.md): 331 recommend
- [Gitea](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gitea.md): 195 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Gogs", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gogs/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).