# Tangled Knot

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Tangled Knot and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A free, lightweight self-hosted git server for the Tangled forge, praised for low maintenance, easy setup and handling large repos on your own hardware.

## Why people recommend it

- Host your own repos (2 comments): "The cool thing is you can just host your own knot then. Host repos of whatever size you want." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47949614)) "I'm delighted at the idea of having my own knot hosting my projects" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50306541))

## What people warn about

- Networking needs IPv4 NAT workarounds (1 comments): "it only really reliably worked once I enabled lots of IPv4 NAT'ing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959921))
- Naming confusion between protocol and server (1 comments): "If the protocol is called Knot, then call a server a Knot instance or Knot server." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47957555))

## 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, "Tangled Knot", https://hackerapproved.com/p/knot/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).