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Soft Serve

Self-hostable Git server for the command line

Git Hosting & Forges ★ 7.3k stars Easy setup MIT

Soft Serve is a tasteful, self-hostable Git server with a built-in terminal UI accessible over SSH. It makes hosting Git repositories simple without a web interface.

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Key features

  • SSH terminal UI
  • Single binary server
  • Repository browsing in terminal
  • Simple access control

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Mature project with 7.3k GitHub stars

Is Soft Serve secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Soft Serve's latest release (v0.12.3). OSV.dev lists 11 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-91773, published 2026-09-15 (29 days ago), fixed in 0.12.0

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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