Soft Serve
Self-hostable Git server for the command line
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.
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 7.2k GitHub stars
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