cgit is shorthand for CGI for Git.
cgit offers a fast web interface for the Git SCM, using a built-in cache to reduce pressure on the git server. Potential contributors can track and view project source code from the web instead of through a git client. Supported web servers include Apache, Nginx, and Lighttpd.
It’s free and open source software.
Key Features
- Basic repository browsing (logs, diffs, trees…).
- Caching of generated HTML.
- Cloneable URLs (implements dumb HTTP transport).
- Commit feeds (atom format).
- Discovery of Git repositories.
- On-the-fly archives for tags and commits.
- Plugin support for e.g. syntax highlighting.
- Side-by-side diffs.
- Simple time/author statistics.
- Simple virtual hosting support (macro expansion).
- Understands GitWeb project-lists.
- Understands gitweb.owner in Git config files.
- Extensive filtering framework using scripts or a built-in lua interpreter.
- Supports syntax highlighting when viewing blobs. It can be enabled using python-pygments, or highlight.
- Can be managed though webapp-config. webapp-config is Gentoo’s installer for web-based applications. It’s used for automatic setup of web applications in virtual hosting environments.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD, and Mac OS X.
Website: git.zx2c4.com/cgit
Support: FAQ, Mailing List
Developer: Jason A. Donenfeld
License: GNU General Public License, version 2
cgit is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Web-Based Git Clients | |
|---|---|
| GitLab | Integrated product for modern software development |
| Gogs | Simple, stable and extensible self-hosted Git service |
| Gitea | Community managed lightweight code hosting solution |
| ungit | Git made easy |
| GitBucket | Git web platform powered by Scala |
| Forgejo | Self-hosted lightweight software forge |
| Kallithea | Source code management system that supports two version control systems |
| cgit | Shorthand for CGI for Git |
| GitList | Elegant git repository viewer |
| P3X Gitlist | Modern private Git repository viewer. A fork of GitList |
| OneDev | Self-hosted Git server and DevOps platform |
| Gerrit | Web-based code review |
| SCM-Manager | Self-hosted source code management application |
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