CGIT 1.3 Web Front End for Git Released After Six Years
5 hours ago
- #Open Source
- #Web Development
- #Git
- CGIT 1.3, a lightweight web interface for Git repositories, has been released after six years.
- Developed by Jason Donenfeld, known for WireGuard and Linux cryptography contributions.
- CGIT is ideal for users needing a simple web-based Git repository viewer without pull request management.
- Key features include being lightweight, no JavaScript dependency, and written in C for efficiency.
- CGIT 1.3 includes bug fixes, updates for Git 2.53, CSS styling improvements, and optional JavaScript for dynamic aging of commits.
- The optional JavaScript feature updates commit ages client-side, with minimal impact if JavaScript is blocked.
- CGIT powers major sites like git.kernel.org.