GitHub actually can be run on one's own server

Posted Sep 25, 2015 17:47 UTC (Fri) by chutzpah (subscriber, #39595)
Parent article: A look at GitLab 8.0

The "GitHub Enterprise" product is a VM image that one can use to run a local instance of GitHub using a local server or an EC2 instance.

GitHub actually can be run on one's own server

Posted Sep 25, 2015 20:54 UTC (Fri) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link] (1 responses)

Yeah, except it is *expensive*. If you're hosting your own FOSS projects, $25/contributor/month isn't cheap. And it is done because Github.clm doesn't allow you to have custom githooks (as in arbitrary code, not a menu of limited options) nor disable the merge button in any meaningful way.

GitHub actually can be run on one's own server

Posted Sep 29, 2015 6:19 UTC (Tue) by chutzpah (subscriber, #39595) [Link]

It is expensive, and GitHub Enterprise does not allow custom git hooks or disabling of the merge button either.

The comment was intended as a correction, since the stating that you can't run GitHub locally is not accurate, not an endorsement of the product.