Comment by graemep
6 hours ago
Fossil is very easy to self host. If you already have a web server it needs maybe 10 or 15 lines of server config. If you want to avoid start up you need something to autostart/restart the server process. If you point it at a directory you can add a new repo simply by adding a Fossil file to the directory.
You can even run it on shared hosting as a CGI (never done it myself).
The only thing that took some setup was sending email notifications.
> The "opinionated / small-teams only" critique others have raised in this thread is real, and I think Fossil should own it instead of fighting it.
I agree I use Fossil for multiple personal and small projects. Anywhere I can, really. It is very simple and everything is distributed.
And backups. Sqlite makes it easier but no backup process is easy. You always have to backup and restore at least once to have the confidence to rely on it.
It's another (big) point towards paying someone else to host it.