Sorcia
Dev tools
git web frontend
SHOW HN2020
100points
30comments
#648of 3,028 in 2020
Top 22%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
5 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 4 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Idea: 2 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, minimal, light and snappy design
From 3 comments
Glad to see new work in this space. Sorcia looks very clean, and well implemented. I only noticed one issue, which is very much an edge case: when trying to view a file with…
CameronNemo on HNLooks nice and clean. Minimalism. I like what I see in the screenshots.
jlelse on HNThis kind of simple design has grown on me after I tried sourcehut. I kind like it, it's light and snappy, no extra loading bar is needed. My questions: - Can you make it a…
nirui on HN
Useful lightweight alternative to cgit for read-only repo views
From 2 comments
I'd use this over cgit. For exposing a read-only view of my repo on a barebones server. This does not include issues, pull-requests etc. and that is useful in some scenarios.
hashhar on HNTangential: lastly I was searching for an easy to deploy, easy to use readonly html frontend for git repositories that could be reached via an URL subpath behind a reverse proxy,…
bpizzi on HN
Objections
Name has an unfortunate meaning in Italian
From 3 comments
Hmm, name will raise a few eyebrows in Italy.
eecc on HNIts a "colloquial" way of referring to a prostitute (or person acting as such) in the area of Rome. Very often spelled as sorca, but sorcia is also understood to have the same…
galacticdessert on HN"sorcio" is a synonym (Centre Italy dialectal version, but understandable everywhere) for mouse (topo, in standard Italian), "sorcia" is the feminine and the feminine of mouse is…
gtufano on HN
Relies on Cloudflare-hosted JS, so pages render poorly without it
From 2 comments
Glad to see new work in this space. Sorcia looks very clean, and well implemented. I only noticed one issue, which is very much an edge case: when trying to view a file with…
CameronNemo on HN- I need help on generating a docker image. Would be great if someone contributes to this. - Sure, I was thinking about that. Being this a self-hosted software, I should have…
mysticmode on HN
No Docker image yet
From 2 comments
This kind of simple design has grown on me after I tried sourcehut. I kind like it, it's light and snappy, no extra loading bar is needed. My questions: - Can you make it a…
nirui on HN- I need help on generating a docker image. Would be great if someone contributes to this. - Sure, I was thinking about that. Being this a self-hosted software, I should have…
mysticmode on HN
Not responsive on mobile
From 1 comment
Looks cool. Responsive layout, please. Painful to browse on iOS phone.
savolai on HN
Requests
Provide a Docker image
From 2 comments
This kind of simple design has grown on me after I tried sourcehut. I kind like it, it's light and snappy, no extra loading bar is needed. My questions: - Can you make it a…
nirui on HNHello, it's been a few days, I hope you can still receive this. I cloned your project and made a Dockerfile for it. It works on my Arm32 based board so I guess it should work on…
nirui on HN
Host JavaScript libraries locally instead of using a CDN
From 2 comments
This kind of simple design has grown on me after I tried sourcehut. I kind like it, it's light and snappy, no extra loading bar is needed. My questions: - Can you make it a…
nirui on HN- I need help on generating a docker image. Would be great if someone contributes to this. - Sure, I was thinking about that. Being this a self-hosted software, I should have…
mysticmode on HN
Add tests and follow Go conventions
From 1 comment
Constructive recommendations: - add tests (I couldn't find a simple _test.go file) - relative imports aren't recommended in Go (pkgs like "sorcia/model") - please rethink/avoid…
yandrypozo on HN
Responsive layout for phones
From 1 comment
Looks cool. Responsive layout, please. Painful to browse on iOS phone.
savolai on HN
Questions
How does it differ from Gogs?
From 2 comments
Front end for git in go. Surely you stumbled across GOGS? https://gogs.io/
tdy721 on HNI still don't understand why someone would want to use this over GOGS....
voidlogic on HN
Why not use a Docker image?
From 1 comment
This kind of simple design has grown on me after I tried sourcehut. I kind like it, it's light and snappy, no extra loading bar is needed. My questions: - Can you make it a…
nirui on HN
Alternatives named
cgit
From 2 comments
The FAQ explains how this differs from the like of gogs, gitea, phabricator, gitlab, and github. It aims to provide a limited subset of the features they provide. More similar to…
CameronNemo on HNI'd use this over cgit. For exposing a read-only view of my repo on a barebones server. This does not include issues, pull-requests etc. and that is useful in some scenarios.
hashhar on HN
Gogs
From 1 comment
Front end for git in go. Surely you stumbled across GOGS? https://gogs.io/
tdy721 on HN
grarr
From 1 comment
Glad to see new work in this space. Sorcia looks very clean, and well implemented. I only noticed one issue, which is very much an edge case: when trying to view a file with…
CameronNemo on HN
matcha
From 1 comment
Glad to see new work in this space. Sorcia looks very clean, and well implemented. I only noticed one issue, which is very much an edge case: when trying to view a file with…
CameronNemo on HN
gitiles and git-web
From 1 comment
Tangential: lastly I was searching for an easy to deploy, easy to use readonly html frontend for git repositories that could be reached via an URL subpath behind a reverse proxy,…
bpizzi on HN