Comment by 👻 ps
Thanks for reminding! I knew about this project but forgot the name. I'm now inspired to finally try it, as looking for an independent and censorship-resistant Git repository for my gemlog sources
The paradox is that I haven't tried it because there is no GitHub link to quickly read the project summary in a familiar format, lol.
2025-05-07 · 1 year ago
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🍀 meidam [OP] · 2025-05-08 at 07:59:
@ps Ah, cool! Let me know how it goes!
👻 ps [mod] · 2025-05-08 at 18:03:
I launched my repo, but it is still not visible on https://app.radicle.xyz/nodes/ash.radicle.garden/rad:MY_ID. It seems similar to IPFS, where I need to have a public peer to share my data with others, as nobody wants to host the data for free. Also, not sure if my local repo is really visible outside as it has dyn IP over NAT.
Finally, after some time, I launched a public seed on my VPS, and it is taking up all available space (I haven't limited the node to a whitelist). So, public peering here is quite an expensive way to support the network.
Nevertheless, it's interesting, and I'll continue my experiments, especially in the Yggdrasil context.
👻 ps [mod] · 2025-05-09 at 10:46:
TIP: if someone wants to try Radicle, use stable versions instead of the repository, as you will not be able to handshake the seeds that are using the stable protocol version!
🚀 LucasMW · 2025-05-09 at 14:52:
Is there a video explaining what this is? Isn't git already decentralized and designed to be run on mail lists?
What are the pros and cons of radicle?
🚀 Sekhat · 2025-05-14 at 10:36:
@LucasMW Radicle is a replacement for source forge, so it's a P2P github, rather than a replacement for git.
If you'd rather just run git with a mail list, you can do that.
But if you want a place where you can have issue boards, and github like pull requests. Radicle adds that layer for you, without it being completely centralized.
At the moment, while private repos can be done, it's a bit of a faff, so it's currently best suited for public open source stuff. Though I'm sure over time the private use case will improve.
Original Post
Radicle git forge — Has anyone here tried out the git forge called Radicle? It's p2p. I've considered trying it out, but haven't yet.