# sitaramc/gitolite

Hosting git repositories -- Gitolite allows you to setup git hosting on a central server, with very fine-grained access control and many (many!) more powerful features.

Repository: https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gitolite
Homepage: https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/wiki
Language: Perl
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-08T09:26:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6219, "days_push": 25, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8588, forks 1007 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:23.678850+00:00)

## What it is
Gitolite is a self-hosted Git repository hosting tool for Unix servers that provides fine-grained, file-based access control over repositories via SSH. It manages users, repos, and access rules declaratively through a special admin repository rather than manual server edits.

## Use cases
- host git repositories on my own server
- set up fine-grained access control for git repos
- manage git users and permissions without a web UI
- self-host a lightweight alternative to GitHub/GitLab
- control per-branch or per-file access in git repositories
- manage many git repos and users from a central admin repo

## When to choose
- you want lightweight, SSH-based git hosting without a heavy web application
- you need fine-grained access rules (per-repo, per-branch, per-file)
- you prefer managing permissions declaratively in a git repo
- you're comfortable with Unix, SSH, and command-line administration

## When to avoid
- you need a web UI, pull requests, or code review features
- you want a turnkey platform like GitLab or Gitea
- your team is unfamiliar with SSH key management
- you need hosting on Windows servers

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: auth, authorization, version-control, ssh, security, self-hosted
- domain: developer-tools, version-control, self-hosted, security
- platform: self-hosted, cli
- tags: git-hosting, access-control, git-server, ssh-based, perl, linux

## Member repositories
- sitaramc/gitolite (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:23.678850+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:26:15.153471+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:23.678850+00:00, sha 7b6207eb74ae)
  - homepage: https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/wiki (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:23.119014+00:00, sha 532aa4e2e93f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.