charmbracelet/soft-serve

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7202 stars · 238 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Soft Serve is a self-hostable Git server that runs as a single Go binary and is managed entirely from the command line. It serves repositories over SSH, HTTP, and the Git protocol, with an SSH-accessible TUI for browsing repos, files, and commits.

Use cases

• self-host a lightweight git server
• browse git repos from the terminal over ssh
• create git repos on demand with git push
• manage repo access with ssh public keys
• host private and public git repositories
• serve git repos with git lfs support
• print and syntax-highlight files from a repo over ssh

When to choose

• you want a simple, single-binary self-hosted Git server without a web UI
• you prefer managing repos and access control over SSH
• you need Git LFS support on a lightweight server
• you want a terminal UI for browsing repos, files, and commits

When to avoid

• you need a full web interface like GitHub, GitLab, or Gitea
• you need issue tracking, pull requests, or CI/CD
• you want a graphical admin dashboard

Facets

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http-server auth security developer-tools terminal-ui cli developer-tools version-control self-hosted windows cross-platform self-hosted cli go git-server ssh git-lfs tui self-hosted-git version-control command-line linux macos

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