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Welcome to the wiki for git.ngni.us, I hope you enjoy your stay.
# FAQ
### What is this place?
This is a self-hosted instance of [Forgejo](https://forgejo.org/) mostly for NGnius's git projects.
Think GitHub but not run by big tech.
### Why not stay on GitHub?
Philosophically: centralization of web services is bad for the web as a whole.
Ethically: GitHub has been using public (and maybe private?) code for machine learning (Copilot) on their website without respecting the licenses in those projects.
Logically: why should I stay on GitHub when I can host my own similar website?
[Also](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish)
[Microsoft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundling_of_Microsoft_Windows#License_refund_policy)
[is](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp.#Judgment)
[a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_acquisition_of_Activision_Blizzard_by_Microsoft)
[really](https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2023/09/19/spencer-email-1695118825623.png)
[horrible](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates#Political_positions)
[company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft#Controversies).
### Why can't I create a repository?
To prevent people from using excessive resources on his server, NGnius has disabled that functionality.
If you do need to create a repository (e.g. for a PR), please contact NGnius or create an issue on this project.
### What is this running on?
A Raspberry Pi 4B with 8GB RAM, running Raspbian Lite (CLI only) with 64GB of storage. This is hosted at my home in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.