Gitea is a free, open-source, self-hosted Git service that provides an alternative to services like GitHub and GitLab. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install Gitea on macOS.
Homebrew is a popular package manager for macOS. It can be used to easily manage many software packages including Gitea. If you do not have Homebrew installed, you can install it by running the following command in a terminal:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
Once Homebrew is installed, you can install Gitea by running the following command in a terminal:
brew install gitea
After Gitea is installed, you will need to configure it. You can do this by creating a configuration file called app.ini in the /usr/local/etc/gitea/ directory. A basic configuration file can be created by running the following command in a terminal:
sudo cp /usr/local/Cellar/gitea/<version>/custom/conf/app.ini /usr/local/etc/gitea/
Be sure to replace <version> in the command above with the version number that was installed on your system (e.g. /usr/local/Cellar/gitea/1.15.5).
Next, edit the configuration file using your favorite text editor. You will need to set the HTTP listen address, SSH domain, and root URL. Here's an example configuration file:
APP_NAME = Your Gitea Server
RUN_MODE = prod
[server]
HTTP_PORT = 3000
ROOT_URL = http://<your-ip-address>:3000/
SSH_DOMAIN = <your-ip-address>
Be sure to replace <your-ip-address> in the configuration file with the IP address of your mac.
Now that Gitea is installed and configured, you can start it by running the following command in a terminal:
brew services start gitea
Once Gitea is running, you can access it by opening a web browser and navigating to the ROOT_URL that you configured in the app.ini file. In the example configuration above, the URL would be http://<your-ip-address>:3000/.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Gitea on macOS.
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