github.com• Sep 24, 2025• 1 min read
Show HN: Aegis – A Self-Hosted Code Hosting Server Written in GolangHello the good people on Hacker News.In the last 6 months I've been working on a self-hosted Git server and now I'd say it has reached a stage where I felt comfortable showing it properly.For the HTTP server and frontend part, this project only relies on `net/http` and `html/template`, both of which are in Golang's standard library. This might not be the best performance-wise but I wish to cut dependencies as much as possible.If the way the whole project is structured and developed seems weird: this is the first Golang project and first serious backend project I've ever done. Before making Aegis I've only made a few small things with Node.js and have never touched Golang, and during the development a lot of things have been ignored and/or delayed for the sake of "having enough functionalities as quick as possible". At the beginning it was only meant to be a proof that I have what it takes to "learn on the job" (and to learn about Git internals of course) but it gradually snowballed fro
