Game of Trees Hub

Summary

The Game of Trees Hub is a transparently funded Git repository hosting service based on OpenBSD and the Game of Trees version control system. Game of Trees servers interoperate with any Git client. Users access Git repositories securely via Git's SSH protocol, based on OpenSSH, and manage their repository space by committing a configuration file to a special-purpose Git repository. The configuration file controls user accounts, repositories, access permissions, and more. Access to repositories is private by default but can be made public if desired. All Git repositories are backed up and can be restored by the admin team in case of hardware failure or other problems. Each Game of Trees Hub project space runs in a dedicated virtual machine on top of the OpenBSD vmm hypervisor. Git repository services in virtual machines are implemented by the Game of Trees gotd, gotwebd, and gotsysd servers. All virtual machines, services, and underlying servers are managed by our admin team. We aim for secure and reliable version control. Game of Trees does not provide features such as discussion forums, likes, stars, or per-user activity metrics. Project management features such as issue tracking or mailing lists may appear at some point in the future. See our features page for a list of current and planned features. We operate much like a free software project. However, running a hosting service costs money, which is provided by our users to ensure our independence and sustainability. Our finances are transparently managed on the Open Collective platform, allowing anyone to see where our money comes from and where it goes to. Our Open Collective page is collecting funds to support the development of Game of Trees and this platform. Git repository hosting tiers can be booked via email. Our existing backers receive email when we publish announcements on our Open Collective page, and will be given priority in our sign-up queue. We also publish announcements on Mastodon at exquisite.s...