// self-hosted, private git — on your own server

thecrux❯

The crux is in the code.

A keyboard-first, self-hosted home for your code — private by default, push over Smart-HTTP or SSH, issues and pull requests included. No telemetry, no database, no sprawl. Your code never leaves your server.

★ get it on GitHub how to run it ↓

open source · MIT · no account, no download gate · runs anywhere Docker does

~/projects/atlas — git push

crux❯ git push origin main
Enumerating objects: 14, done.
Writing objects: 100% (8/8), 1.21 KiB | 1.21 MiB/s, done.
remote: resolved 3 commits · opened pull request #42
remote: review at /atlas/pull/42
crux❯ crux diff --crux

  src/auth/session.ts
+  const token = randomBytes(32).toString("base64url");
+  setCookie(res, token, { httpOnly: true, sameSite: "lax" }); ← the crux
  return token;
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01 What it does

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Private by default

New repos are private — browsing and cloning are gated to the people you choose. Flip to public when you want.

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Git over HTTP & SSH

Clone, fetch and push over Smart-HTTP or with your SSH keys. No daemons, no special client — just git.

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Revocable tokens

Push with per-device access tokens instead of your password. Shown once, stored hashed, revoked in a click.

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Issues & pull requests

Real diffs, labels and assignees, server-side merges (fast-forward or a true merge commit) with conflict detection.

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Organizations

Shared namespaces with owners and members. Group repos for a team — everyone in the org can push.

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Webhooks & audit log

Fire HMAC-signed post-receive payloads at your CI. Every security-relevant action lands in an append-only log.

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Keyboard-first UI

A ⌘K command palette, vim-style navigation, light/dark themes. Server-rendered — works without JS.

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One box, no database

A single Node app + Docker. Everything is files under one data dir, so a backup is a tar. No telemetry.

02 See it

Keyboard-first, server-rendered, private by default — here's the actual UI.

thecrux repository page — file tree and rendered README — Browse a repo — file tree, rendered README, syntax highlighting.

Browse a repo — file tree, rendered README, syntax highlighting.

thecrux pull request page — description and merge box — Open a pull request — compare refs, review the diff, merge server-side.

Open a pull request — compare refs, review the diff, merge server-side.

03 Run your own

Free and self-hosted — no product account, no email gate. The only account you make is the admin account on your instance.

the headline path — Docker

docker run -p 3000:3000 -p 2222:2222 -v crux-data:/data thecrux

→ http://localhost:3000. Put a reverse proxy in front for HTTPS. Prefer source? git clone, npm install, npm run dev.

★ star & get it on GitHub deploy guide

crux❯ start