Radieschen

I can recommend Forgejo, it’s not overly complex in my opinion. It is what I would call “simple git server + decent web UI” for a home lab or VPN.

The reason Forgejo was forked was because of Gitea’s focus IIRC, maybe it was stuff like having 3D file previews. It’s not even the worst feature though, I can imagine it’s quite helpful in projects with a focus on 3D data.

Edit: Just had a look at the reasoning behind forking from Gitea:

We started Forgejo in reaction to control of Gitea being taken away from the community by the newly-formed for-profit company Gitea Ltd without prior community consultation, and after an Open Letter to the Gitea project owners remained unanswered. The Forgejo project has two major objectives that drive our development and road map:

1. The community is in control, and ensures we develop to address community needs.
2. We will help liberate software development from the shackles of proprietary tools.

https://forgejo.org/2022-12-15-hello-forgejo/

Later they announced the hard fork, because

Simply put, the governance and development models of Gitea and Forgejo diverged over time, and so did their goals. Becoming a hard fork is the culmination of that divergence.

What’s the use case? I haven’t had an optical drive for all least 10 years and can’t say that I’ve missed it. Not even once, I think.

In case you already got some books from Audible, there’s Libation.