## Overview
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Gitblit is an open-source, pure Java stack for managing, viewing, and serving [Git][git] repositories.<br/>
Its designed primarily as a tool for small workgroups who want to host centralized repositories.

Gitblit is available in two variations:

1. *Gitblit GO* - a complete & integrated pure Java stack
    
    This is what you should download if you want to go from zero to Git in less than 5 mins.  
    Gitblit GO is like a mashup of Apache httpd, [Git][git], and Gitweb with simplified configuration and maintenance.  
    All dependencies are downloaded on first execution.
2. *Gitblit WAR* - a traditional WAR distribution
    
    This is what you should download if you want to deploy Gitblit into your own servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty, etc).  
    All dependencies are bundled.

### Tools

- *Gitblit Manager* - a Java/Swing application for remote administration of a Gitblit server
- *Gitblit Federation Client* - a command line tool to clone/pull groups of repositories and optionally users and settings

### Java Runtime Requirement

Gitblit requires a Java 6 Runtime Environment (JRE) or a Java 6 Development Kit (JDK).

### Current Release

**%VERSION%** ([go](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit/downloads/detail?name=%GO%)|[war](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit/downloads/detail?name=%WAR%)|[fedclient](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit/downloads/detail?name=%FEDCLIENT%)|[manager](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit/downloads/detail?name=%MANAGER%)) based on [%JGIT%][jgit] &nbsp; *released %BUILDDATE%*

- improved: updated ui with Twitter's Bootstrap CSS toolkit  
    **New:** *web.loginMessage = gitblit*
- improved: repositories list performance by caching repository sizes (issue 27)
- improved: summary page performance by caching metric calculations (issue 25)
- added: authenticated JSON RPC mechanism   
    **New:** *web.enableRpcServlet = true*  
    **New:** *web.enableRpcAdministration = false*
- added: reusable JSON RPC client class
- added: Gitblit Manager (Java/Swing Application) for remote administration of a Gitblit server.
- fixed: federation protocol timestamps.  dates are now serialized to the [iso8601](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) standard.  
    **This breaks 0.6.0 federation clients/servers.**
- fixed: collision on rename for repositories and users
- fixed: Gitblit can now browse the Linux kernel repository (issue 25)
- fixed: Gitblit now runs on Servlet 3.0 webservers (e.g. Tomcat 7, Jetty 8) (issue 23)
- fixed: Set the RSS content type for Firefox 4 (issue 22)
- fixed: Null pointer exception if did not set federation strategy (issue 20)
- fixed: Gitblit GO allows SSL renegotiation if running on Java 1.6.0_22 or later
- added: IUserService.setup(IStoredSettings) for custom user service implementations
- added: setting to control Gitblit GO context path for proxy setups  
    **New:** *server.contextPath = /*
- updated: MarkdownPapers 1.2.4

issues, binaries, and sources @ [Google Code][googlecode]<br/>
sources @ [Github][gitbltsrc]

### License
Gitblit is distributed under the terms of the [Apache Software Foundation license, version 2.0][apachelicense]

[jgit]: http://eclipse.org/jgit "Eclipse JGit Site"
[git]: http://git-scm.com "Official Git Site"
[gitbltsrc]: http://github.com/gitblit "gitblit git repository"
[googlecode]: http://code.google.com/p/gitblit "gitblit project management"
[apachelicense]: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 "Apache License, Version 2.0"