1Soft Serve
2==========
3
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11
12A tasty, self-hostable Git server for the command line. š¦
13
14<img src="https://stuff.charm.sh/soft-serve/soft-serve-demo.gif?0" width="750" alt="Soft Serve screencast">
15
16* Configure with `git`
17* Create repos on demand with `git push`
18* Browse repos, files and commits with an SSH-accessible TUI
19* TUI mouse support
20* Print files over SSH with or without syntax highlighting and line numbers
21* Easy access control
22 - Allow/disallow anonymous access
23 - Add collaborators with SSH public keys
24 - Repos can be public or private
25
26## Where can I see it?
27
28Just run `ssh git.charm.sh` for an example. You can also try some of the following commands:
29
30```bash
31# Jump directly to a repo in the TUI
32ssh git.charm.sh -t soft-serve
33
34# Print out a directory tree for a repo
35ssh git.charm.sh ls soft-serve
36
37# Print a specific file
38ssh git.charm.sh cat soft-serve/cmd/soft/root.go
39
40# Print a file with syntax highlighting and line numbers
41ssh git.charm.sh cat soft-serve/cmd/soft/root.go -c -l
42```
43
44## Installation
45
46Soft Serve is a single binary called `soft`. You can get it from a package
47manager:
48
49```bash
50# macOS or Linux
51brew tap charmbracelet/tap && brew install charmbracelet/tap/soft-serve
52
53# Arch Linux
54pacman -S soft-serve
55
56# Nix
57nix-env -iA nixpkgs.soft-serve
58
59# Debian/Ubuntu
60echo 'deb [trusted=yes] https://repo.charm.sh/apt/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/charm.list
61sudo apt update && sudo apt install soft-serve
62
63# Fedora
64echo '[charm]
65name=Charm
66baseurl=https://repo.charm.sh/yum/
67enabled=1
68gpgcheck=0' | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/charm.repo
69sudo yum install soft-serve
70```
71
72You can also download a binary from the [releases][releases] page. Packages are
73available in Alpine, Debian, and RPM formats. Binaries are available for Linux,
74macOS, and Windows.
75
76[releases]: https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/releases
77
78Or just install it with `go`:
79
80```bash
81go install github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/cmd/soft@latest
82```
83
84## Setting up a server
85
86Make sure `git` is installed, then run `soft`. Thatās it.
87
88A [Docker image][docker] is also available.
89
90[docker]: https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/blob/main/docker.md
91
92## Configuration
93
94The Soft Serve configuration is simple and straightforward:
95
96```yaml
97# The name of the server to show in the TUI.
98name: Soft Serve
99
100# The host and port to display in the TUI. You may want to change this if your
101# server is accessible from a different host and/or port that what it's
102# actually listening on (for example, if it's behind a reverse proxy).
103host: localhost
104port: 23231
105
106# Access level for anonymous users. Options are: admin-access, read-write,
107# read-only, and no-access.
108anon-access: read-write
109
110# You can grant read-only access to users without private keys.
111allow-keyless: false
112
113# Customize repos in the menu
114repos:
115 - name: Home
116 repo: config
117 private: true
118 note: "Configuration and content repo for this server"
119 - name: Example Public Repo
120 repo: my-public-repo
121 private: false
122 note: "A publicly-accessible repo"
123 readme: docs/README.md
124 - name: Example Private Repo
125 repo: my-private-repo
126 private: true
127 note: "A private repo"
128
129# Authorized users. Admins have full access to all repos. Regular users
130# can read all repos and push to their collab-repos.
131users:
132 - name: Beatrice
133 admin: true
134 public-keys:
135 - ssh-rsa AAAAB3Nz... # redacted
136 - ssh-ed25519 AAAA... # redacted
137 - name: Frankie
138 collab-repos:
139 - my-public-repo
140 - my-private-repo
141 public-keys:
142 - ssh-rsa AAAAB3Nz... # redacted
143 - ssh-ed25519 AAAA... # redacted
144```
145
146When `soft serve` is run for the first time, it creates a configuration repo
147containing the main README displayed in the TUI as well as a config file for
148user access control.
149
150```
151git clone ssh://localhost:23231/config
152```
153
154The `config` repo is publicly writable by default, so be sure to setup your
155access as desired. You can also set the `SOFT_SERVE_INITIAL_ADMIN_KEY`
156environment variable before first run and it will restrict access to that
157initial public key until you configure things otherwise.
158If you're having trouble, make sure you have generated keys with `ssh-keygen`
159as configuration is not supported for keyless users.
160
161### Server Settings
162
163In addition to the Git-based configuration above, there are a few
164environment-level settings:
165
166* `SOFT_SERVE_PORT`: SSH listen port (_default 23231_)
167* `SOFT_SERVE_HOST`: Address to use in public clone URLs
168* `SOFT_SERVE_BIND_ADDRESS`: Network interface to listen on (_default 0.0.0.0_)
169* `SOFT_SERVE_KEY_PATH`: SSH host key-pair path (_default .ssh/soft_serve_server_ed25519_)
170* `SOFT_SERVE_REPO_PATH`: Path where repos are stored (_default .repos_)
171* `SOFT_SERVE_INITIAL_ADMIN_KEY`: The public key that will initially have admin access to repos (_default ""_). This must be set before `soft` runs for the first time and creates the `config` repo. If set after the `config` repo has been created, this setting has no effect.
172
173## Pushing (and creating!) repos
174
175You can add your Soft Serve server as a remote to any existing repo:
176
177```
178git remote add soft ssh://localhost:23231/REPO
179```
180
181After youāve added the remote just go ahead and push. If the repo doesnāt exist
182on the server itāll be created.
183
184```
185git push soft main
186```
187
188## The Soft Serve TUI
189
190<img src="https://stuff.charm.sh/soft-serve/soft-serve-demo-commit.png" width="750" alt="TUI example showing a diff">
191
192Soft Serve serves a TUI over SSH for browsing repos, viewing files and commits,
193and grabbing clone commands:
194
195```
196ssh localhost -p 23231
197```
198
199It's also possible to ālinkā to a specific repo:
200
201```
202ssh localhost -t -p 23231 REPO
203```
204
205You can copy text to your clipboard over SSH. For instance, you can press <kbd>c</kbd> on the highlighted repo in the menu to copy the clone command [^osc52].
206
207[^osc52]: Copying over SSH depends on your terminal support of OSC52.
208
209## The Soft Serve SSH CLI
210
211```sh
212$ ssh -p 23231 localhost help
213Soft Serve is a self-hostable Git server for the command line.
214
215Usage:
216 ssh -p 23231 localhost [command]
217
218Available Commands:
219 cat Outputs the contents of the file at path.
220 git Perform Git operations on a repository.
221 help Help about any command
222 ls List file or directory at path.
223 reload Reloads the configuration
224
225Flags:
226 -h, --help help for ssh
227
228Use "ssh -p 23231 localhost [command] --help" for more information about a command.
229```
230
231Soft Serve SSH CLI has the ability to print files and list directories, perform
232`git` operations on remote repos, and reload the configuration when necessary.
233
234To print a file tree for the project, just use the `list` command along with the
235repo name as the SSH command to your Soft Serve server:
236
237```sh
238ssh -p 23231 localhost ls soft-serve
239```
240
241From there, you can print individual files using the `cat` command:
242
243```sh
244ssh -p 23231 localhost cat soft-serve/cmd/soft/root.go
245```
246
247You can add the `-c` flag to enable syntax coloring and `-l` to print line
248numbers:
249
250```sh
251ssh -p 23231 localhost cat soft-serve/cmd/soft/root.go -c -l
252```
253
254You can also use the `git` command to perform Git operations on a repo such as changing the default branch name for instance:
255
256```sh
257ssh -p 23231 localhost git soft-serve symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/taco
258```
259
260Both `git` and `reload` commands need admin access to the server to work. So
261make sure you have added your key as an admin user, or youāre using `anon-access:
262admin-access` in the configuration.
263
264## Managing Repos
265
266`.repos` and `.ssh` directories are created when you first run `soft` at the paths specified for the `SOFT_SERVE_KEY_PATH` and `SOFT_SERVE_REPO_PATH` environment variables.
267It's recommended to have a dedicated directory for your soft-serve repos and config.
268
269### Deleting a Repo
270
271To delete a repo from your soft serve server, you'll have to remove the repo from the .repos directory.
272
273### Renaming a Repo
274
275To rename a repo's display name in the menu, change its name in the config.yaml file for your soft serve server.
276By default, the display name will be the repository name.
277
278## A note about RSA keys
279
280Unfortunately, due to a shortcoming in Goās `x/crypto/ssh` package, Soft Serve
281does not currently support access via new SSH RSA keys: only the old SHA-1
282ones will work.
283
284Until we sort this out youāll either need an SHA-1 RSA key or a key with
285another algorithm, e.g. Ed25519. Not sure what type of keys you have?
286You can check with the following:
287
288```
289$ find ~/.ssh/id_*.pub -exec ssh-keygen -l -f {} \;
290```
291
292If youāre curious about the inner workings of this problem have a look at:
293
294- https://github.com/golang/go/issues/37278
295- https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/crypto/+/220037
296- https://github.com/golang/crypto/pull/197
297
298## Feedback
299
300Weād love to hear your thoughts on this project. Feel free to drop us a note!
301
302* [Twitter](https://twitter.com/charmcli)
303* [The Fediverse](https://mastodon.technology/@charm)
304* [Slack](https://charm.sh/slack)
305
306## License
307
308[MIT](https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/raw/main/LICENSE)
309
310***
311
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