cgit is
- a cgi application implemented in C: it's basically (yet) another git command, used to generate html.
- not forking: all git operations are performed by linking with libgit.a.
- using a built-in cache: the generated html is stored on disk for the benefit of later requests.
- fond of virtual urls - using PATH_INFO or modules like
mod_rewrite
makes cgit generate urls with few or no querystring parameters, e.g.
http://hjemli.net/git/cgit/log/Makefile vs.
http://hjemli.net/git?r=cgit&p=log&path=Makefile. - not too visual, but sometimes a bit of graphics can be justified.
- open source - it is licensed under GPL v2.
- maintained by Lars Hjemli, who is happy to receive patches, suggestions and bug reports.
- master - the bleeding edge from which new feature releases will be made (cgit on hjemli.net is usually running the latest master).
- stable - a maintenance branch for the latest release, all bugfix releases are made from this one.
- wip - a glimpse of possible changes, frequently rebased on top of master.