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**Kallithea** is a fast and powerful management tool for Mercurial_ and Git_
 
with a built-in push/pull server, full text search and code-review.
 
It works on http/https and has a built in permission/authentication system with
 
the ability to authenticate via LDAP or ActiveDirectory. Kallithea also provides
 
simple API so it's easy to integrate with existing external systems.
 
with a built-in push/pull server, full text search and code-review. It works on
 
http/https and has a built in permission/authentication system with the ability
 
to authenticate via LDAP or ActiveDirectory. Kallithea also provides simple API
 
so it's easy to integrate with existing external systems.
 

	
 
Kallithea is similar in some respects to GitHub_ or Bitbucket_,
 
however Kallithea can be run as standalone hosted application on your own server.
 
It is open-source donationware and focuses more on providing a customised,
 
self-administered interface for Mercurial_ and Git_  repositories.
 
Kallithea works on Unix-like systems and Windows, and is powered by the vcs_ library
 
Kallithea is similar in some respects to GitHub_ or Bitbucket_, however
 
Kallithea can be run as standalone hosted application on your own server. It is
 
open-source donationware and focuses more on providing a customised,
 
self-administered interface for Mercurial_ and Git_ repositories. Kallithea
 
works on Unix-like systems and Windows, and is powered by the vcs_ library
 
created by Łukasz Balcerzak and Marcin Kuźmiński to uniformly handle multiple
 
version control systems.
 

	
 
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Source code
 
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The latest sources can be obtained from https://kallithea-scm.org/repos/kallithea.
 
The latest sources can be obtained from
 
https://kallithea-scm.org/repos/kallithea.
 

	
 
The issue tracker and a repository mirror can be found at Bitbucket_ on
 
https://bitbucket.org/conservancy/kallithea.
 
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Kallithea Features
 
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- Has its own middleware to handle Mercurial_ and Git_ protocol requests.
 
  Each request is authenticated and logged together with IP address.
 
- Built for speed and performance. You can make multiple pulls/pushes simultaneously.
 
  Proven to work with thousands of repositories and users.
 
- Has its own middleware to handle Mercurial_ and Git_ protocol requests. Each
 
  request is authenticated and logged together with IP address.
 
- Built for speed and performance. You can make multiple pulls/pushes
 
  simultaneously. Proven to work with thousands of repositories and users.
 
- Supports http/https, LDAP, AD, proxy-pass authentication.
 
- Full permissions (private/read/write/admin) together with IP restrictions for each repository,
 
  additional explicit forking, repositories group and repository creation permissions.
 
- Full permissions (private/read/write/admin) together with IP restrictions for
 
  each repository, additional explicit forking, repositories group and
 
  repository creation permissions.
 
- User groups for easier permission management.
 
- Repository groups let you group repos and manage them easier. They come with
 
  permission delegation features, so you can delegate groups management.
 
- Users can fork other users repos, and compare them at any time.
 
- Built-in versioned paste functionality (Gist) for sharing code snippets.
 
- Integrates easily with other systems, with custom created mappers you can connect it to almost
 
  any issue tracker, and with a JSON-RPC API you can make much more.
 
- Integrates easily with other systems, with custom created mappers you can
 
  connect it to almost any issue tracker, and with a JSON-RPC API you can make
 
  much more.
 
- Built-in commit API lets you add, edit and commit files right from Kallithea
 
  web interface using simple editor or upload binary files using simple form.
 
- Powerful pull request driven review system with inline commenting,
 
  changeset statuses, and notification system.
 
- Importing and syncing repositories from remote locations for Git_, Mercurial_ and Subversion.
 
- Powerful pull request driven review system with inline commenting, changeset
 
  statuses, and notification system.
 
- Importing and syncing repositories from remote locations for Git_, Mercurial_
 
  and Subversion.
 
- Mako templates let you customize the look and feel of the application.
 
- Beautiful diffs, annotations and source code browsing all colored by pygments.
 
  Raw diffs are made in Git-diff format for both VCS systems, including Git_ binary-patches.
 
- Mercurial_ and Git_ DAG graphs and Flot-powered graphs with zooming and statistics
 
  to track activity for repositories.
 
- Beautiful diffs, annotations and source code browsing all colored by
 
  pygments. Raw diffs are made in Git-diff format for both VCS systems,
 
  including Git_ binary-patches.
 
- Mercurial_ and Git_ DAG graphs and Flot-powered graphs with zooming and
 
  statistics to track activity for repositories.
 
- Admin interface with user/permission management. Admin activity journal, logs
 
  pulls, pushes, forks, registrations and other actions made by all users.
 
- Server side forks. It is possible to fork a project and modify it freely
 
  without breaking the main repository.
 
- reST and Markdown README support for repositories.
 
- Full text search powered by Whoosh on the source files, commit messages, and file names.
 
  Built-in indexing daemons, with optional incremental index build
 
- Full text search powered by Whoosh on the source files, commit messages, and
 
  file names. Built-in indexing daemons, with optional incremental index build
 
  (no external search servers required all in one application).
 
- Setup project descriptions/tags and info inside built in DB for easy,
 
  non-filesystem operations.
 
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License
 
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**Kallithea** is released under the GPLv3 license. Kallithea is a
 
`Software Freedom Conservancy`_ project and thus controlled by a non-profit organization.
 
No commercial entity can take ownership of the project and change the direction.
 
**Kallithea** is released under the GPLv3 license. Kallithea is a `Software
 
Freedom Conservancy`_ project and thus controlled by a non-profit organization.
 
No commercial entity can take ownership of the project and change the
 
direction.
 

	
 
Kallithea started out as an effort to make sure the existing GPLv3 codebase would stay
 
available under a legal license. Kallithea thus has to stay GPLv3 compatible ...
 
but we are also happy it is GPLv3 and happy to keep it that way.
 
A different license (such as AGPL) could perhaps help attract a different community
 
with a different mix of Free Software people and companies but we are happy with the current focus.
 
Kallithea started out as an effort to make sure the existing GPLv3 codebase
 
would stay available under a legal license. Kallithea thus has to stay GPLv3
 
compatible ... but we are also happy it is GPLv3 and happy to keep it that way.
 
A different license (such as AGPL) could perhaps help attract a different
 
community with a different mix of Free Software people and companies but we are
 
happy with the current focus.
 

	
 

	
 
Community
 
---------
 

	
 
**Kallithea** is maintained by its users who contribute the fixes they would like to see.
 
**Kallithea** is maintained by its users who contribute the fixes they would
 
 like to see.
 

	
 
Get in touch with the rest of the community:
 

	
 
- Join the mailing list users and developers - see
 
  http://lists.sfconservancy.org/mailman/listinfo/kallithea-general.
 

	
 
- Use IRC and join #kallithea on FreeNode (irc.freenode.net)
 
  or use http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=kallithea.
 
- Use IRC and join #kallithea on FreeNode (irc.freenode.net) or use
 
  http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=kallithea.
 

	
 
- Follow Kallithea on Twitter, **@KallitheaSCM**.
 

	
 
- Issues can be reported at `issue tracker <https://bitbucket.org/conservancy/kallithea/issues>`_.
 
- Issues can be reported at `issue tracker
 
  <https://bitbucket.org/conservancy/kallithea/issues>`_.
 

	
 
   .. note::
 

	
 
       Please try to read the documentation before posting any issues, especially
 
       the **troubleshooting section**
 
       Please try to read the documentation before posting any issues,
 
       especially the **troubleshooting section**
 

	
 

	
 
Online documentation
 
--------------------
 

	
 
Online documentation for the current version of Kallithea is available at https://pythonhosted.org/Kallithea/.
 
Documentation for the current development version can be found on https://docs.kallithea-scm.org/.
 
Online documentation for the current version of Kallithea is available at
 
https://pythonhosted.org/Kallithea/. Documentation for the current development
 
version can be found on https://docs.kallithea-scm.org/.
 

	
 
You can also build the documentation locally: go to ``docs/`` and run::
 

	
 
   make html
 

	
 
(You need to have Sphinx_ installed to build the documentation. If you don't
 
have Sphinx_ installed you can install it via the command:
 
``pip install sphinx``)
 
have Sphinx_ installed you can install it via the command: ``pip install
 
sphinx``)
 

	
 

	
 
Converting from RhodeCode
 
-------------------------
 

	
 
Currently, you have two options for working with an existing RhodeCode database:
 
Currently, you have two options for working with an existing RhodeCode
 
database:
 
 - keep the database unconverted (intended for testing and evaluation)
 
 - convert the database in a one-time step
 

	
 
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   echo "BRAND = 'rhodecode'" > kallithea/brand.py
 

	
 
This location will depend on where you installed Kallithea. If you installed via::
 
This location will depend on where you installed Kallithea. If you installed
 
via::
 

	
 
   python setup.py install
 

	
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