[rigid]

not sure how lightweight any of these are, but https://gitolite.com/gitolite/ just needs git and ssh deployed. And it works like a charm.

[q0uaur]

running all my homelab / private repos off of a tiny gitolite3 server, and i'm always amazed that it all runs on an alpine linux VM that uses 75mb of RAM.

for anything even just sharing with friends or whatnot i won't recommend it though, people do love their web-UI and having to explicitly give someone access can turn off people already.

[remram]

For a single author, if you have a server with SSH, you don't need Gitolite at all.

The lack of anonymous public access is often a deal-breaker though.

[rigid]

For a single author you don't necessarily need any server at all. A cloud directory or zip files work well.

But gitolite is so easy to setup & maintain, it's not a big difference and for r/w-access management within teams, it's priceless.

I guess one could even hack anonymous access with "PermitEmptyPasswords yes" and "AuthenticationMethods none"