What Is the CGSecurity Git Repositories Website?

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git.cgsecurity.org is the public Git web interface for CGSecurity's own software projects. It runs on cgit, a fast web front end for Git repositories, and its purpose is narrow: letting you browse the source code of projects such as CmosPwd and TestDisk & PhotoRec. It is not a general Git hosting service, and you cannot sign up to host your own code there.

What you can do on the site

The interface exposes the standard cgit views for each repository listed on the index page:

  • summary — an overview of the repository
  • log — the commit history
  • tree — the file and directory structure at a given revision

The index page itself is a simple table with columns for Name, Description, Owner, Idle, and Links. "Idle" shows how long since the last activity, which is a quick way to judge whether a project is actively maintained.

Projects currently listed

Name Description Owner Idle
cmospwd CmosPwd Christophe GRENIER 3 years
testdisk TestDisk & PhotoRec Christophe GRENIER 38 hours

The contrast in the Idle column is the useful signal here: TestDisk & PhotoRec saw activity within the last couple of days, while CmosPwd has been quiet for roughly three years. If you are deciding which project to follow or contribute to, that difference matters more than anything else on the page.

How to use it

  1. Open the index at git.cgsecurity.org to see the repository list.
  2. Click summary, log, or tree next to a project to inspect it.
  3. Use tree to read files at a specific revision, and log to trace how they changed.

If you want to work with the code locally, cgit pages typically let you clone or download a snapshot from the repository views — check the links on the individual project page, since the index page itself only offers the three browsing links above.

What it is not

  • It is not a sign-up hosting platform like GitHub or GitLab; it serves CGSecurity's projects only.
  • It is not a download portal for compiled binaries — it is a source-code browser.
  • The page carries no pricing or account information, so treat it as a public read-only view rather than a service with plans.

The footer notes the interface is generated by cgit (git 2.34.1), which tells you the underlying Git version if you need to match tooling behavior.