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# icyphox/legit: web frontend for git

**[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 2 min read · 20 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Legit is a git web frontend written in Go that features fully customizable templates and stylesheets, cloning over HTTP(s), and improved HTML. It uses yaml for configuration with options for specifying repository paths, readme files, main branches, and more.

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