alt Hacker NewsI tried hosting a homebrew tap, after hosting apt and yum repositories.
That was when I realized Homebrew is much, much harder.
Your server needs to implement the git protocol. You can't just stick it on some server with a CDN in front of it, you need to run and fortify a git server.
Strange choices IMHO.
I think it is focused on GitHub. It might not be suited for many people this way, but it works well. Opionated design.