Forgejo
Soft-fork of Gitea. Community-governed, sustainable, fully open source.
What it is
Forgejo is a soft-fork of Gitea, created when concerns arose about the long-term governance of the Gitea project. Same UI, same features, but community-governed and with a strong commitment to keeping the project fully open source.
Why we recommend it
If you want Gitea but with stronger community governance and a clear commitment to remaining open source, Forgejo is the answer. Many open source projects (Codeberg, Soft Serve, etc.) have migrated to it.
When to use it
- Self-hosted Git with community governance
- Gitea migration target (the Gitea-to-Forgejo migration is well-supported)
- When you want a strong open source commitment
- For open source projects that host their own code
Quickstart
Run this in your terminal. Self-hosts locally with Docker or your preferred setup.
$ docker run -d --name forgejo -p 3000:3000 -p 2222:22 -v forgejo_data:/data codeberg/forgejo:latestSetup
Tags
Integrates with
Common use cases
- →self-hosted-git
- →gitea-migration
- →oss-projects
- →community-governance
Pricing
Free. MIT licensed. Self-host or use Codeberg.org for free OSS hosting.
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