Development
Forgejo is a community-governed software forge for hosting Git projects, code review, issues, and collaborative development, designed for organizations and individuals who want to operate their own free-software development service.
Communities and teams operating their own software forge
Requires server administration. Migration and extensions need compatibility checks.
Editorial assessment based on the provider’s published information. Our method
The listed Forgejo software is available without a license fee under Free-software project license; GPL-3.0-or-later for current code. Included capabilities cover git hosting, pull-request reviews, issue tracking. Free self-hosted forge; instance hosting and operational support are separate.
Free self-hosted forge; instance hosting and operational support are separate.
Free self-hosted forge; instance hosting and operational support are separate.
Community-led governance
Integrated project collaboration
Requires server administration
Migration and extensions need compatibility checks
Forgejo is a useful option for communities and teams operating their own software forge. Pilot a repository and review the access model before migrating a larger group of projects. Start with a small, representative task so you can check the results before extending the setup.
Plan backups for both repository storage and the database, and document how runners and webhooks connect to other systems. Consider the practical trade-off: requires server administration.
The listed Forgejo software is available without a license fee under Free-software project license; GPL-3.0-or-later for current code. Included capabilities cover git hosting, pull-request reviews, issue tracking. Free self-hosted forge; instance hosting and operational support are separate.
You can self-host it or use an independently operated Forgejo instance, whose terms may differ.
Yes. Pull requests and discussion tools support review before changes are merged.
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