Developer Tools
Forgejo
Free and open-source software forge.
What it is
Forgejo is a community-governed fork of Gitea, created to keep the project fully open and independently run.
Strengths and trade-offs
What works well
- Community governance rather than a single company
- Same low resource needs as Gitea
- Actively developed
Where it falls short
- Younger project identity
- Smaller ecosystem
- Migration considerations if you switch back
Who it is for
Self-hosters who care about project governance as well as features.
Our verdict
Choose it over Gitea if governance matters to you; the day-to-day experience is close to identical.
Closest alternatives we track
Same category, ordered by verified starting price.
What we checked
- Public APIOffers a documented API you can build against.Not checked
- Mobile appHas a native app for iOS or Android, not just a mobile website.Not checked
- Open source / self-hostableSource is open and the tool can be run on your own infrastructure.Not checked
- SSO (SAML)Supports SAML single sign-on on at least one plan.Not checked
“Not checked” means exactly that — we have not verified it, and we do not guess.