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Forgejo
Community-governed self-hosted forge (hard fork of Gitea) under Codeberg e.V.; working on ActivityPub/ForgeFed federation.
forgejo.org/Active
Forgejo v17.0.0 released 2026-10-15 (Codeberg API). (checked 2026-10-25)
In Version control beyond git
Where it stands apart
- How is it mainly sustained? community, foundation, or research (25% of 16 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (90% of 20 others)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? yes (79% of 19 others)
- Do you need an account to use it? no account (67% of 18 others)
- Who is it for? developers (90% of 20 others)
- How does it relate to git repositories? built on git: reads and writes git repositories directly (53% of 19 others)
- Can you commit, branch, and read history with no network connection? yes (94% of 17 others)
- Is it designed with AI coding agents in mind? no (65% of 20 others)
- What is the basic unit of history? (pick the most specific that applies) snapshots (commits) with no identity that survives a rewrite (74% of 19 others)
- Are stacked changes (a chain of dependent changes reviewed separately) a first-class workflow? no (53% of 15 others)
- How are merge conflicts mainly handled? must be resolved before the merge or commit completes (65% of 17 others)
- What size of project is it designed for? ordinary source repositories (74% of 19 others)
Nearest neighbors
- Gitea 88% of 17 shared answers match
- Radicle 88% of 17 shared answers match
- Game of Trees (Got) 76% of 17 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | copyleft or source-available with restrictions GPL-3.0 (since v9). | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | stands apart community, foundation, or research Community under Codeberg e.V., a democratic non-profit; donate link. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | yes | source 2026-10-25 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | no account Self-hosted software; no account with maker (instance has its own users; Codeberg separate). | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | developers | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | git (repository format and protocol) Hosts git repos; ForgeFed federation not shipped. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How does it relate to git repositories? | built on git: reads and writes git repositories directly | source 2026-10-25 |
| Where does the authoritative copy of a project live? | one central server per project (hosted or self-hosted) Each instance is a central server today; federation is a stated focus but not shipped as cross-instance collaboration. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can you commit, branch, and read history with no network connection? | yes | source 2026-10-25 |
| Is it designed with AI coding agents in mind? | no Not mentioned on forgejo.org. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which layer of the stack does it mainly replace? | the forge layer (hosting, review, or merging) | source 2026-10-25 |
| What is the basic unit of history? (pick the most specific that applies) | snapshots (commits) with no identity that survives a rewrite | source 2026-10-25 |
| Are stacked changes (a chain of dependent changes reviewed separately) a first-class workflow? | no | source 2026-10-25 |
| How are merge conflicts mainly handled? | must be resolved before the merge or commit completes | source 2026-10-25 |
| What size of project is it designed for? | ordinary source repositories | source 2026-10-25 |
| Is code review part of the product? | yes, it has its own review interface | source 2026-10-25 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- Web page · codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/releases · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/LICENSE · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · forgejo.org/ · read 2026-10-25
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