Forgejo
Developer ToolsA community-run, self-hosted Git forge with issues, pull requests, a package registry and Forgejo Actions CI.
What the free edition leaves out
We have not been able to confirm enough from official sources to give a verdict. “Not confirmed” means the official pages we read did not say, so we do not guess.
| Feature | Free edition | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSO / SAML | Not confirmed | The admin command-line docs list OAuth, LDAP, PAM and SMTP auth sources; no SAML command appeared in the part read. | Source ↗ |
| Role-based access control | Not confirmed | The README mentions organizations and team permissions; the permission docs were not read. | Source ↗ |
| Audit logs | Not confirmed | Not mentioned on the pages read. | Source ↗ |
| Multi-user / teams | Free | The README lists organizations and team permissions as built-in functionality; the project has no paid edition. | Source ↗ |
| Backups and restore | Free | A built-in forgejo dump command compresses files and database into an archive that can be used for backup. | Source ↗ |
| API access | Free | The user guide has a REST API section. | Source ↗ |
| Support SLA | Not confirmed | No paid support or SLA was found on the pages read. | Source ↗ |
Best for
People and organisations who want a self-hosted Git forge governed by an independent community rather than a company.
Why choose it over GitHub
Forgejo is GPL-3.0-or-later licensed and the project promises independent free software; no paid edition was found. It is light enough to run on small machines and includes issues, pull requests, a package registry and Actions CI. Backup is built in through the dump command.
Where it falls short
The primary repo is on Codeberg, not GitHub. There is no company-backed support or SLA that was found, so you rely on community help. Federation is described by the project as work in progress. You run upgrades and backups yourself. Versions before v9.0 are MIT while later ones are GPL, which matters if you embed or modify the code. A feature comparison with GitHub or GitLab has not been done.
Open-source alternative to
- GitHub — Forgejo is a self-hosted Git platform with repositories, issues, pull requests and CI, so it can replace GitHub for people who want to host their own code. This is a replacement use, not an official claim by the project.
- GitLab — Forgejo covers hosted repositories, code review and CI for self-hosting, so it can replace GitLab for smaller setups. This is a replacement use, not an official claim by the project.
