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cgit vs Forgejo: catalog facts
cgit	Forgejo
Free Free and open source under the GPLv2.	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Written in C with built-in HTML caching Commit feeds, tag archives and side-by-side diffs	One small binary with SQLite is enough to host a real forge Community-governed under a copyleft licence, with federation in progress
Read-only browsing with no issues, pull requests or user accounts Must be built and configured on your own web server	Smaller ecosystem of integrations than GitLab Federation is still in development rather than finished
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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