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Forgejo vs GitLab CE: catalog facts
Forgejo	GitLab CE
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Freemium The Community Edition is free and open source. Premium and Ultimate tiers are paid.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Linux, Web, Self-hosted
One small binary with SQLite is enough to host a real forge Community-governed under a copyleft licence, with federation in progress	Repository hosting, CI/CD, registries and issue tracking in one install Well-supported installation packages for Linux, Docker and Kubernetes
Smaller ecosystem of integrations than GitLab Federation is still in development rather than finished	Resource-hungry; a small instance still wants several gigabytes of memory Many advanced features are Premium or Ultimate only, not in the free edition
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is 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 September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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