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GitLab CEForgejo
Freemium

The Community Edition is free and open source. Premium and Ultimate tiers are paid.

 Free

The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…

Linux, Web, Self-hosted Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
  • Repository hosting, CI/CD, registries and issue tracking in one install
  • Well-supported installation packages for Linux, Docker and Kubernetes
  • One small binary with SQLite is enough to host a real forge
  • Community-governed under a copyleft licence, with federation in progress
  • Resource-hungry; a small instance still wants several gigabytes of memory
  • Many advanced features are Premium or Ultimate only, not in the free edition
  • Smaller ecosystem of integrations than GitLab
  • Federation is still in development rather than finished
Self-hosted, Web application Self-hosted, Web application
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: GPL-3.0
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

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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