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Soft ServeForgejo
Free

The open-source application is available without a license fee.

 Free

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

Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
  • Browse and administer repositories over SSH
  • One small binary with SQLite is enough to host a real forge
  • Community-governed under a copyleft licence, with federation in progress
  • Requires operating and maintaining a Git 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: 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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