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Community fork of Gitea powering Codeberg

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Alt Score · 89

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%88
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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#2 of 7 in Git hosting

Forgejo ranks #2 of 7 in Git hosting, with an Alt Score of 89. It is licensed under GPL-3.0, free from Free and available on Linux and Web. 12 of 12 checklist rows are verified against a public source.

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Who it's for

Developers, teams, and organizations who want to run their own Git hosting and code collaboration platform instead of relying on GitHub or GitLab, especially those who value software freedom and data control.

What you get

A full-featured software forge with Git repository hosting, issue tracking, pull requests, CI/CD (Actions), a package registry, and a wiki, all in a lightweight package that uses far fewer resources than comparable forges. It offers a GitHub-like interface for an easy transition, is entirely free and open-source under a copyleft license, and is developed as a community-governed fork of Gitea with no corporate ownership.

How it works

You self-host the Forgejo server (a single Go binary, or via Docker) on your own infrastructure, connecting it to a database such as SQLite, MySQL, or PostgreSQL; developers then interact with it like any Git remote, plus a web UI for issues, PRs, and Actions workflows. Federation features (e.g., ActivityPub) are under active development to let separate instances interoperate.

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Ranked alternatives

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01

Nonprofit git hosting on Forgejo.

GPL-3.0
Alt Score

Alt Score · 89

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%88
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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02

The DevSecOps platform, self-hostable.

MIT (Community Edition core); Enterprise Edition proprietary (open-core) WebLinux
Alt Score

Alt Score · 89

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%88
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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03

The default code host with Actions and Copilot.

WebiOSAndroidWindows +1
Alt Score

Alt Score · 85

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%83
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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04

Atlassian's git host tied to Jira.

Proprietary Web
Alt Score

Alt Score · 81

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%79
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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05

Lightweight self-hosted git service.

MIT LinuxmacOSWindowsWeb
Alt Score

Alt Score · 78

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%75
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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06

Minimalist email-driven code forge.

AGPL-3.0 Web
Alt Score

Alt Score · 32

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%25
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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Feature comparison

Rows come from the Git hosting checklist (16 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.

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Git hosting checklist ForgejoCodebergGitLabGitHubBitbucketGitea
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License
Platforms
Private repos (free)
CI/CD built in
Pull-request reviews
Issues & projects
Self-hostable
Package registry
Pages / static hosting
Federation support
API access
Open source
LFS support
Fine-grained permissions
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FAQ

Yes. GitLab, GitHub and Bitbucket have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.

Codeberg, GitLab and Gitea — every license claim links its source.