Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. Easy to install and low maintenance, it just does the job.

Do not upgrade Gitea, immediately upgrade to Forgejo versions. If your instance uses a newer Gitea version than known to be compatible, you can either stop doing major Gitea upgrades …

Forgejo v13.0 documentation What is Forgejo? Installation FAQ Administrator guide User guide Contributor guide License

Forgejo publishes a stable release every three months and a long term support (LTS) release every year. Patch releases are published more frequently and provide fixes for bugs and …

In summary: Codeberg e.V. owns Forgejo’s domains, provides resources and cooperates closely with Forgejo. Forgejo’s governance structures remain independent of Codeberg’s. Forgejo …

Since its inception, Forgejo (a self-hosted git forge, like GitHub) has been a soft fork of Gitea. Upgrading to it was - and for the time being, remains to be - as simple as changing the URL …

Nov 21, 2025 · Stable release supported until 15 January 2026LTS release supported until 16 July 2026

Jul 17, 2025 · Forgejo v11.0 was published three months ago and will be supported until 15 July 2026, when Forgejo v16.0 is published. Admins of Forgejo instances with version v7.0 are …

Comparison with other Forges There are many alternatives to Forgejo. All of them bring their advantages and disadvantages. Comparing them feature by feature, however, is a task that is …

Forgejo was created as an alternative providing a software forge whose governance further the interest of the general public. Forgejo was initially presented as a “soft-fork” of Gitea, similar to …