Forgejo changed its license from MIT to GNU GPL v3+, it is now copyleft, just like Git. A pull request for federated user activity following using ActivityPub saw significant progress. Space usage quotas for users and organizations was implemented. The Forgejo security policy was published.
Read more →In June 2023, Forgejo agreed to allow copyleft code to be merged in the codebase. A year later, in August 2024, the first pull requests to take advantage of this opportunity were merged. Forgejo versions starting from v9.0 are now released under a copyleft license and earlier Forgejo versions, including v8.0 and v7.0 patch releases remain under the MIT license.
Read more →A non-free JavaScript library was found in the project's dependency structure, and the entire component that relied on it was re-implemented. Forgejo v8.0 is available with new features, a new approach to UI and UX, careful upgrade of dependencies to improve stability and security. Foundation parts for ActivityPub based federation and data portability were merged in.
Read more →The User Research effort that gained momentum two months ago continues with a new round of user testing sessions. It is key to collect evidence about what Forgejo users need, a requirement to build a roadmap and reduce the growing backlog of bug reports and feature requests. Building blocks for both ActivityPub federation and data portability improvements were merged into the codebase. They are not yet used for any user visible feature but they are a stepping stone. Their implementation was made significantly easier by the hard fork because they can rely on a codebase that is better tested.
Read more →A UI team was created by Forgejo contributors who have been at work for months on the necessary backports of bug fixes to the Forgejo v7.0 stable branch. More ambitious discussions started on the long term strategies to refactor the codebase and improve the User eXperience. Forgejo needs help to triage. If you ever create a new issue, take a moment of your time to also look at a few others and help them get to the finish line.
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