What is Forgejo?

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

A security team is available at security@forgejo.org (GPG public key 1B638BDF10969D627926B8D9F585D0F99E1FB56F) and is tasked to identify, define, and respond to vulnerabilities.

What makes Forgejo unique?

Forgejo is designed to allow software forges to communicate with one another so that thousands of instances can be federated into a resilient and diverse network that scales horizontally. Other forges are designed to be centralized and scale up.

Who is behind Forgejo?

The Forgejo domains (forgejo.org, forgejo.com, etc.) are under the stewardship of Codeberg e.V., a democratic non-profit organization dedicated to hosting Free Software projects.

The people working on Forgejo are members of a self-governed community upholding core values:

How is it different from Gitea?

Forgejo is a “soft” fork of Gitea with a focus on scaling, federation and privacy.