Comparison

Forgejo vs Git

No leader: the top candidate Git has only 0.34 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Forgejo46
Git58
Score
Vioscale score
Forgejo46 / 100low · 8%updating
Git58 / 100low · 34%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Forgejo
Git
Model
Price level
Forgejofree
Gitfree
Transparent
Forgejo
Git
Reliability
Status page
Forgejo
Git
Adoption
Dependent repos
Forgejo
Git326
Github stars
Forgejo
Activity
Commits last 30d
Forgejo
Git100
Language
Primary
Forgejo
GitC

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for version control. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Model
VCS model
ForgejoCentralized
GitDistributed
Underlying VCS supported (Git / Mercurial / SVN / Perforce / multiple)
ForgejoGit
GitGit
Deployment
Hosting
ForgejoCloud + self-hosted
GitSelf-hosted only
Review
Code review
ForgejoPR / MR
GitNone (engine only)
Storage
Large-file / binary handling
Forgejo-
Git-
Scale
Monorepo scale (partial clone / sparse / VFS)
Forgejo-
Git-
DevOps
Built-in CI
Forgejo
Git
Access
Access control granularity
Forgejo-
Git-
Federation
Federation / decentralisation (ActivityPub / email)
Forgejo
Git
Licensing
Open-source core
ForgejoOpen-source
GitOpen-source
Self-managed license model
ForgejoFree
GitFree
Integration
API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks)
Forgejo-
Git-
Enterprise
SSO / SAML / SCIM
Forgejo-
Git-
Security
Signed commits / supply-chain (GPG / SSH / sigstore)
Forgejo-
Git-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Forgejo

Open-source platform for managing software projects and collaborative development. Can be deployed as a cloud-hosted instance or self-hosted, offering a GitHub-like experience with lower resource requirements and built-in federation support.

Independently observed

Git

A distributed version control system built for speed and efficiency, widely used by developers to track code changes and manage project history. Available as free and open source software under GPLv2.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Forgejo

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source. Use hosted instances or self-host at no cost.

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Git

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

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Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Forgejo
Git
CLI
Forgejo
Git
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Forgejo
Git
Self-hosted
Forgejo
Git
Hybrid
Forgejo
Git

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.