Comparison

Forgejo vs Gogs

No leader: the top candidate Forgejo has only 0.05 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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Forgejo49
Gogs42
Score
vioscaleAI score
Forgejo49 / 100low · 5%
Gogs42 / 100medium · 51%
Pricing
Free tier
Forgejo✓
Gogs✓
Model
Price level
Forgejofree
Gogsfree
Transparent
Forgejo✓
Gogs–
Integrations
Count
Forgejo–
Gogs9
Reliability
Status page
Forgejo✓
Gogs–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Forgejo–
Gogs55
Github stars
Forgejo–
Gogs47,864
Package downloads weekly
Forgejo–
Gogs3,624
Activity
Commits last 30d
Forgejo–
Gogs3
Release
History
Forgejo–
License
Spdx
Forgejo–
GogsMIT
Language
Primary
Forgejo–
GogsGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Forgejo5 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

Gogs

A lightweight Git hosting solution designed for self-hosted deployment with minimal resource requirements and cross-platform support.

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.

as of verify ↗

Gogs

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Forgejo✓
Gogs✓
macOS
Forgejo✗
Gogs✓
Windows
Forgejo✗
Gogs✓
Linux
Forgejo✗
Gogs✓
CLI
Forgejo✗
Gogs✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Forgejo✓
Gogs✓
Self-hosted
Forgejo✓
Gogs✓
On-premise
Forgejo✗
Gogs✓
Hybrid
Forgejo✓
Gogs✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Forgejo

Not documented yet.

Gogs

9 total
  • Slack
  • Discord
  • Dingtalk
  • GitHub
  • GitHub Enterprise
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MariaDB
  • SQLite3
Independently observed
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