Available worldwide
What is 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.
Forgejo pricing
We don't have Forgejo's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Free and open source. Use hosted instances or self-host at no cost.
What Forgejo does
The capabilities that matter for version control, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- VCS model
- Centralized
- Underlying VCS supported (Git / Mercurial / SVN / Perforce / multiple)
- Git
- Hosting
- Cloud + self-hosted
- Code review
- PR / MR
- Large-file / binary handling
- -
- Monorepo scale (partial clone / sparse / VFS)
- -
- Built-in CI
- ✓
- Access control granularity
- -
- Federation / decentralisation (ActivityPub / email)
- ✓
- Open-source core
- Open-source
- Self-managed license model
- Free
- API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks)
- -
- SSO / SAML / SCIM
- -
- Signed commits / supply-chain (GPG / SSH / sigstore)
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
- Self-hosted
Forgejo FAQ
Common questions about Forgejo, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is 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. It is indexed under Version Control.
Source: https://forgejo.org/
Is Forgejo free to use?
Forgejo is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://forgejo.org/
What platforms does Forgejo support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Forgejo. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Source: https://forgejo.org/
Can Forgejo be self-hosted?
Yes. Forgejo can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://forgejo.org/
Where is Forgejo available?
Forgejo is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Germany.
Source: https://forgejo.org/
Forgejo alternatives
Other version control we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- GitHubA collaborative platform for developers to code, review, and ship software with integrated tools and AI-powered assistancemedium · 74%
- Perforce Helix CoreA scalable version control system optimized for managing large binary files and complex team workflowslow · 46%
- CodebergFree hosting and development platform for open-source projectslow · 44%
- GitLabPlatform for fast software delivery with built-in security and automated team workflows.low · 47%
- GraphiteA code review platform designed for modern AI-driven development workflowslow · 37%
- MercurialA distributed version control system optimized for speed and scalabilitylow · 10%
Compare Forgejo
Side by side against other version control, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Forgejo, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 46 | 0.08 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| Stars | 0 | 0.03 | 0.0 | - |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
| Development activity | 0 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.17 | 0.0 | - |
| Security score | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 63% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: both · Vcs model: centralized · Federation: Yes · Built in ci: Yes · Code review: pr_mr · License model: free | mediumsource · 2026-08-13 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: DE · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-13 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
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