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Forgejo

A lightweight software forge focused on scaling, federation, and privacy (fork of Gitea).

Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Still maintained? Yes: 290 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v17.0.1 (Oct 2026).

Also an alternative to GitHub, Atlassian Bitbucket and Docker Hub.

Docker #8 of 45 in Software Development - Project Management

At a glance

Forgejo quick facts

Health score
95/100 GOOD
Stars
5,745
Last commit
2 days ago (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v17.0.1, Oct 2026
Licence
MIT
View codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo on Codeberg ↗ Website ↗

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Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Forgejo scores 95/100, #8 of 45 in Software Development - Project Management: 290 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v17.0.1, 4 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 5,745 stars add 15.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 5.0 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the Codeberg API. How the score is calculated.

  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    290 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v17.0.1 released 4 days ago

  • Stars biggest shortfall 15.0 / 20

    5.7k stars on Codeberg (logarithmic)

  • Not archived 10.0 / 10

    Repository is active

  • Docker support 10.0 / 10

    Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

300 commits over the last 12 months
290
Last 90 days
300
Last 12 months
2 days ago
Last push

Ranked #8 of 45 tools in Software Development - Project Management by health , between Leantime (#7) and GitLab (#9) .

Details

LicenceMIT
PlatformsDocker, Go
Latest releasev17.0.1 · 4 days ago
Stars5,745
Open issues1,589
DockerYes
Repositorycodeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo ↗
Visit website ↗ Source code ↗ Live demo ↗

Forgejo vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Forgejo (Software Development - Project Management), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Gitea 99 59k MIT today
OneDev 97 15k MIT today
Forgejo (this tool) 95 5.7k MIT 2 days ago
GitLab 95 7.2k MIT today
gitbucket 86 9.4k Apache-2.0 yesterday
Gogs 64 48k MIT 2 days ago

Forgejo: common questions

What does Forgejo replace?

Repoly lists Forgejo as an open-source alternative to GitHub, Atlassian Bitbucket and Docker Hub. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Forgejo stands against the others.

Is Forgejo still maintained?

Forgejo had 290 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, v17.0.1, is from 4 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.