Gogs
Painless self-hosted Git Service written in Go.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 9 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.14.3 (Jun 2026).
Also an alternative to GitHub and Atlassian Bitbucket.
At a glance
Gogs quick facts
- Health score
- 64/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 47,913
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.14.3, Jun 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "👉 Deploy on DigitalOcean and get $200 in free credits !"
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Gogs scores 64/100, #21 of 45 in Software Development - Project Management: 9 commits in the last 90 days earn 10.5 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.14.3, 5 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 47,913 stars add 18.7 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 24.5 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 10.5 / 35
9 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.14.3 released 5 months ago
- Stars 18.7 / 20
48k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 9
- Last 90 days
- 227
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #21 of 45 tools in Software Development - Project Management by health , between Mindwendel (#20) and SCM Manager (#22) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Go |
| Latest release | v0.14.3 · 5 months ago |
| Stars | 47,913 |
| Open issues | 945 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | gogs/gogs ↗ |
Gogs vs its top 5 alternatives
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Gogs: common questions
What does Gogs replace?
Repoly lists Gogs as an open-source alternative to GitHub and Atlassian Bitbucket. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Gogs stands against the others.
Is Gogs still maintained?
Gogs had 9 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, v0.14.3, is from 5 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.