Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge.
Easy to install and low maintenance, it just does the job.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Lightweight: Forgejo can easily be hosted on nearly every machine. It has a low server profile and requires an order of magnitude less resources than many other forges.
- Easy to maintain.
- Project management: Besides Git hosting, Forgejo offers issues, pull requests, wikis, kanban boards and much more to coordinate with your team.
- Publishing: Use releases to host your software for download, or use the package registry to publish it for docker, npm and many other package managers.
- Customizable: There are many configuration switches to make Forgejo work exactly like you want.
- Powerful: Organizations & team permissions, CI integration, Code Search, LDAP, OAuth and much more.
- Privacy-focused.
- Federation: (WIP) Connect software forges with each other through ActivityPub, and create a collaborative network of personal instances.
Website: forgejo.org
Support: Codeberg Code Repository
Developer: Forgejo authors
License: MIT License
Forgejo is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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