Forgejo

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

Active Last commit on 2026-11-14 · 40 releases in the past year

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At a glance

Codeberg stars: 5.8k
Forks: 1k
Open issues: 1.6k
Last commit: 2026-11-14
Latest release: v17.0.1
2026-10-26
Commits (12 mo): –
Releases (12 mo): 40
License: MIT
Language / platform: Docker, Go

Maintenance health: Active

Last commit within the past 90 days. Last commit on 2026-11-14 · 40 releases in the past year.

How we label health: Active = last commit within 90 days, Maintained = within 12 months, Slowing = 12–24 months, Stale = over 24 months, Archived = read-only repository, Unknown = no data. Activity data from the Codeberg API.

Run Forgejo yourself

RAM: ~512 MB server (1 vCPU)
Docker: yes

Estimated monthly server cost

Provider	Plan size	~ USD / month
Vultr	512 MB	$3.5	Deploy →
DigitalOcean	512 MB	$4	Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)	1 GB	$5	Deploy →

Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.

Prefer managed hosting? Check PikaPods or Elestio.

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