Last checked October 15, 2026
Gitea vs Forgejo
Gitea and Forgejo are free apps you can use instead of GitHub. Forgejo is full on a project wiki. Gitea is partial there. Gitea uses the MIT rules.
100 means it does everything the paid app does. How this works
Instead of GitHub
Last checked October 15, 2026
Gitea scores 84 and ranks #2. Forgejo scores 89 and ranks #1.
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| Feature | Gitea#2 · 84 | Forgejo#1 · 89 |
|---|---|---|
| Git hostingCounts for 10 | Full | Full |
| Pull or merge requestsCounts for 8 | Full | Full |
| IssuesCounts for 8 | Full | Full |
| GitHub Actions-compatible CICounts for 8 | Partial | Partial |
| A project wikiCounts for 4 | Partial | Full |
Where they differ
A project wiki
Counts for 4. Gitea is partial. Forgejo is full.
Both are full on git hosting, pull or merge requests, and issues.
Also ranked: GitLab Community Edition scores 79 and ranks #3. SourceHut scores 58 and ranks #4. Radicle scores 42 and ranks #5.
The facts on file
Gitea
A lightweight Git forge.
- Rules
- Open source. MIT
- Run it yourself
- Moderate. Plan on Docker or a small virtual machine. A paid hosted plan, if there is one, is separate from the free copy you run yourself.
- Free plan
- The free edition can run on your own server. You do not pay per person. We did not copy a hosted price here. Not checked.
- They host it
- No hosted price on file.
- Where it runs
- Run it yourself, Linux
Last checked October 15, 2026
Forgejo
A community forge, GPL-3.0 since v9.
- Rules
- Open source. GPL-3.0-or-later
- v9 and later are GPL-3.0-or-later. Older Forgejo releases remain MIT.
- Run it yourself
- Moderate. A single binary or container, plus a database if you outgrow SQLite.
- Free plan
- The free edition can run on your own server. You do not pay per person. We did not copy a hosted price here. Not checked.
- They host it
- No hosted price on file.
- Where it runs
- Run it yourself, Linux
Last checked October 15, 2026
Which one to pick
Gitea
Pick Gitea if you want the MIT rules. Git hosting, pull requests, and issues are full. Actions are partial. A project wiki is partial. Actions do not run every GitHub Action from the marketplace.
Forgejo
Pick Forgejo if the project wiki should be full. Actions are still partial. Releases from v9.0 are GPL-3.0-or-later. Earlier releases stayed MIT. You can run a single binary or a container, plus a database if you outgrow SQLite.