Forgejo
by Forgejo · Self-hosted free software forge for software projects
41.8 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Overview
Forgejo is a self-hosted software forge: you download it and run it on your own server, or use an existing instance such as Codeberg. It is presented as an alternative to GitHub for people who want to control their own development platform, and states a focus on security, scaling, federation and privacy.
- Best for
- Teams that want to run a GitHub-style code forge on their own server under free software terms
- Pricing
- No prices are shown; the software is free to download and self-host, and the project asks for donations.
- Runs on
- Self-hostedCLI
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Self-hosted, so the server and the projects stay yours
- Familiar environment for people coming from GitHub
- Stated low server footprint compared with other forges
- Free software, published under non-profit Codeberg e.V.
Trade-offs
- Running an instance means carrying the hosting and upkeep yourself
- Federation and decentralised collaboration are described as future work
- Homepage names no concrete features such as issues, reviews or CI
- Funded by donations, with no commercial plan or support terms shown
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 0 out of 100
- API quality
- 20 out of 100
- Documentation
- 80 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 47 out of 100
- Changelog
- 100 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 45 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 35 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 40 out of 100
- Maintenance
- 85 out of 100
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