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Forgejo
Initial release15 December 2022
Stable release
8.0.1[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 9 August 2024
Repository
Written inGo, JavaScript
Operating systemCross-platform
Platformx86-64, ARM
Available inMany languages
TypeCollaborative software development (forge)
LicenseGNU General Public License, version 3.0 or later
Websitehttps://forgejo.org/

Forgejo (Esperanto pronunciation: [forˈd͡ʒe.jo])[2] is a software package designed for hosting a forge using the Git version control system to aid with software development. The package allows developers to use collaborative features like bug tracking, code review, continuous integration, kanban boards, issue tickets, and wikis with their projects.[3] The package is designed to be self-hosted by developers, and a public instance is provided to try out the user interface, however forges hosted by organizations such as Codeberg are mainly used. Forgejo can be hosted on all platforms that support the Go runtime, including macOS and Microsoft Windows,[4] and packages are provided for various Linux distributions.[5][6]

History

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Forgejo was initially created in December 2022[7] as a fork of Gitea (itself a fork of Gogs, another forge package) after a newly created for-profit limited corporation founded by two maintainers named Lunny Xiao and Matti Ranta silently transferred Gitea's trademarks and began to move towards an open-core model, with the company offering enterprise services for hosting forges using a specialized version of Gitea containing exclusive features.[8][9] Many Gitea contributors signed an open letter asking for the Gitea trademarks and domains to be placed under community management,[10] but they were dissatisfied with the response from the newly-created company and eventually decided to fork the project in order to retain community control.[7][9] Codeberg, one of the major forges using Gitea at the time, then migrated to Forgejo and has become the effective owner of the project.[11][12]

Hard fork and license change

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While initially being a soft fork (a fork that remains in sync with its upstream counterpart), Forgejo eventually split completely from Gitea following version 1.21 in February 2024, as maintaining support with Gitea became more complex as new features and changes were implemented that were distinct or not present in Gitea, as well as to liberate software development from the shackles of proprietary tools.[13][14]

In August 2024 Forgejo moved from the MIT license to the copyleft GNU General Public License.[15] This does not involve a relicensing of the existing codebase, but rather reflects a community decision made one year earlier that Forgejo will now accept GPL-licensed contributions.[16] As a result, the license of the overall distribution is changed to GPLv3+. As of August 2024, discussions are ongoing which may result in a later relicense to AGPL.[17]

Future roadmap

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A future objective of Forgejo is to utilize the ActivityPub protocol most commonly used by the Fediverse to federate forges via ForgeFed, an extension of ActivityPub designed to support the features most commonly used by forges.[18] An implementation of this standard in Forgejo has been estimated to be available in 2024, while other forge packages such as GitLab have also begun work on implementing support for ForgeFed.[19]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "v8.0.1". 9 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Forgejo FAQ | Forgejo – Beyond coding. We forge". forgejo.org.
  3. ^ Edenhauser, Markus (October 26, 2023). Git trifft Mikrocontroller, Dein umfassender Guide zur Versionierung in Arduino-Projekten inkl. GitHub Beispiele (in German). Selbstverlag. p. 9.1. ISBN 9783757972936.
  4. ^ "Installation". Forgejo docs. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  5. ^ "Packaging". Delightful Forgejo. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  6. ^ "Versions for forgejo". Repology. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  7. ^ a b "Beyond Coding. We forge". Forgejo Blog. 2022-12-15. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  8. ^ "Forgejo FAQ | Forgejo – Beyond coding. We forge". forgejo.org. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  9. ^ a b Tietze, Christian (November 25, 2022). "Gitea Ltd. Takes Over Gitea Open Source Project, Community Pushes Back". christiantietze.de. Archived from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  10. ^ "Open Letter to Gitea". 2022-10-28. Archived from the original on 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  11. ^ "Codeberg launches Forgejo". Codeberg.org. December 15, 2022. Archived from the original on February 8, 2023. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  12. ^ "New Git repository faces corporate open source doubts | TechTarget". Software Quality. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  13. ^ "Forgejo makes a full break from Gitea [LWN.net]". LWN.net. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  14. ^ "Forgejo forks its own path forward". Forgejo Blog. 2024-02-15. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  15. ^ "Forgejo is now copyleft, just like Git". Forgejo Blog. 2024-08-22. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  16. ^ Warren, Earl (2023-04-18). "[MISSION] on Forgejo accepting copyleft contributions". forgejo/governance – Codeberg.org. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  17. ^ Warren, Earl (2024-07-17). "Improving the licensing agreement". forgejo/discussions - Codeberg.org. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  18. ^ Berre, Daniel Le (2023-11-15). Higher Education and Research Forges in France - Definition, uses, limitations encountered and needs analysis (report thesis). Comité pour la science ouverte.
  19. ^ "Support ActivityPub for GitLab (&11247) · Epics · GitLab.org · GitLab". GitLab. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
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