Gogs
Git Hosting & ForgesPainless self-hosted Git service
Replaces GitHub, Bitbucket
Best Free Git Hosting & Forges for self-hosting
The 14 best Free git hosting & forges you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
GitBucket
Git Hosting & ForgesGit platform powered by Scala with GitHub-like UI
Replaces GitHub
GitLab Runner
Git Hosting & ForgesRun CI/CD jobs for GitLab on your own infrastructure
Replaces GitHub Actions runner
Soft Serve
Git Hosting & ForgesSelf-hostable Git server for the command line
Replaces GitHub
Athens
Git Hosting & ForgesSelf-hosted Go module proxy
Replaces JFrog Artifactory
Sourcebot
Git Hosting & ForgesSelf-hosted code search and understanding tool
Replaces GitHub Code Search, Sourcegraph
SourceHut
Git Hosting & ForgesThe hacker's forge, 100% free and open source
Replaces GitHub, GitLab
Agola
Git Hosting & ForgesCI/CD redefined for cloud-native workflows
Replaces Drone, GitHub Actions
Gitea Mirror
Git Hosting & ForgesAutomatically mirror GitHub repositories to a Gitea server
Replaces GitHub
GitPrep
Git Hosting & ForgesPortable GitHub clone in Perl
Replaces GitHub
Pagure
Git Hosting & ForgesGit-centered forge built by and for the Fedora community
Replaces GitHub, GitLab
Gitea Pages Deploy
Git Hosting & ForgesStatic site hosting server for Git repositories
Replaces GitHub Pages, Netlify
Forgejo Runner
Git Hosting & ForgesCI runner for Forgejo Actions
Replaces GitHub Actions
Apache Allura
Git Hosting & ForgesOpen-source forge for managing source code and projects
Replaces GitHub, SourceForge
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gogs | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 128 MB | MIT | 47,868 |
| GitBucket | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 512 MB | Apache-2.0 | 9,402 |
| GitLab Runner | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | MIT | 8,500 |
| Soft Serve | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 7,255 |
| Athens | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 256 MB | MIT | 4,806 |
| Sourcebot | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 1,024 MB | MIT | 3,991 |
| SourceHut | Read-the-docs project | Hard | 1,024 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 2,000 |
| Agola | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | Apache-2.0 | 1,630 |
| Gitea Mirror | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | MIT | 1,487 |
| GitPrep | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 128 MB | MIT | 934 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Gogs (47,868 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Soft Serve (from 64 MB RAM, against 2,048 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 8 of 14 use MIT; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Free within the git hosting & forges category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.