Gitea
Git Hosting & ForgesLightweight self-hosted Git service
Replaces GitHub, GitLab
Best Lightweight Git Hosting & Forges for self-hosting
The 11 best Lightweight git hosting & forges you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Gogs
Git Hosting & ForgesPainless self-hosted Git service
Replaces GitHub, Bitbucket
Gitness
Git Hosting & ForgesLightweight code hosting with built-in pipelines
Replaces GitHub, GitLab
Soft Serve
Git Hosting & ForgesSelf-hostable Git server for the command line
Replaces GitHub
Forgejo
Git Hosting & ForgesCommunity-driven self-hosted software forge
Replaces GitHub, GitLab
Gitea Bots Mirror
Git Hosting & ForgesLightweight private Go module proxy
Replaces JFrog Artifactory
SourceHut
Git Hosting & ForgesThe hacker's forge, 100% free and open source
Replaces GitHub, GitLab
Gitea Mirror Manager
Git Hosting & ForgesAutomatically mirror GitHub repositories to a Gitea server
Replaces GitHub
GitPrep
Git Hosting & ForgesPortable GitHub clone in Perl
Replaces GitHub
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
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Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Lightweight within the git hosting & forges category. Compare them on the individual app pages for setup difficulty and resource requirements.