--- title: Forgejo forks its own path forward | daily.dev description: Forgejo, a self-hosted git forge, has decided to become a hard fork of Gitea, allowing it to forge its own path forward and implement changes that may conflict... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/forgejo-forks-its-own-path-forward-6mlsulyxo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Forgejo forks its own path forward | daily.dev og:description: Forgejo, a self-hosted git forge, has decided to become a hard fork of Gitea, allowing it to forge its own path forward and implement changes that may conflict... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/forgejo-forks-its-own-path-forward-6mlsulyxo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6mLSuLyXo.png og:image:alt: Forgejo forks its own path forward og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Forgejo forks its own path forward **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Forgejo, a self-hosted git forge, has decided to become a hard fork of Gitea, allowing it to forge its own path forward and implement changes that may conflict with Gitea. The decision was made to reduce tech debt and address community needs. Upgrading to Forgejo will become harder as the projects diverge further. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#forgejo](https://daily.dev/tags/forgejo) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/forgejo-forks-its-own-path-forward-6mlsulyxo) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Forgejo forks its own path forward","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/forgejo-forks-its-own-path-forward-6mlsulyxo","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/forgejo-forks-its-own-path-forward-6mlsulyxo"},"datePublished":"2024-02-16T09:08:52.472Z","dateModified":"2026-07-30T02:12:36.664Z","description":"Forgejo, a self-hosted git forge, has decided to become a hard fork of Gitea, allowing it to forge its own path forward and implement changes that may conflict...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/232ee4df14b6d89fc32d1215c3d7ab62?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/232ee4df14b6d89fc32d1215c3d7ab62?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Lobsters","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Lobsters","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tl8v_Fku--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698841318/logos/lobste.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/forgejo-forks-its-own-path-forward-6mlsulyxo","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"devtools,forgejo","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lobsters","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Forgejo forks its own path forward"}]} ```