--- title: Forgejo forks its own path forward | daily.dev description: Forgejo, a self-hosted git forge that started as a soft fork of Gitea in late 2022, has officially decided to become a hard fork as of early 2024. This means... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/forgejo-forks-its-own-path-forward-zifd1abnd 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 that started as a soft fork of Gitea in late 2022, has officially decided to become a hard fork as of early 2024. This means... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/forgejo-forks-its-own-path-forward-zifd1abnd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zIFD1ABND.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 **[Forgejo News](https://daily.dev/sources/forgejo)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Forgejo, a self-hosted git forge that started as a soft fork of Gitea in late 2022, has officially decided to become a hard fork as of early 2024. This means Forgejo is no longer bound to Gitea's codebase and can develop independently, reducing tech debt and implementing changes without risk of conflicts with Gitea. While upgrading from Gitea to Forgejo remains possible from the last Gitea version at the time of the fork, future drop-in replacement compatibility is no longer guaranteed. The Forgejo API will strive to remain compatible with Gitea's API. The decision reflects a divergence in governance, development models, and goals between the two projects, with Forgejo prioritizing community control and liberation from proprietary tools. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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