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7 Best Open-Source GitHub Alternatives You Can Self-Host (2026)

The best open-source GitHub alternatives in 2026 are Gitea and its community fork Forgejo for lightweight self-hosting, and GitLab Community Edition for a full DevOps platform. Beyond those,…

Jie Guo · June 12, 2026

Comparisons 5 min read

Gitea vs Forgejo 2026: What’s the Difference and Which to Self-Host?

Gitea and Forgejo are two lightweight, self-hosted Git platforms that look almost identical — because one began as a fork of the other. Forgejo split from Gitea in…

Jie Guo · June 12, 2026