ForgeFed Alternatives

ForgeFed is described as '(formerly GitPub) is a decentralized federation protocol based on the W3C's ActivityPub, which extends ActivityStream 2.0. It provides a server to server API for pull request, forking and subscription of repositories provided by Git web services (services like' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to ForgeFed for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Mac, Self-Hosted, Linux and Windows apps. The best ForgeFed alternative is GitHub, which is free. Other great apps like ForgeFed are GitLab, Codeberg, Forgejo and Gitea.

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  2. Git Disroot icon

    Git Disroot

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    A Git instance powered by Forgejo (a free and open-source self-hostable Git software), hosted by Disroot, an organization funded by donations and based on principles of freedom, privacy, federation and decentralization.

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    • Online
    Landing page
     
  4. cgit icon

    cgit

     18 likes

    A hyperfast web frontend for git repositories written in C.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    cgit hosting the cgit repository
     
  5. GitPrep icon

    GitPrep

     22 likes

    GitPrep is a GitHub clone. You can install portable Github system into Unix/Linux. You can create users and repositories without limitation. This is free software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Perl
    Main Screen
     
  7. Google Code Hosting icon

    Google Code Hosting

     77 likes

    Host open-source software projects using Subversion or Mercurial for revision control. Google Code also includes a wiki for documentation, issue tracking and file download feature. It is free for Open Source projects that are licensed under one of nine licenses (Apache...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    Homepage
     
  8. RhodeCode icon

    RhodeCode

     25 likes

    Fast and powerful management tool for SVN, Mercurial, and GIT with a built in push/pull server and full text search and code-review. It works on http/https and has a built in permission/authentication system with the ability to authenticate via LDAP or ActiveDirectory.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    RhodeCode screenshot 1
     
  10. Gitweb icon

    Gitweb

     23 likes

    Gitweb is a Git web interface. It is written in Perl and can be used as a CGI script, or as a mod_perl legacy script (run by ModPerl::Registry handler). It allows browsing a git repository (or a set of git repositories) using a web browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Perl
    Gitweb screenshot 1
     
  11. Apache Allura icon

    Apache Allura

     15 likes

    Apache Allura is an open source implementation of a software forge, a web site that manages source code repositories, bug reports, discussions, wiki pages, blogs, and more for any number of individual projects.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    git
     
  12. Kallithea icon

    Kallithea

     34 likes

    Kallithea, a free software source code management system supporting two leading version control systems, Mercurial and Git.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    Repositories
     
  13. Gitblit icon

    Gitblit

     20 likes

    Gitblit is an open-source, pure Java stack for managing, viewing, and serving Git repositories.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  14. GNU Savannah icon

    GNU Savannah

     4 likes

    GNU Savannah is a project of the Free Software Foundation, which serves as a collaborative software development management system for free Software projects.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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