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, Self-Hosted, Linux, Mac and Windows apps. The best ForgeFed alternative is GitHub, which is free. Other great apps like ForgeFed are GitLab, Codeberg, Gitea and SourceForge.

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  1. Gitolite icon
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    Gitolite allows you to setup git hosting on a central server, with fine-grained access control and many more powerful features.

    34 Gitolite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Set up your own self hosted git server on IIS for Windows. Manage users and have full control over your repositories with a nice user friendly graphical interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Static.app icon
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    Static.app is the easiest way to host a static HTML website online. Drag-and-drop an archive with your page or an entire website and we will take care of the rest. Everything is included: SSL certificate, code editor, forms and media storage all in one place.

    69 Static.app alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Static.app is the most popular commercial alternative to ForgeFed.

    • Static.app is Paid and ProprietaryForgeFed is Free and Open Source
    • Static.app is Privacy focusedForgeFed is not according to our users
  4. GitList icon
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    GitList allows you to browse repositories using your favorite browser, viewing files under different revisions, commit history and diffs. GitList is free and open source software, written in PHP, on top of Silex and the Twig template engine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. SCM-Manager icon
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    The easiest way to share and manage your Git, Mercurial and Subversion repositories over http.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. GitHuman icon
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    GitHuman is a decentralized alternative to GitHub and GitLab (Git sharing for everyone without any discrimination or restriction). It's built with IPFS and IPLD. It works without a centralised server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Pagure icon
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    A Git center project hosting with bug reporting tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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    repo.or.cz is a public Git hosting site. Create a project in a snap, publish your development, give others push access and let anyone have a look and contribute. Alternatively, if you just see a random git:// URL fly by and want to check it out, or you have limited bandwidth or...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. gitstorage icon
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    An on-premise device that combines the best of hosted options and on-premise solutions for source code collaboration and security. Enables storing code securely (encrypted) on LAN and automatic backups (encrypted) to DropBox.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Gitness icon
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    Gitness is an Open Source developer platform with Source Control management, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    🤖 Decorated enhanced Gitlist free private GIT viewer with web workers, multiple themes (dark/light), sub-modules, uglify-es - terser, webpack, toast, pure Bootstrap 3 and upgraded to PHP7.1 with all components.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Git
    • NGINX
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • PHP
    • Markdown
    • Webpack
    • Bootstrap
     
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