# Forgejo: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 20 judge labels across 1 category by 9 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/forgejo

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Source control hosting](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/source-control-hosting/index.md) | 0% | 6 | 5% | 20 |

## What the models said for it

- "For critical/sensitive projects: Self-host using GitLab, Gitea, or Forgejo" (Kimi K2, Source control)
- "Choose Gitea/Forgejo only when minimizing subscription fees matters more than minimizing administrative work" (Perplexity Sonar, Source control)
- "Want a simple, self‑hosted GitHub‑like experience with full control | Forgejo or Gitea" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Source control)
- "Self-host if possible (e.g., via Gitea, Forgejo, GitLab self-hosted, or SourceHut)" (Grok 4.20, Source control)

## And against it

- "comes with operational risks... Only self-host if you have the dedicated engineering resources" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Source control)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Forgejo, from 40 of the 42 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- github.com: 16
- hiraditya.github.io: 15
- g2.com: 14
- bitbucket.org: 12
- en.wikipedia.org: 12
- ciopages.com: 8
- toolradar.com: 8
- openresource.dev: 7
- safeguard.sh: 7
- sourceforge.net: 7

### Pages cited

- https://hiraditya.github.io/posts/where-should-your-code-live: 15
- https://bitbucket.org/product/code-repository: 11
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_source-code-hosting_facilities: 11
- https://g2.com/categories/version-control-hosting/small-business: 10
- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/source-code-management: 8
- https://openresource.dev/guide/getting-started/source-code-hosting-platforms: 7
- https://github.com/pricing: 6
- https://guptadeepak.com/tools/top-5-git-hosting-platforms-2026: 6

## In its own words

What Forgejo's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: A self-hosted lightweight software forge. (https://forgejo.org/)
- Free plan or trial: Try now (https://forgejo.org/)
- Customers named: Codeberg

## What it publishes

Every page forgejo.org exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1573 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 80 pages, 3 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-03
- news or press: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-03 blog: 2026 09 runner release v131 https://forgejo.org/2026-09-runner-release-v131/
- Recent: 2026-08-03 blog: 2026 08 runner release v13 https://forgejo.org/2026-08-runner-release-v13/
- Recent: 2026-07-16 blog: 2026 07 release v16 0 https://forgejo.org/2026-07-release-v16-0/
- Recent: 2026-06-08 blog: 2026 05 monthly report https://forgejo.org/2026-05-monthly-report/
- Recent: 2026-04-16 blog: 2026 04 release v15 0 https://forgejo.org/2026-04-release-v15-0/
- Recent: 2026-04-12 blog: 2026 03 monthly report https://forgejo.org/2026-03-monthly-report/

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.