Forgejo
Self-hosted lightweight software forge
In order to collaborate among global FOSS communities, software repositories need to be made available online. Running such repositories on top of a third party proprietary service introduces ethical concerns, privacy risks and geopolitical issues, where the political situation in one country can have an impact on the availability of technology in other countries. Forgejo is a forge application with a focus on software freedom, transparency, privacy and accessibility, but also pays great attention on stability, usability / user experience and federation in the long term.
To address usability issues with the current contribution workflow, that was in large parts inherited from proprietary platforms like Microsoft GitHub, we want to innovate and improve the way contributions can be made using Forgejo, inspired by existing workflows such as Gerrit and AGit. Further, more important usability around LFS, accessibility issues and moderation features will be worked on in the scope of this grant.
- The project's own website: https://forgejo.org
Run by Codeberg e.V.
This project was funded through the NGI0 Commons Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 101135429. Additional funding is made available by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).
