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Forgejo vs GitLab
Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.
At a glanceForgejoGitLab
- Pricing
- Open source
- $29/seat/mo (Premium)
- Pricing model
- Open source
- Freemium
- Founded
- —
- 2011
- Location
- —
- —
- Bootstrapped
- —
- —
- Open source
- Yes
- —
- Category
- —
- Code & Git Hosting
- Indie alternatives
- 0
- 3
- Founders
- —
- Sytse 'Sid' Sijbrandij, Dmitriy Zaporozhets
Key differences
Funding
Forgejo is bootstrapped / open source; GitLab is venture-backed.
Open source
Forgejo is open source; GitLab is closed source.
Indie alternatives
Forgejo has 0 curated indie alternatives in our directory; GitLab has 3.
Differences are derived directly from the data on each tool's page. Empty fields mean we haven't verified a value yet — never that one tool lacks the capability.
Founder of Forgejo
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