Forgejo

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self-hosted, last resortForgejo and Gitea Actions (self-hosted)
CI runnersverdict qualifiesfree tieridentity anonymousno cardevidence documentedstale on 2026-12-05
self-hosted, last resortGitea / Forgejo self-hosted with any S3 LFS backend
Storageverdict qualifies-with-caveatfree tieridentity email?card?limit per-object-capevidence reportedstale on 2026-11-05

Forgejo and Gitea Actions (self-hosted)

CI runners

forgejo.org/docs/latest/user/actions/CI softwareci-cd-runners/forgejo-gitea-actionsJSON compare report an error

Free allowance: MIT for Gitea and GPL for Forgejo, with a GitHub-Actions-compatible workflow syntax; unlimited on your own runners
Verdict: self-hosted, last resortverdict qualifies: usable as stated; the read path was probed. Self-hosted options are listed last, because this site is for users who have no hardware.
Cost: free tier
Identity: anonymousno card, no phone
Binding limit: noneno named constraint binds
Evidence: documented3 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
Freshness: stale on 2026-12-05checked 2026-11-04 (live); stale on 2026-12-05

Free tier	MIT for Gitea and GPL for Forgejo, with a GitHub-Actions-compatible workflow syntax; unlimited on your own runners unit unlimited; metered on none
Price	none stated
Limits	per-object-cap no cap from the software; a documented subset of GitHub Actions is supported and the rest fails at parse time source
Identity	anonymous the software needs no account
Egress	whatever the runner host charges
Per-object cap	no cap from the software; the runner host is the ceiling
Retention	whatever the runner host retains
Interface	git, cli a .forgejo/workflows or .gitea/workflows YAML; the act runner; a compatible subset of GitHub Actions
Tooling	the forgejo or act runner binary; docker or a host backend
Composes with	Actions syntax without GitHub, which lets a workflow move between a free hosted runner and your own machine without a rewrite
Reliability	compatibility with GitHub Actions is a documented subset, so a workflow that runs on GitHub may need edits
Notes	The compatibility is the value and the subset is the cost. A workflow that depends on a GitHub-only action does not run.
Evidence note	documented the Forgejo Actions user guide was read; Codeberg's hosted instance runs the same software.
Parsed numbers	has-free-tier 1

Evidence 3

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-22	forgejo.org/docs/latest/user/actions/	Forgejo Actions is GitHub-Actions-compatible with documented differences; runners are user-provided
2026-10-22	codeberg.org/actions/meta	Codeberg's hosted runners use ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest to provide a compatibility level with GitHub Actions, and Docker-in-Docker is not officially supported
2026-11-04	forgejo.org/docs/latest/user/actions/	Forgejo Actions is not identical to GitHub Actions, so a workflow may need edits

Gitea / Forgejo self-hosted with any S3 LFS backend

Storage

forgejo.org/docs/latest/admin/advanced/quota/PaaSstorage/gitea-forgejo-self-hosted-with-any-s3-lfs-backendJSON compare report an error

Free allowance: Unlimited by default: quota.default.TOTAL = -1 means unlimited, and the soft-quota feature is 'currently not yet enabled by default'.
Verdict: self-hosted, last resortverdict qualifies-with-caveat: usable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path. Self-hosted options are listed last, because this site is for users who have no hardware.
Cost: free tier
Identity: email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
Binding limit: per-object-capNo per-file cap unless you set one
Evidence: reported2 sources; a third party said so
Freshness: stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05

Free tier	Unlimited by default: `quota.default.TOTAL = -1` means unlimited, and the soft-quota feature is 'currently not yet enabled by default'. You supply the disk/object store, so bytes = your infrastructure. unit unlimited; metered on stored-bytes
Price	none stated
Limits	per-object-cap (binding) No per-file cap unless you set one source Soft-quota only: 'Forgejo checks the quota usage only before an action is executed, but it will allow a started action to complete' — so it can be overshot. No per-file cap unless you set one.
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Egress	Yours to pay for — unless the LFS backend is one of the free S3 endpoints (HF buckets, IA), in which case egress is the backend's and is free/CDN.
Per-object cap	No per-file cap unless you set one
Retention	not stated
Interface	s3-compatible, rest, git git
Tooling	Gitea/Forgejo binaries (single Go binary), `git-lfs` client, S3-compatible LFS storage config (`[lfs] STORAGE_TYPE=minio`). REST API + Swagger for full automation. Gitea Cloud offers a 30-day trial, not free.
Composes with	The pattern that makes 500 GB+ real: self-host the forge on a free-tier VM (or any always-on box) and set LFS storage to a free S3 endpoint. The forge holds ~metadata only; the bytes never touch your disk. Gitea's `LFS_MAX_FILE_SIZE`/`LFS_START_SERVER` are config, not policy.
Reliability	Quota feature is explicitly 'still in development' with 'little support for early prevention of operations in the UI'. Self-hosted means a dead VM = dead forge, but the LFS blobs survive in the object store.
Parsed numbers	has-free-tier 1

Evidence 2

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	forgejo.org/docs/latest/admin/advanced/quota/	'quota.default.TOTAL is -1 (unlimited) by default'; soft-quota semantics quoted
2026-10-21	forgejo.org/docs/latest/admin/setup/storage/	storage backend configuration for LFS/attachments

Unknown values 3

per object cap notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
retention stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read