# Codefloe 17 Hacker News commenters recommended Codefloe and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Hosted Forgejo git service people recommend for free private and commercial repos, with fast performance and EU hosting. Main caveat: critics want clearer data-protection guarantees and question its for-profit status. ## Why people recommend it - Free private and commercial repos (5 comments): "Check out https://codefloe.com for private repos hosted with Forgejo. It is also free and hosted in the EU." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47571337)) "offers a free built-in integration with no restriction on personal or private repositories" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571580)) "You can have private personal projects and even commercial/business projects." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49427127)) - Professionally run and transparent (4 comments): "Codefloe is professionally hosted on a robust platform" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49575093)) "They keep public records updated quarterly (neat!)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49433345)) "everything is managed with infrastructure as code" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49586221)) - Useful extras beyond plain git (3 comments): "Codefloe has that feature (which isn't in stock Forgejo)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49428381)) "it provides a lot more than a link to git" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49336343)) "their built-in CI is pretty nice" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49423882)) - Fast, stable, kept up to date (2 comments): "The service is blazing fast and the maintainer does a great job keeping it up-to-date with recent Forgejo releases." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48282451)) "It's been stable, snappy, and offers me everything I need." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47532723)) ## What people warn about - Data protection and governance unclear (3 comments): "If you are going to offer hosting, you need to state what kind of guarantees around data protection you offer." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49423746)) "I will never trust a for-profit corporation to host my data, and even less so if it claims to not seek profit." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49584286)) "I didn't find any good community rules or pricing, any political statement about the mission, etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49574254)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [GitHub](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github.md): 764 recommend - [Forgejo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/forgejo.md): 380 recommend - [GitLab](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gitlab.md): 331 recommend - [Codeberg](https://hackerapproved.com/p/codeberg.md): 331 recommend - [Gitea](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gitea.md): 195 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://codefloe.com/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Codefloe", https://hackerapproved.com/p/codefloe/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).