# Forgejo Runner

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Forgejo Runner and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a small, solid CI runner that is easy to build and run, and that works well with Forgejo and Gitea.

## Why people recommend it

- Small and easy to build (4 comments): "the runner [2] is trivial to build (including cross-compiling) and run, and is on the whole just a much more solid piece of software" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46106350)) "Forgejo's agent is brilliant to be honest. It's a very well contained service, written in Go and builds in practically anything." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45931488)) "The Forgejo runner is tiny and you can build it even on unsupported platforms" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46097950))
- Solid, well-contained software (2 comments): "the runner [2] is trivial to build (including cross-compiling) and run, and is on the whole just a much more solid piece of software" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46106350)) "Forgejo's agent is brilliant to be honest. It's a very well contained service, written in Go and builds in practically anything." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45931488))
- Works with Forgejo and Gitea (2 comments): "Yet it works perfectly which forgejo/gitea (uses the act runner)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46299945)) "moved to forgejo runners with zero drama" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49485875))
- Straightforward, low-drama setup (2 comments): "Works well and is pretty straightforward." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334040)) "moved to forgejo runners with zero drama" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49485875))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Blacksmith runners](https://hackerapproved.com/p/blacksmith.md): 22 recommend
- [WarpBuild](https://hackerapproved.com/p/warpbuild.md): 12 recommend
- [GitHub Actions self-hosted runners](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-actions-self-hosted-runners.md): 9 recommend
- [Namespace](https://hackerapproved.com/p/namespace.md): 8 recommend
- [RISE RISC-V Runners](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rise-risc-v-runners.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Forgejo Runner", https://hackerapproved.com/p/forgejo-runner/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).