Gogs
Hacker ApprovedRanked 16 of 22 Git forges by recommenders
People recommend Gogs as a lightweight self-hosted Git server with a web UI that needs few resources for simple repo storage. One critic says it did not accept outside contributions.
People recommend Gogs as a lightweight self-hosted Git server with a web UI that needs few resources for simple repo storage. One critic says it did not accept outside contributions.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Simple self-hosted Git server with UI
“gogs continues to be a viable alternative if you actually only want a git server with an UI”
Comment from 2 Dec 2025 in “Migrating Dillo from GitHub” “If your goal is to just store your repos, even Gogs will do.”
Comment from 24 Jul 2026 in “I Regret Migrating to Codeberg” “Gogs is a self-hosted forge”
Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub” Self-hostable alternative to GitHub
“Full github/gitlab: git and Gogs, Gitea, Forgejo.”
Comment from 30 Apr 2026 in “Ghostty is leaving GitHub” “one can self-host forgejo, gitea, gogs and so on”
Comment from 24 Jul 2026 in “I Regret Migrating to Codeberg” “I'd definitely rather use Gitea/Gogs/Forgejo”
Comment from 27 May 2026 in “Incident with Pull Requests, Issues, Git Operations and API Requests”
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See all 22 Git forges, rankedWhat people said
11 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Forgejo/Gitea/Gogs just isn't a good foundation to build on top of.”
“Gogs is a self-hosted forge”
“gogs did not accept outside contributions”
“If your goal is to just store your repos, even Gogs will do.”
“one can self-host forgejo, gitea, gogs and so on”
“I'd definitely rather use Gitea/Gogs/Forgejo”
“Full github/gitlab: git and Gogs, Gitea, Forgejo.”
“doesn't require a ton of resources for a relatively simple task”
“gogs continues to be a viable alternative if you actually only want a git server with an UI”
“the projects Forgejo was forged from (Gitea and Gogs)”
“one of the best pieces of software I ever used”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.