How much does Forgejo hosting cost?

$29.60 a month at most on Varity, including 10 GB of persistent storage, billed by the running minute.

Which database should I choose in the installer?

SQLite. This standalone preset has no attached database server, and SQLite keeps everything on the persistent volume.

How is Forgejo different from Gitea?

Forgejo began as a fork of Gitea in 2022 over project governance and is run by a community under a non-profit. Day-to-day Git hosting works much alike; both are in this catalog.

Forgejo

Forgejo is a community-governed Git forge for repositories, issues, packages and code review. This standalone preset uses SQLite and a 10 GB persistent volume, ready after the browser installer.

Forgejo hosting on Varity costs $29.60 a month at most, with a 10 GB volume included. No request, ingress or egress fees.

$29.60/mo max

Deploy Forgejo

$5 starter credit for apps, payment method required, 14 days

What you get

Deploying the template sets up every part below in your account, on its own HTTPS address

Services & storage

2 parts

ForgejoGit Service2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM
10 GB volumeMounted in your appKept across restarts and redeploys

Why run Forgejo on Varity

Repositories that persist
Repositories and the SQLite database live on 10 GB of persistent storage, included in the $29.60 monthly maximum
Clones don't cost extra
No request, ingress or egress fees, so fetches from CI and teammates don't change the price
Community-governed code
The upstream Forgejo project, GPL-3.0 licensed and installed with Forgejo's own Docker guide

What Forgejo runs on

Monthly maximum for Forgejo, by part
Included	Monthly max
Forgejo appScale plan: 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 25 GB temporary storage	$28
App storage10 GB persistent volume, kept across restarts	$1.60
Monthly maximum	$29.60

How app hosting is billed

Best for: Running a community-governed Git forge with persistent repository state
Billing: By the running minute, never above the maximum
Traffic: No app traffic fees
Category: Developer tools
Built with: Go

Set up Forgejo

01
In the Portal, choose Forgejo from Templates and deploy it
02
Complete the browser installation, choose SQLite for this standalone preset, and create your administrator account
03
Create a repository and use its HTTPS clone address

Forgejo setup guide Deploy your own code instead

Forgejo hosting questions

How much does Forgejo hosting cost?: $29.60 a month at most on Varity, including 10 GB of persistent storage, billed by the running minute.
Which database should I choose in the installer?: SQLite. This standalone preset has no attached database server, and SQLite keeps everything on the persistent volume.
How is Forgejo different from Gitea?: Forgejo began as a fork of Gitea in 2022 over project governance and is run by a community under a non-profit. Day-to-day Git hosting works much alike; both are in this catalog.

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