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Leaving GitHub for Forgejo

jorijn.com

May 13, 2026

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Summary

The Dutch Ministry of the Interior launched a self-hosted Forgejo instance for government source code, fulfilling legal requirements for source code publication. Forgejo was selected over GitLab for its fully open-source nature and support for digital autonomy.

Key Takeaways

The Dutch Ministry of the Interior launched a self-hosted Forgejo instance for government source code due to legal requirements for digital autonomy.
GitHub experienced 257 incidents and 48 major outages from May 2025 to April 2026, with the CTO stating that capacity needs to increase 30 times to handle AI-driven loads.
GitHub's user interaction data for Copilot was changed to an opt-in basis for AI training by default, with no repository-level opt-out option.
The author migrated their code to Forgejo and plans to archive their public GitHub repositories, citing ownership concerns as a primary reason for the switch.

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Community Sentiment

Mixed

Positives

Forgejo is actively working to decentralize tooling around Git, which could enhance collaboration and reduce reliance on centralized platforms.
Tangled offers innovative features like PR stacking that GitHub has yet to implement, suggesting a potential shift in how developers manage pull requests.
Self-hosting options like Gitea provide a reliable and cost-effective way to manage repositories, appealing to those wary of centralized services.

Concerns

Concerns about GitHub's use of open repositories for training AI models like Copilot without user consent highlight ethical issues in AI data usage.
The sentiment that decentralization often leads to new forms of centralization reflects skepticism about the effectiveness of current decentralized solutions.
Many users express frustration over the high costs associated with feature-rich hosting services, which often include unnecessary AI tools that inflate prices.