Category: DevOps
8 European alternatives to Forgejo — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted.
Community-driven open-source Git forge, EU-governed fork of Gitea
Facts
- Headquarters
- DE (EU)
- Category
- DevOps
- Type
- Product
- GDPR-compliant
- Yes
- Open-source
- Yes
- Data hosting
- EU
Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Forgejo
- Checkmk↗
Checkmk is an open-source IT infrastructure monitoring platform developed by Checkmk GmbH (Munich, Germany). In February 2025, US growth-equity firm PSG Equity acquired a majority controlling stake, making PSG (US) the ultimate parent. The software itself remains open source, but the company is no longer EU-controlled.
DE · open-source
- Codefresh↗
Codefresh is a CI/CD and GitOps platform (Argo maintainer). It was fully acquired by Octopus Deploy Pty Ltd (Brisbane, Australia) on February 27, 2024 for an estimated $40–50M. The ultimate parent is now Australian; the product continues to operate under the Codefresh brand.
IE · commercial
- Elestio↗
Managed DevOps platform for deploying 400+ open-source tools, legally headquartered at 66 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, Ireland, founded 2022. Account data is stored in the EU; application data is hosted in the customer's chosen region with same-continent backups. Displays GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC2, and HIPAA compliance and offers a 'Sovereign Cloud' option.
IE · commercial
- MariaDB (self-host)↗
Self-hosted relational database, open-source (GPL). Commercial steward MariaDB Corporation is now US PE-owned (K1 Investment Management, acquired August 2024); the MariaDB Foundation (EU) independently stewards the open-source codebase.
EU · open-source
Frequently asked questions
What is the best European alternative to Forgejo?
It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Forgejo include Cachet (self-host), Checkmk and Codeberg. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.
Are there open-source alternatives to Forgejo?
Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Forgejo include Cachet (self-host), Checkmk, Codeberg, Gitea, MariaDB (self-host) and Netdata. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.
Is Forgejo GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?
Forgejo is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes Forgejo an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.