gogs

The painless way to host your own Git service

⭐ 47,548 stars on GitHub · 🍴 5,064 forks · 📜 License: mit · 💻 Language: Go

What is gogs?

Running a private Git server usually means dealing with bloated Java applications or resource-heavy environments, but you can bypass all that overhead with a single, ultra-lightweight Go binary. This self-hosted alternative delivers a complete GitHub-like

Topics: the project is tagged with popular topics:

• 🏷️ docker
• 🏷️ git
• 🏷️ go
• 🏷️ gogs
• 🏷️ mysql
• 🏷️ postgresql
• 🏷️ raspberry-pi
• 🏷️ self-hosted
• 🏷️ source-code-management
• 🏷️ sqlite3

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Quick install

See the README for detailed install instructions. Most projects support Docker — if the repo has a Dockerfile, use:

git clone https://github.com/gogs/gogs.git
cd gogs
docker build -t gogs .
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 gogs

Minimum system requirements

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• One-command docker compose up -d deploy in 2 minutes
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• Daily snapshot backup
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Resources

• 🔗 GitHub: gogs/gogs
• 🌐 Homepage: https://gogs.io
• 📚 Official docs: see README in the repo
• 💬 Community: GitHub Issues + Discussions

Article compiled from GitHub data on 23/05/2026. Star/fork counts may have changed — see live numbers via the GitHub link.