In October 2022 the domains and trademark of Gitea were transferred to a for-profit company without knowledge or approval of the community. Despite writing an open letter, the takeover was later confirmed. Forgejo was created as an alternative providing a software forge whose governance further the interest of the general public.
Why did they fork? I like just set up gitea and now I’m scared
From Forgejo’s comparison with Gitea:
Ah well guess I know what I’m doing tomorrow or this weekend