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Forgejo vs SourceHut

Forgejo scores higher on the AgentReady, 45/100 against 29/100. They differ on 10 of the 41 signals. Which ones decides whether an agent can adopt them without a person watching.

What each one is

Forgejo. Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge.

SourceHut. the hacker's forge

Where Forgejo is ahead

Forgejo passes search discoverable, clear canonical domain, clear product positioning, public docs discoverable and mcp discoverable, and SourceHut does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

It also holds understand: pricing understandable. SourceHut misses it.

And on adopt, free trial or free allowance and mcp integration available. SourceHut misses those.

Where SourceHut is ahead

SourceHut passes official typescript sdk, and Forgejo does not. That is adopt, whether an agent can get a key and make its first successful call without a human in the loop.

It also holds operate: structured, predictable output. Forgejo misses it.

What neither does

Both fail llms.txt published, llms-full.txt / full agent docs, machine-readable metadata, structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented, self-service signup, no mandatory sales call, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, fast time to first request, copyable quickstart, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified. If your agent needs any of those, you will be building it yourself either way.

Score, pillar by pillar

The AgentReady splits into four pillars, scored separately, because a product can be easy to find and still impossible to adopt.

Discover is whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists. Forgejo leads 80 to 20. Forgejo misses llms.txt published, llms-full.txt / full agent docs, machine-readable metadata; SourceHut misses search discoverable, clear canonical domain, clear product positioning, public docs discoverable, llms.txt published, llms-full.txt / full agent docs, mcp discoverable, machine-readable metadata.

Understand. Forgejo leads 31 to 23. Forgejo misses structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented; SourceHut misses structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, pricing understandable, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented.

Adopt. Forgejo leads 35 to 25. Forgejo misses self-service signup, no mandatory sales call, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, fast time to first request, copyable quickstart, official typescript sdk; SourceHut misses self-service signup, no mandatory sales call, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, free trial or free allowance, fast time to first request, copyable quickstart, mcp integration available.

Operate. SourceHut leads 47 to 35. Forgejo misses structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified; SourceHut misses machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified.

Pricing

Forgejo does not publish a machine-readable starting price and has a free tier. SourceHut does not publish one.

Signal by signal

Which to pick

Forgejo clears more of the signals an agent needs, so it is the safer default for unattended use. Full profiles: Forgejo and SourceHut. Alternatives to each: Forgejo, SourceHut.

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