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Depends on your needs. Last time I checked, Gitlab wanted money for e.g. assigning multiple PR reviewers, which is available in gitea/forgejo.

The real issue with gitea/forgejo compared to Gitlab is their terrible CI, which is (to some approximation) a clone of GitHub Actions, also a dumpster fire for those of us proficient with/preferring the UNIX command line. You'll probably need a separate CI runner, like Woodpecker or Drone.

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Gitlab CI is so much better than Github Actions. With some additional improvements Gitlab CI could become amazing.

CI is one area that it's "lacking." I quote that because, honestly, all the bells and whistles in these CI yamls are starting to hurt. Woodpecker[1] (what forgejo uses) is strikingly simple.

[1]: https://woodpecker-ci.org/

It's crazy to me how much this is still true

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