# forgefed/forgefed

ForgeFed - Federation Protocol for Forge Services

Repository: https://github.com/forgefed/forgefed
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/forgefed
Homepage: https://forgefed.org
Language: Bikeshed
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: federation, activitypub, scm, vcs, forge, federated, distributed, git
Last push: 2026-05-03T20:56:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 68/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 80, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3011, "days_push": 122, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1037, forks 13 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:19.534939+00:00)

## What it is
ForgeFed is an ActivityPub-based federation protocol specification for software forges, enabling interoperable repository hosting, issue tracking, and code review across independent websites. It is a specification project (written in Bikeshed) with JSON-LD context files, not an implementation.

## Use cases
- federate git repository hosting across independent forges
- open issues and pull requests on repos hosted on other sites without new accounts
- implement ActivityPub federation in a code collaboration platform
- build interoperable issue trackers and code review tools
- decentralize software development away from centralized forges
- define a common protocol vocabulary for forge services

## When to choose
- you are building a forge or code collaboration tool that should interoperate with other forges
- you want decentralized, self-hosted code hosting that stays connected to a wider network
- you need a standard ActivityPub extension for repositories, issues, and pull requests

## When to avoid
- you need a ready-to-run forge application rather than a protocol specification
- your project is single-instance and has no federation requirements
- you need a mature, widely deployed protocol with many production implementations today

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: api-framework, developer-tools, version-control
- domain: developer-tools, version-control, apis, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: activitypub, federation, forge, git, specification, json-ld, decentralized, web-server

## Member repositories
- forgefed/forgefed (main) score 68

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.534939+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T08:23:16.603184+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/forgefed/forgefed (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.534939+00:00, sha 89c0cae4120e)
  - homepage: https://forgefed.org (fetched 2026-08-29T13:05:14.046551+00:00, sha e2e41cd92cc3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.