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Gogs vs flock
Gogs has 47,819 GitHub stars, 5,069 forks, 1,009 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. flock has 506 stars, 5 forks, 2 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. Gogs leads on adoption by 9,350% (47,819 vs 506 stars). Gogs is written in Go under MIT; flock is written in Go under MIT. Gogs has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, flock 1%. flock was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (self-hosted), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Gogs | flock | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 48K | ★ 506 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Go | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-12 | 2026-09-15 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.1K | ⑂ 5 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Gogs if
- You weight community size — 48K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick flock if
- You want the flock feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and flock fits your workflow better
About Gogs
Gogs is a self hosted Git service written in Go and released under the MIT licence, aimed at individuals and small teams who want their own repository hosting without adopting a full collaboration platform.
About flock
English · Русский · 中文 · Español · Deutsch · Français · Português (BR) · 日本語 Flock Run a Claude Code AI dev team on your server and drive it from chat. Describe a feature in Telegram, VK or LO; the team plans it, builds it on a branch, tests it, reviews it, and opens a PR — each chat in its own isolated workspace. It runs on your Claude Pro/Max subscription (no per token billing) or an Anthropic API key, ships as prebuilt Docker images (no build step), and keeps every chat in its own sandboxed workspace. Quick start (Docker) That pulls the prebuilt image ghcr.io/duckbugio/flock telegram — no build, no Ansible — t…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Gogs or flock more popular?
Gogs has 47,819 GitHub stars and flock has 506. Gogs has the larger community by that measure.
Are Gogs and flock free?
Both are open source. Gogs is licensed under MIT and flock under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Gogs and flock?
Gogs is written in Go and flock in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Gogs or flock?
Choose Gogs if you want the larger community (47,819 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose flock if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.