How do I self-host Gogs?

Gogs can be deployed using Docker Compose. The AltStack provides a production-ready configuration that you can deploy on your own server. Simply copy the configuration and run it on any machine with Docker installed.

Is Gogs free to self-host?

Yes, Gogs is open source under the MIT and free to self-host. Your only costs are the server infrastructure. A basic cloud VPS starts at around $5-10/month.

What programming language is Gogs built with?

Gogs is built with Go. It has 47,868 stars on GitHub, indicating strong community adoption and support.

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Deploy Gogs

A painless self-hosted Git service written in Go. It aims to be the easiest, fastest, and most painless way of setting up a self-hosted Git service.

Quick Start

Create a directory

mkdir gogs-self-hosted && cd gogs-self-hosted

Create config file

Copy the content from the Config tab below into a file named docker-compose.yml

Deploy

docker compose up -d

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Metadata

License

MIT

Language

Last Updated

9/12/2026

Configuration

yaml



# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 🚀 Created and distributed by The AltStack
# 🌍 https://thealtstack.com
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------

version: '3.8'

services:
  gogs:
    image: gogs/gogs:latest
    container_name: gogs
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    environment:
      - USER=gogs
      - PASSWD=gogs
    volumes:
      - gogs_data:/data

volumes:
  gogs_data:

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