I think they are both great choices and it's a matter of personal preference. Do you distrust the new for-profit company that owns Gitea? Do you believe that a

I think they are both great choices and it's a matter of personal preference. Do you distrust the new for-profit company that owns Gitea? Do you believe that all software should be libre? Choose Forgejo. Do you believe having a for-profit company behind gives the project more budget for feature development? Do you think that using a GPLv3 licensed software is problematic in legal terms? Choose Gitea.