platform/docs/adr/0007-forgejo-over-gitlab.md
Bart Van Geyt 9f819df4d9 Phase 0: architecture docs, ADRs, and repo scaffold
Establish the design foundation for the heleosv2 multi-tenant hosting
platform before any implementation code:

- Monorepo skeleton: docs/, platform-infra/, site-templates/,
  deployments/, control-panel/ with orientation READMEs.
- docs/: roadmap index, architecture + threat model, naming conventions,
  site profiles, provisioning workflow, backup & DR runbook, repo/GitOps
  layout, and the approved architecture plan.
- docs/adr/: 9 ADRs recording the rationale for single-host Compose,
  Traefik edge, nginx+fpm split, shared MariaDB, ZFS-per-customer,
  decoupled backup streams, Forgejo, CLI-first, and SFTP-only.
- Secrets hygiene: .gitignore (only *.enc.* committed) and .gitattributes
  (LF for scripts/Dockerfiles/YAML run on the Linux host).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-07 12:26:00 +02:00

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ADR 0007 — Forgejo over GitLab

Status: Accepted

Context

The platform needs Git hosting, a container registry, and CI. GitLab CE bundles all of this plus scanning but wants 4 GB+ RAM just for itself — heavy on a single shared host. Forgejo (community fork of Gitea) is lightweight and ships a built-in package/container registry and GitHub-Actions-compatible CI.

Decision

Use Forgejo for Git + built-in container registry, with Forgejo Actions (or Woodpecker CI) for pipelines. Security scanning via Trivy and secret scanning via gitleaks run inside CI. No Harbor, no GitLab, no Jenkins.

Consequences

  • Low RAM footprint leaves resources for customer sites.
  • One tool covers repos + registry; scanning is added as CI steps.
  • Actions are GitHub-compatible, so pipelines are portable and familiar.
  • Less batteries-included than GitLab (no built-in RBAC-heavy registry, vulnerability dashboards, etc.) — acceptable at this scale.
  • ↔️ If serious registry RBAC/signing/scanning is later needed, adopt Harbor as a superseding ADR rather than migrating to GitLab.