Phorge
Phorge is a free, open-source platform for software teams to manage projects, review code, browse repositories, track bugs, and maintain a wiki.
What Phorge is
Phorge is a free, open-source platform for software teams to manage projects, review code, browse repositories, track bugs, and maintain a wiki. Differential handles code review, Diffusion provides repository browsing, Maniphest tracks bugs, and Phriction provides wiki pages. Repository hosting supports Git and Mercurial over SSH and HTTP, and Subversion over SSH. Herald rules can trigger webhooks when Phorge events occur, while the Conduit API lets webhook consumers retrieve object and transaction details. Arcanist offers command-line access for workflows such as code review, linting, and unit tests, and can work with linters and testing frameworks. Phorge is a community-maintained fork of Phabricator, which its site says has been unmaintained since June 1, 2021. It is software to run on users' own infrastructure rather than a hosted service, and the project says users own their data. The server needs a non-Windows operating system, a web server, PHP, MySQL, and Git; shared hosting is unsupported. The project cautions that Windows-focused development setups may have limited integration with their toolsets.
Good
- Free and open source.
- Includes code review, bug tracking, repository browsing, and wiki tools.
- Supports Git, Mercurial, and Subversion workflows.
- Users host it on their own infrastructure and own their data.
- Provides webhooks and a Conduit API.
Watch out
- Shared hosting is unsupported.
- The server requires a non-Windows operating system.
- Windows-focused development setups may have limited tool integration.
- Users must provide the required server components.
Who it suits
Phorge is aimed at professional software development teams collaborating across roles. It suits teams prepared to host and administer the software on their own infrastructure.
Verdict
Phorge combines project collaboration tools with repository hosting and command-line workflows, while leaving hosting and data ownership with its users. Teams should account for its server requirements and the stated Windows integration caveat.
Plans and prices
From Phorge's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Phorge | Free | Free and open source · self-hosted |
The facts
Each one read from Phorge's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Administration
- The project vision says Phorge does not allow super administrators who can violate its security model.checked 11 Oct 2026
- API
- Phorge provides the Conduit API, which webhook consumers can call to retrieve object and transaction details.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Code review
- Differential is Phorge’s code review tool.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Command line
- Arcanist provides command-line access to Phorge tools and supports workflows such as code review, linting, and unit tests.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Compatibility limitation
- The introduction cautions that users who develop primarily on Windows may find integration with their toolsets lacking.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Core tools
- Its major components include Differential for code review, Diffusion for repository browsing, Maniphest for bug tracking, and Phriction for a wiki.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- The vision describes Phorge as customizable with extensions that can modify existing tools or introduce new applications.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- The project vision says Phorge is not a service and users can host it on their own infrastructure.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Hosting model
- Phorge is software users host on their own infrastructure; the project vision says it is not a service.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Arcanist works with Git, Mercurial, and SVN workflows and can integrate with linters and unit testing frameworks.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Phorge is aimed at professional software development teams working collaboratively across roles.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Pricing
- The documentation describes Phorge as free and open source.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Project history
- Phorge is a community-maintained fork of Phabricator, which the site says has been unmaintained since June 1, 2021.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Phorge is an open source platform for collaborating on, managing, organizing, and reviewing software development projects.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Repository browsing
- Diffusion is Phorge’s repository browser and can host repositories with authenticated read and write access over HTTP and SSH.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The project vision says Phorge follows modern web application development practices and treats security reports with importance.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Server requirements
- The server requires a non-Windows operating system, a web server, PHP, MySQL, and Git; the installation guide says shared hosting is unsupported.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project identifies Ponder questions and the #phorge IRC channel on libera.chat as support options, while noting IRC responses may be slow.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Task tracking
- Maniphest is Phorge’s bug tracker.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Version control
- Phorge repository hosting supports Git and Mercurial over SSH and HTTP, and Subversion over SSH.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Webhooks
- Herald rules can trigger webhooks to notify external systems about Phorge events.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Wiki
- Phriction is Phorge’s wiki.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Data ownership
- The introduction says users own all their data.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2021checked 28 Sep 2026
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