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Just to add to the fray, here's what I've found:
Forgejo - install on a PC at home - works well, but you can't easily share your code with people outside your home. (https://forgejo.org/)
Codeberg - runs Forgejo under the hood - now you can share with people - but you really ought to donate to them if you use their service. (https://codeberg.org/)
PikaPods - will host a Gitea instance for you in their cloud - you can share code this way too - costs about $2 USD per month and is dead simple to set up. (https://www.pikapods.com/apps)
VPS - go set up your own virtual private server (on a free Oracle server, or other various hosts out there) and install Forgejo on that - more complicated, hope you like securing servers - share as you like. Free or maybe $$$.
Have fun!
~~My last info with CodeBerg and donations was that they had funding for the next years and recommended to donate to some other projects. Ist that still valid? Or am I remembering wrong?~~
As of now they are definitely looking for donations, so please consider supporting them.
Everything I see on codeberg.org says they want donations / members.
Maybe you're thinking of Jellyfin?
I am somewhat sure that it was codeberg but not 100%. As of now they are definitely searching. I'll edit my comment to avoid confusions.
Codeberg only hosts open source.
Forgejo is a great fork. Just like Gitea you can have a public instance of it.
The main issue for collaboration is you're putting extra hurdles in the way (people needing yet another account).
I'm at a point where I reconsider my contribution if the project uses GitHub.