Phorge

Spec sheet

Purpose

Phorge is an open source platform for collaborating on, managing, organizing, and reviewing software development projects.Read 11 Oct 2026 · phorge.it

Intended users

Phorge is aimed at professional software development teams working collaboratively across roles.Read 11 Oct 2026 · we.phorge.it

API

Phorge provides the Conduit API, which webhook consumers can call to retrieve object and transaction details.Read 11 Oct 2026 · we.phorge.it

Integrations

Arcanist works with Git, Mercurial, and SVN workflows and can integrate with linters and unit testing frameworks.Read 11 Oct 2026 · we.phorge.it

Security

The project vision says Phorge follows modern web application development practices and treats security reports with importance.Read 11 Oct 2026 · we.phorge.it

Support

The project identifies Ponder questions and the #phorge IRC channel on libera.chat as support options, while noting IRC responses may be slow.Read 11 Oct 2026 · we.phorge.it

Founded

2021Read 28 Sep 2026 · phorge.it

Administration

The project vision says Phorge does not allow super administrators who can violate its security model.Read 11 Oct 2026 · we.phorge.it

Code review

Differential is Phorge’s code review tool.Read 11 Oct 2026 · we.phorge.it

Command line

Arcanist provides command-line access to Phorge tools and supports workflows such as code review, linting, and unit tests.Read 11 Oct 2026 · we.phorge.it

Compatibility limitation

The introduction cautions that users who develop primarily on Windows may find integration with their toolsets lacking.Read 11 Oct 2026 · we.phorge.it

Core tools

Its major components include Differential for code review, Diffusion for repository browsing, Maniphest for bug tracking, and Phriction for a wiki.Read 11 Oct 2026 · we.phorge.it

Data ownership

The introduction says users own all their data.Read 11 Oct 2026 · we.phorge.it

Extensibility

The vision describes Phorge as customizable with extensions that can modify existing tools or introduce new applications.Read 11 Oct 2026 · we.phorge.it

Hosting

The project vision says Phorge is not a service and users can host it on their own infrastructure.Read 11 Oct 2026 · we.phorge.it

Hosting model

Phorge is software users host on their own infrastructure; the project vision says it is not a service.Read 11 Oct 2026 · we.phorge.it

Pricing

The documentation describes Phorge as free and open source.Read 11 Oct 2026 · we.phorge.it

Project history

Phorge is a community-maintained fork of Phabricator, which the site says has been unmaintained since June 1, 2021.Read 11 Oct 2026 · phorge.it

Repository browsing

Diffusion is Phorge’s repository browser and can host repositories with authenticated read and write access over HTTP and SSH.Read 11 Oct 2026 · we.phorge.it

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.Read 11 Oct 2026 · work.wildhq.org

Task tracking

Maniphest is Phorge’s bug tracker.Read 11 Oct 2026 · we.phorge.it

Version control

Phorge repository hosting supports Git and Mercurial over SSH and HTTP, and Subversion over SSH.Read 11 Oct 2026 · we.phorge.it

Webhooks

Herald rules can trigger webhooks to notify external systems about Phorge events.Read 11 Oct 2026 · we.phorge.it

Wiki

Phriction is Phorge’s wiki.Read 11 Oct 2026 · we.phorge.it

Plans and prices

Every Phorge plan and price →

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