I imagine ability to fork, comment, open an issue or a merge (pull) request, do a code review etc from an account on one instance to a project on another. That would enable true decentralisation of software development. It was one of the original promises of Git, but was lost with the emergence of GitHub. With such federated network of forges each developer, or a group working on a project, could run their own server and collaborate with anyone else, without registering accounts on hundreds of services. I'd love that.

The longer you wait the more incompatible and harder to migrate it will get.

I know, but I thought it was already too late to simply change the docker image and be done with it. But, you are saying it's still just a drop-in replacement currently?

Thanks!

Update June 2024: this issue is no longer updated. Progress on federation can be followed from:

• The monthly reports
• Issues and pull requests tagged with forgejo/federation
• The dedicated federation repository which includes a roadmap