What’s the difference?

Pushing images is a oneliner.

In gitlab, yes (well, two lines, login then push). In forgejo, there is no cicd token that gives you scoped access to the built in container registry. You must create a long lived token and add it as a secret to the repo you want to push from.

See here: https://mteixeira.wordpress.com/2025/02/03/my-self-hosted-fo...