diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 2c164b3..86acfd0 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -254,23 +254,42 @@ backup.borg.mysql.schema-only
 
 ## gitea backup settings
 
-Note that the backup needs the GIT_USER set that runs gitea.
+Note that the backup needs the GITEA_GIT_USER set that runs gitea.
 This user is neede to create the temporary dump folder and access for the git files and database.
 
 ### gitea Config Variables
 
 | Variable | Default | Description |
 | - | - | - |
-| GIT_USER | git | The user that runs gitea |
+| GITEA_GIT_USER | git | The user that runs gitea |
 | GITEA_WORKING_DIR | /var/tmp/gitea/ | Where the temporary dump files from the backup are stored, as user git |
 | GITEA_TEMP_DIR | /var/tmp/ | General temporary folder |
 | GITEA_BIN | /usr/local/bin/gitea | Where the gitea binary is located |
-| GITEA_CONFIG | /etc/gitea/app.ini | The configuration file for gitea |
+| GITEA_CONFIG | /etc/gitea/app.ini or /var/lib/gitea/custom/conf/app.ini | The configuration file for gitea |
 
 ### gitea Control files
 
 There are no control files for gitea backup
 
+## forgejo backup settings
+
+Note that the backup needs the FORGEJO_GIT_USER set that runs forgejo.
+This user is neede to create the temporary dump folder and access for the git files and database.
+
+### forgejo Config Variables
+
+| Variable | Default | Description |
+| - | - | - |
+| FORGEJO_GIT_USER | git | The user that runs forgejo |
+| FORGEJO_WORKING_DIR | /var/tmp/forgejo/ | Where the temporary dump files from the backup are stored, as user git |
+| FORGEJO_TEMP_DIR | /var/tmp/ | General temporary folder |
+| FORGEJO_BIN | /usr/local/bin/forgejo | Where the forgejo binary is located |
+| FORGEJO_CONFIG | /etc/forgejo/app.ini or /var/lib/forgejo/custom/conf/app.ini | The configuration file for forgejo |
+
+### forgejo Control files
+
+There are no control files for forgejo backup
+
 ## zabbix config backup settings
 
 The `zabbix-dump` dump script must be installed from: <https://github.com/gullevek/zabbix-backup>
diff --git a/borg.backup.forgejo.settings-default b/borg.backup.forgejo.settings-default
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97b37f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/borg.backup.forgejo.settings-default
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Borg backup wrapper scripts settings: forgejo
+
+# rename to borg.backup.forgejo.settings to use
+
+FORGEJO_GIT_USER="";
+FORGEJO_WORKING_DIR="";
+FORGEJO_TEMP_DIR="";
+FORGEJO_BIN="";
+FORGEJO_CONFIG="";
diff --git a/borg.backup.forgejo.sh b/borg.backup.forgejo.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..495405d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/borg.backup.forgejo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# allow variables in printf format string
+# shellcheck disable=SC2059
+
+# Backup forgejo database, all git folders and forgejo settings
+
+MODULE="forgejo"
+MODULE_VERSION="1.0.0";
+
+DIR="${BASH_SOURCE%/*}"
+if [[ ! -d "$DIR" ]]; then DIR="$PWD"; fi
+# init system
+. "${DIR}/borg.backup.functions.init.sh";
+
+# init verify, compact and check file
+BACKUP_INIT_FILE="borg.backup.${MODULE}.init";
+BACKUP_COMPACT_FILE="borg.backup.${MODULE}.compact";
+BACKUP_CHECK_FILE="borg.backup.${MODULE}.check";
+# lock file
+BACKUP_LOCK_FILE="borg.backup.${MODULE}.lock";
+
+# verify valid data
+. "${DIR}/borg.backup.functions.verify.sh";
+# if info print info and then abort run
+. "${DIR}/borg.backup.functions.info.sh";
+
+# NOTE: because a tmp directory is needed it is more recommended
+# to run this as root and have only the dump command itself run as FORGEJO_GIT_USER
+# set git user
+if [ -z "${FORGEJO_GIT_USER}" ]; then
+	FORGEJO_GIT_USER="git";
+fi;
+# set FORGEJO_* if not set
+if [ -z "${FORGEJO_WORKING_DIR}" ]; then
+	# run forgejo backup (user mktemp?)
+	FORGEJO_WORKING_DIR="/var/tmp/forgejo/";
+fi;
+# general temp folder for temporary data storage, this is not working output folder
+if [ -z "${FORGEJO_TEMP_DIR}" ]; then
+	FORGEJO_TEMP_DIR="/var/tmp";
+fi;
+if [ -z "${FORGEJO_BIN}" ]; then
+	FORGEJO_BIN="/usr/local/bin/forgejo";
+fi;
+if [ -z "${FORGEJO_CONFIG}" ]; then
+	FORGEJO_CONFIG="/etc/forgejo/app.ini"
+fi;
+# This one is not advertised in the config file as it is not recommended to change
+if [ -z "${FORGEJO_EXPORT_TYPE}" ]; then
+	FORGEJO_EXPORT_TYPE="zip";
+fi;
+if [ ! -f "${FORGEJO_BIN}" ]; then
+	echo "[! $(date +'%F %T')] Cannot find forgejo binary";
+	. "${DIR}/borg.backup.functions.close.sh" 1;
+	exit 1;
+fi;
+if [ ! -f "${FORGEJO_CONFIG}" ]; then
+	echo "[! $(date +'%F %T')] Cannot find forgejo config";
+	. "${DIR}/borg.backup.functions.close.sh" 1;
+	exit 1;
+fi;
+# some basic checks with abort
+if [ ! -d "${FORGEJO_TEMP_DIR}" ]; then
+	echo "Temp directory does not exist: ${FORGEJO_TEMP_DIR}";
+	exit;
+fi;
+# we should check FORGEJO_EXPORT_TYPE too at some point for an allow list
+# At the moment warn if not zip
+if [ "${FORGEJO_EXPORT_TYPE}" != "zip" ]; then
+	echo "[!!!!] The forgejo export type has been changed from 'zip' to '${FORGEJO_EXPORT_TYPE}'. This can either break or make exports take very ling";
+fi;
+# Filename
+FILENAME="forgejo.backup.zip";
+# backup set and prefix
+BACKUP_SET_PREFIX="${MODULE},";
+BACKUP_SET_NAME="${ONE_TIME_TAG}${BACKUP_SET_PREFIX}${BACKUP_SET}";
+
+# borg call
+BORG_CALL=$(echo "${_BORG_CALL}" | sed -e "s/##FILENAME##/${FILENAME}/" | sed -e "s/##BACKUP_SET##/${BACKUP_SET_NAME}/");
+BORG_PRUNE=$(echo "${_BORG_PRUNE}" | sed -e "s/##BACKUP_SET_PREFIX##/${BACKUP_SET_PREFIX}/");
+printf "${PRINTF_SUB_BLOCK}" "BACKUP: git data and database" "$(date +'%F %T')" "${MODULE}";
+if [ ${DEBUG} -eq 1 ] || [ ${DRYRUN} -eq 1 ]; then
+	echo "sudo -u ${FORGEJO_GIT_USER} ${FORGEJO_BIN} dump -c ${FORGEJO_CONFIG} -w ${FORGEJO_WORKING_DIR} -t ${FORGEJO_TEMP_DIR} --type ${FORGEJO_EXPORT_TYPE} -L -f - | ${BORG_CALL}";
+	if [ -z "${ONE_TIME_TAG}" ]; then
+		echo "${BORG_PRUNE}";
+	fi;
+fi;
+if [ ${DRYRUN} -eq 0 ]; then
+	(
+		# below was an old workaround
+		#export USER="${LOGNAME}" # workaround for broken forgejo EUID check
+		# make sure temp folder is there and is set as git. user
+		if [ ! -d "${FORGEJO_WORKING_DIR}" ]; then
+			mkdir -p "${FORGEJO_WORKING_DIR}";
+		fi;
+		chown -R ${FORGEJO_GIT_USER}: "${FORGEJO_WORKING_DIR}";
+		# this needs to be run in a folder that can be stat by git user
+		cd "${FORGEJO_WORKING_DIR}" || exit 1;
+		sudo -u ${FORGEJO_GIT_USER} ${FORGEJO_BIN} dump -c ${FORGEJO_CONFIG} -w ${FORGEJO_WORKING_DIR} -t ${FORGEJO_TEMP_DIR} --type ${FORGEJO_EXPORT_TYPE} -L -f - | ${BORG_CALL};
+	) 2>&1 | sed 's/\x1B\[[0-9;]\{1,\}[A-Za-z]//g' # remove all ESC strings
+fi;
+if [ -z "${ONE_TIME_TAG}" ]; then
+	printf "${PRINTF_SUB_BLOCK}" "PRUNE" "$(date +'%F %T')" "${MODULE}";
+	echo "Prune repository with keep${KEEP_INFO:1}";
+	${BORG_PRUNE};
+	# if this is borg version >1.2 we need to run compact after prune
+	. "${DIR}/borg.backup.functions.compact.sh" "auto";
+	# check in auto mode
+	. "${DIR}/borg.backup.functions.check.sh" "auto";
+fi;
+
+. "${DIR}/borg.backup.functions.close.sh";
+
+# __END__
diff --git a/borg.backup.functions.init.sh b/borg.backup.functions.init.sh
index 0666ef5..64f6430 100644
--- a/borg.backup.functions.init.sh
+++ b/borg.backup.functions.init.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function version {
 }
 
 # version for all general files
-VERSION="4.8.0";
+VERSION="4.9.0";
 
 # borg version and borg comamnd
 BORG_VERSION="";
@@ -166,12 +166,19 @@ DATABASE_HOST="";
 MYSQL_DB_CONFIG="";
 MYSQL_DB_CONFIG_PARAM="";
 # gitea module
-GIT_USER="";
+GITEA_GIT_USER="";
 GITEA_WORKING_DIR="";
 GITEA_TEMP_DIR="";
 GITEA_BIN="";
 GITEA_CONFIG="";
 GITEA_EXPORT_TYPE="";
+# forgejo module
+FORGEJO_GIT_USER="";
+FORGEJO_WORKING_DIR="";
+FORGEJO_TEMP_DIR="";
+FORGEJO_BIN="";
+FORGEJO_CONFIG="";
+FORGEJO_EXPORT_TYPE="";
 # zabbix module
 ZABBIX_DUMP_BIN="";
 ZABBIX_CONFIG="";
diff --git a/borg.backup.gitea.settings-default b/borg.backup.gitea.settings-default
index 079b869..afd4988 100644
--- a/borg.backup.gitea.settings-default
+++ b/borg.backup.gitea.settings-default
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # rename to borg.backup.gitea.settings to use
 
-GIT_USER="";
+GITEA_GIT_USER="";
 GITEA_WORKING_DIR="";
 GITEA_TEMP_DIR="";
 GITEA_BIN="";
diff --git a/borg.backup.gitea.sh b/borg.backup.gitea.sh
index 299e124..e812677 100755
--- a/borg.backup.gitea.sh
+++ b/borg.backup.gitea.sh
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ BACKUP_LOCK_FILE="borg.backup.${MODULE}.lock";
 . "${DIR}/borg.backup.functions.info.sh";
 
 # NOTE: because a tmp directory is needed it is more recommended
-# to run this as root and have only the dump command itself run as GIT_USER
+# to run this as root and have only the dump command itself run as GITEA_GIT_USER
 # set git user
-if [ -z "${GIT_USER}" ]; then
-	GIT_USER="git";
+if [ -z "${GITEA_GIT_USER}" ]; then
+	GITEA_GIT_USER="git";
 fi;
 # set GITEA_* if not set
 if [ -z "${GITEA_WORKING_DIR}" ]; then
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ BORG_CALL=$(echo "${_BORG_CALL}" | sed -e "s/##FILENAME##/${FILENAME}/" | sed -e
 BORG_PRUNE=$(echo "${_BORG_PRUNE}" | sed -e "s/##BACKUP_SET_PREFIX##/${BACKUP_SET_PREFIX}/");
 printf "${PRINTF_SUB_BLOCK}" "BACKUP: git data and database" "$(date +'%F %T')" "${MODULE}";
 if [ ${DEBUG} -eq 1 ] || [ ${DRYRUN} -eq 1 ]; then
-	echo "sudo -u ${GIT_USER} ${GITEA_BIN} dump -c ${GITEA_CONFIG} -w ${GITEA_WORKING_DIR} -t ${GITEA_TEMP_DIR} --type ${GITEA_EXPORT_TYPE} -L -f - | ${BORG_CALL}";
+	echo "sudo -u ${GITEA_GIT_USER} ${GITEA_BIN} dump -c ${GITEA_CONFIG} -w ${GITEA_WORKING_DIR} -t ${GITEA_TEMP_DIR} --type ${GITEA_EXPORT_TYPE} -L -f - | ${BORG_CALL}";
 	if [ -z "${ONE_TIME_TAG}" ]; then
 		echo "${BORG_PRUNE}";
 	fi;
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ if [ ${DRYRUN} -eq 0 ]; then
 		if [ ! -d "${GITEA_WORKING_DIR}" ]; then
 			mkdir -p "${GITEA_WORKING_DIR}";
 		fi;
-		chown -R ${GIT_USER}: "${GITEA_WORKING_DIR}";
+		chown -R ${GITEA_GIT_USER}: "${GITEA_WORKING_DIR}";
 		# this needs to be run in a folder that can be stat by git user
 		cd "${GITEA_WORKING_DIR}" || exit 1;
-		sudo -u ${GIT_USER} ${GITEA_BIN} dump -c ${GITEA_CONFIG} -w ${GITEA_WORKING_DIR} -t ${GITEA_TEMP_DIR} --type ${GITEA_EXPORT_TYPE} -L -f - | ${BORG_CALL};
+		sudo -u ${GITEA_GIT_USER} ${GITEA_BIN} dump -c ${GITEA_CONFIG} -w ${GITEA_WORKING_DIR} -t ${GITEA_TEMP_DIR} --type ${GITEA_EXPORT_TYPE} -L -f - | ${BORG_CALL};
 	) 2>&1 | sed 's/\x1B\[[0-9;]\{1,\}[A-Za-z]//g' # remove all ESC strings
 fi;
 if [ -z "${ONE_TIME_TAG}" ]; then