diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/testing.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/testing.yml
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+name: testing
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'forgejo*'
+      - 'v*/forgejo*'
+
+jobs:
+  lint-backend:
+    runs-on: docker
+    steps:
+      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: ">=1.20"
+          check-latest: true
+      - run: make deps-backend deps-tools
+      - run: make lint-backend
+        env:
+          TAGS: bindata sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify
+  checks-backend:
+    runs-on: docker
+    steps:
+      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: ">=1.20"
+          check-latest: true
+      - run: make deps-backend deps-tools
+      - run: make --always-make checks-backend # ensure the "go-licenses" make target runs
+  test-unit:
+    runs-on: docker
+    needs: [lint-backend, checks-backend]
+    container:
+      image: codeberg.org/forgejo/test_env:main
+    steps:
+      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: ">=1.20.0"
+      - run: |
+          git config --add safe.directory '*'
+          chown -R gitea:gitea . /go
+      - run: |
+          su gitea -c 'make deps-backend'
+      - run: |
+          su gitea -c 'make backend'
+        env:
+          TAGS: bindata
+      - run: |
+          su gitea -c 'make unit-test-coverage test-check'
+        timeout-minutes: 50
+        env:
+          RACE_ENABLED: 'true'
+          TAGS: bindata
+  test-mysql:
+    runs-on: docker
+    needs: [lint-backend, checks-backend]
+    container:
+      image: codeberg.org/forgejo/test_env:main
+    services:
+      mysql8:
+        image: mysql:8
+        env:
+          MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: yes
+          MYSQL_DATABASE: testgitea
+        ports:
+          - "3306:3306"
+    steps:
+      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: ">=1.20.0"
+      - run: |
+          git config --add safe.directory '*'
+          chown -R gitea:gitea . /go
+      - run: |
+          su gitea -c 'make deps-backend'
+      - run: |
+          su gitea -c 'make backend'
+        env:
+          TAGS: bindata
+      - run: |
+          su gitea -c 'make test-mysql8-migration test-mysql8'
+        timeout-minutes: 50
+        env:
+          TAGS: bindata
+          USE_REPO_TEST_DIR: 1
+  test-pgsql:
+    runs-on: docker
+    needs: [lint-backend, checks-backend]
+    container:
+      image: codeberg.org/forgejo/test_env:main
+    services:
+      pgsql:
+        image: postgres:15
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_DB: test
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+        ports:
+          - "5432:5432"
+    steps:
+      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: ">=1.20.0"
+      - run: |
+          git config --add safe.directory '*'
+          chown -R gitea:gitea . /go
+      - run: |
+          su gitea -c 'make deps-backend'
+      - run: |
+          su gitea -c 'make backend'
+        env:
+          TAGS: bindata
+      - run: |
+          su gitea -c 'make test-pgsql-migration test-pgsql'
+        timeout-minutes: 50
+        env:
+          TAGS: bindata gogit
+          RACE_ENABLED: true
+          TEST_TAGS: gogit
+          USE_REPO_TEST_DIR: 1
+  test-sqlite:
+    runs-on: docker
+    needs: [lint-backend, checks-backend]
+    container:
+      image: codeberg.org/forgejo/test_env:main
+    steps:
+      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: ">=1.20.0"
+      - run: |
+          git config --add safe.directory '*'
+          chown -R gitea:gitea . /go
+      - run: |
+          su gitea -c 'make deps-backend'
+      - run: |
+          su gitea -c 'make backend'
+        env:
+          TAGS: bindata gogit sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify
+      - run: |
+          su gitea -c 'make test-sqlite-migration test-sqlite'
+        timeout-minutes: 50
+        env:
+          TAGS: bindata gogit sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify
+          RACE_ENABLED: true
+          TEST_TAGS: gogit sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify
+          USE_REPO_TEST_DIR: 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron-licenses.yml b/.github/workflows/cron-licenses.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 17b0d686d8..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/cron-licenses.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-name: cron-licenses
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "7 0 * * 1" # every Monday at 00:07 UTC
-
-jobs:
-  cron-licenses:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository == 'go-gitea/gitea'
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
-        with:
-          go-version: ">=1.20.1"
-      - run: make generate-license generate-gitignore
-        timeout-minutes: 40
-      - name: push translations to repo
-        uses: appleboy/git-push-action@v0.0.2
-        with:
-          author_email: "teabot@gitea.io"
-          author_name: GiteaBot
-          branch: main
-          commit: true
-          commit_message: "[skip ci] Updated licenses and gitignores"
-          remote: "git@github.com:go-gitea/gitea.git"
-          ssh_key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_KEY }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron-lock.yml b/.github/workflows/cron-lock.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 935f926cce..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/cron-lock.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-name: cron-lock
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 0 * * *" # every day at 00:00 UTC
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-permissions:
-  issues: write
-  pull-requests: write
-
-concurrency:
-  group: lock
-
-jobs:
-  action:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository == 'go-gitea/gitea'
-    steps:
-      - uses: dessant/lock-threads@v4
-        with:
-          issue-inactive-days: 45
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron-translations.yml b/.github/workflows/cron-translations.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a7c9ceabd3..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/cron-translations.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-name: cron-translations
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "7 0 * * *" # every day at 00:07 UTC
-
-jobs:
-  crowdin-pull:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository == 'go-gitea/gitea'
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: download from crowdin
-        uses: docker://jonasfranz/crowdin
-        env:
-          CROWDIN_KEY: ${{ secrets.CROWDIN_KEY }}
-          PLUGIN_DOWNLOAD: true
-          PLUGIN_EXPORT_DIR: options/locale/
-          PLUGIN_IGNORE_BRANCH: true
-          PLUGIN_PROJECT_IDENTIFIER: gitea
-      - name: update locales
-        run: ./build/update-locales.sh
-      - name: push translations to repo
-        uses: appleboy/git-push-action@v0.0.2
-        with:
-          author_email: "teabot@gitea.io"
-          author_name: GiteaBot
-          branch: main
-          commit: true
-          commit_message: "[skip ci] Updated translations via Crowdin"
-          remote: "git@github.com:go-gitea/gitea.git"
-          ssh_key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_KEY }}
-  crowdin-push:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository == 'go-gitea/gitea'
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: push translations to crowdin
-        uses: docker://jonasfranz/crowdin
-        env:
-          CROWDIN_KEY: ${{ secrets.CROWDIN_KEY }}
-          PLUGIN_UPLOAD: true
-          PLUGIN_EXPORT_DIR: options/locale/
-          PLUGIN_IGNORE_BRANCH: true
-          PLUGIN_PROJECT_IDENTIFIER: gitea
-          PLUGIN_FILES: |
-            locale_en-US.ini: options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
-          PLUGIN_BRANCH: main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-compliance.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-compliance.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b7c1ab8a33..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-compliance.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,142 +0,0 @@
-name: compliance
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  files-changed:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/files-changed.yml
-
-  lint-backend:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.backend == 'true'
-    needs: files-changed
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: ">=1.20"
-          check-latest: true
-      - run: make deps-backend deps-tools
-      - run: make lint-backend
-        env:
-          TAGS: bindata sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify
-
-  lint-go-windows:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.backend == 'true'
-    needs: files-changed
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: ">=1.20"
-          check-latest: true
-      - run: make deps-backend deps-tools
-      - run: make lint-go-windows lint-go-vet
-        env:
-          TAGS: bindata sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify
-          GOOS: windows
-          GOARCH: amd64
-
-  lint-go-gogit:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.backend == 'true'
-    needs: files-changed
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: ">=1.20"
-          check-latest: true
-      - run: make deps-backend deps-tools
-      - run: make lint-go
-        env:
-          TAGS: bindata gogit sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify
-
-  checks-backend:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.backend == 'true'
-    needs: files-changed
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: ">=1.20"
-          check-latest: true
-      - run: make deps-backend deps-tools
-      - run: make --always-make checks-backend # ensure the "go-licenses" make target runs
-
-  frontend:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.frontend == 'true'
-    needs: files-changed
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: 20
-      - run: make deps-frontend
-      - run: make lint-frontend
-      - run: make checks-frontend
-
-  backend:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.backend == 'true'
-    needs: files-changed
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: ">=1.20"
-          check-latest: true
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: 20
-      - run: make deps-backend deps-tools
-      - run: make deps-frontend
-      - run: make frontend
-      - run: go build -o gitea_no_gcc # test if build succeeds without the sqlite tag
-      - name: build-backend-arm64
-        run: make backend # test cross compile
-        env:
-          GOOS: linux
-          GOARCH: arm64
-          TAGS: bindata gogit
-      - name: build-backend-windows
-        run: go build -o gitea_windows
-        env:
-          GOOS: windows
-          GOARCH: amd64
-          TAGS: bindata gogit
-      - name: build-backend-386
-        run: go build -o gitea_linux_386 # test if compatible with 32 bit
-        env:
-          GOOS: linux
-          GOARCH: 386
-
-  docs:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.docs == 'true'
-    needs: files-changed
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: 20
-      - run: make deps-frontend
-      - run: make lint-md
-      - run: make docs # test if build could succeed
-
-  actions:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.actions == 'true'
-    needs: files-changed
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-      - run: make lint-actions
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-db-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-db-tests.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index cf08da1512..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-db-tests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,247 +0,0 @@
-name: db-tests
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  files-changed:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/files-changed.yml
-
-  test-pgsql:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.backend == 'true' || needs.files-changed.outputs.frontend == 'true'
-    needs: files-changed
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    services:
-      pgsql:
-        image: postgres:15
-        env:
-          POSTGRES_DB: test
-          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
-        ports:
-          - "5432:5432"
-      ldap:
-        image: gitea/test-openldap:latest
-        ports:
-          - "389:389"
-          - "636:636"
-      minio:
-        # as github actions doesn't support "entrypoint", we need to use a non-official image
-        # that has a custom entrypoint set to "minio server /data"
-        image: bitnami/minio:2021.3.17
-        env:
-          MINIO_ACCESS_KEY: 123456
-          MINIO_SECRET_KEY: 12345678
-        ports:
-          - "9000:9000"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: ">=1.20.0"
-      - name: Add hosts to /etc/hosts
-        run: '[ -e "/.dockerenv" ] || [ -e "/run/.containerenv" ] || echo "127.0.0.1 pgsql ldap minio" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts'
-      - run: make deps-backend
-      - run: make backend
-        env:
-          TAGS: bindata
-      - run: make test-pgsql-migration test-pgsql
-        timeout-minutes: 50
-        env:
-          TAGS: bindata gogit
-          RACE_ENABLED: true
-          TEST_TAGS: gogit
-          TEST_LDAP: 1
-          USE_REPO_TEST_DIR: 1
-
-  test-sqlite:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.backend == 'true' || needs.files-changed.outputs.frontend == 'true'
-    needs: files-changed
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: ">=1.20.0"
-      - run: make deps-backend
-      - run: make backend
-        env:
-          TAGS: bindata gogit sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify
-      - run: make test-sqlite-migration test-sqlite
-        timeout-minutes: 50
-        env:
-          TAGS: bindata gogit sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify
-          RACE_ENABLED: true
-          TEST_TAGS: gogit sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify
-          USE_REPO_TEST_DIR: 1
-
-  test-unit:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.backend == 'true'
-    needs: files-changed
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    services:
-      mysql:
-        image: mysql:5.7
-        env:
-          MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: yes
-          MYSQL_DATABASE: test
-        ports:
-          - "3306:3306"
-      elasticsearch:
-        image: elasticsearch:7.5.0
-        env:
-          discovery.type: single-node
-        ports:
-          - "9200:9200"
-      smtpimap:
-        image: tabascoterrier/docker-imap-devel:latest
-        ports:
-          - "25:25"
-          - "143:143"
-          - "587:587"
-          - "993:993"
-      redis:
-        image: redis
-        options: >- # wait until redis has started
-          --health-cmd "redis-cli ping"
-          --health-interval 5s
-          --health-timeout 3s
-          --health-retries 10
-        ports:
-          - 6379:6379
-      minio:
-        image: bitnami/minio:2021.3.17
-        env:
-          MINIO_ACCESS_KEY: 123456
-          MINIO_SECRET_KEY: 12345678
-        ports:
-          - "9000:9000"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: ">=1.20.0"
-      - name: Add hosts to /etc/hosts
-        run: '[ -e "/.dockerenv" ] || [ -e "/run/.containerenv" ] || echo "127.0.0.1 mysql elasticsearch smtpimap" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts'
-      - run: make deps-backend
-      - run: make backend
-        env:
-          TAGS: bindata
-      - name: unit-tests
-        run: make unit-test-coverage test-check
-        env:
-          TAGS: bindata
-          RACE_ENABLED: true
-          GITHUB_READ_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_READ_TOKEN }}
-      - name: unit-tests-gogit
-        run: make unit-test-coverage test-check
-        env:
-          TAGS: bindata gogit
-          RACE_ENABLED: true
-          GITHUB_READ_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_READ_TOKEN }}
-
-  test-mysql5:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.backend == 'true' || needs.files-changed.outputs.frontend == 'true'
-    needs: files-changed
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    services:
-      mysql:
-        image: mysql:5.7
-        env:
-          MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: yes
-          MYSQL_DATABASE: test
-        ports:
-          - "3306:3306"
-      elasticsearch:
-        image: elasticsearch:7.5.0
-        env:
-          discovery.type: single-node
-        ports:
-          - "9200:9200"
-      smtpimap:
-        image: tabascoterrier/docker-imap-devel:latest
-        ports:
-          - "25:25"
-          - "143:143"
-          - "587:587"
-          - "993:993"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: ">=1.20.0"
-      - name: Add hosts to /etc/hosts
-        run: '[ -e "/.dockerenv" ] || [ -e "/run/.containerenv" ] || echo "127.0.0.1 mysql elasticsearch smtpimap" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts'
-      - run: make deps-backend
-      - run: make backend
-        env:
-          TAGS: bindata
-      - name: run tests
-        run: make test-mysql-migration integration-test-coverage
-        env:
-          TAGS: bindata
-          RACE_ENABLED: true
-          USE_REPO_TEST_DIR: 1
-          TEST_INDEXER_CODE_ES_URL: "http://elastic:changeme@elasticsearch:9200"
-
-  test-mysql8:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.backend == 'true' || needs.files-changed.outputs.frontend == 'true'
-    needs: files-changed
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    services:
-      mysql8:
-        image: mysql:8
-        env:
-          MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: yes
-          MYSQL_DATABASE: testgitea
-        ports:
-          - "3306:3306"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: ">=1.20.0"
-      - name: Add hosts to /etc/hosts
-        run: '[ -e "/.dockerenv" ] || [ -e "/run/.containerenv" ] || echo "127.0.0.1 mysql8" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts'
-      - run: make deps-backend
-      - run: make backend
-        env:
-          TAGS: bindata
-      - run: make test-mysql8-migration test-mysql8
-        timeout-minutes: 50
-        env:
-          TAGS: bindata
-          USE_REPO_TEST_DIR: 1
-
-  test-mssql:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.backend == 'true' || needs.files-changed.outputs.frontend == 'true'
-    needs: files-changed
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    services:
-      mssql:
-        image: mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:latest
-        env:
-          ACCEPT_EULA: Y
-          MSSQL_PID: Standard
-          SA_PASSWORD: MwantsaSecurePassword1
-        ports:
-          - "1433:1433"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: ">=1.20.0"
-      - name: Add hosts to /etc/hosts
-        run: '[ -e "/.dockerenv" ] || [ -e "/run/.containerenv" ] || echo "127.0.0.1 mssql" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts'
-      - run: make deps-backend
-      - run: make backend
-        env:
-          TAGS: bindata
-      - run: make test-mssql-migration test-mssql
-        timeout-minutes: 50
-        env:
-          TAGS: bindata
-          USE_REPO_TEST_DIR: 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-docker-dryrun.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-docker-dryrun.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 89b0c5253c..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-docker-dryrun.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-name: docker-dryrun
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  files-changed:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/files-changed.yml
-
-  docker-dryrun:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.backend == 'true' || needs.files-changed.outputs.frontend == 'true'
-    needs: files-changed
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
-      - uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
-        with:
-          push: false
-          tags: gitea/gitea:linux-amd64
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-e2e-tests.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index cf6af401f5..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-e2e-tests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-name: e2e-tests
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  files-changed:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/files-changed.yml
-
-  test-e2e:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.backend == 'true' || needs.files-changed.outputs.frontend == 'true'
-    needs: files-changed
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: ">=1.20"
-          check-latest: true
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: 20
-      - run: make deps-frontend frontend deps-backend
-      - run: npx playwright install --with-deps
-      - run: make test-e2e-sqlite
-        timeout-minutes: 40
-        env:
-          USE_REPO_TEST_DIR: 1