diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a76cf4e..56bbf60 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ with this machine's shell settings — the same keys as the checked-in
 | `port` | Port ProdDash serves on (default `24500`). The macOS launcher writes this one, so the port it is set to holds however ProdDash is started. |
 | `adminPin` | The admin PIN, as a scrypt hash. **Set it in the admin page's Admin PIN section**, not by hand — 6 digits, and only the hash is stored. Absent means admin is open to anyone on the network. |
 | `adminPasscode` | An older free-text passcode. Still honoured, so an existing install keeps working; new installs should use `adminPin`. |
+| `forge` | Where updates and module installs are fetched from. Absent or `"github"` uses GitHub; a Gitea or Forgejo base URL such as `"http://10.3.8.90:3000"` uses a server of your own. Set it per machine in the data directory, alongside `repo`. |
 | `theme` | The dashboard palette: `booth` (default), `harbor`, `graphite`, `ember` or `daylight`. The admin page's **Theme** section writes this one — see [Themes](#themes). |
 
 **Locked out?** Delete `adminPin` from the data directory's `proddash.json`
@@ -111,8 +112,21 @@ Only `/admin` and the admin API are behind the PIN. Dashboards stay open, so a
 wall display needs no PIN, and it is unrelated to a module's own PIN (Slack's
 4–8 digit send PIN, say), which guards that module's actions only.
 
+**Updating from your own git server.** ProdDash fetches one `tar.gz` of the
+branch — nothing else — so any Gitea or Forgejo works. Point `forge` at its
+base URL and `repo` at the owner/repo there:
+
+```json
+{ "forge": "http://10.3.8.90:3000", "repo": "michael/ProdDash", "branch": "main" }
+```
+
+Gitea spells an archive URL differently from GitHub, which is the only thing
+that changes; the tarball itself is identical, commit hash included, so update
+detection and module installs behave exactly as before. Make the repository
+readable without signing in, or ProdDash cannot fetch it.
+
 Environment variables override both files: `PORT`, `PRODDASH_PASSCODE`, and
-`PRODDASH_DATA_DIR` to put the data directory somewhere else (a relative path
+`PRODDASH_FORGE`, and `PRODDASH_DATA_DIR` to put the data directory somewhere else (a relative path
 is taken from the app folder; `PRODDASH_DATA_DIR=config` restores the old
 in-repo location). If the default directory can't be created, the server says
 so and falls back to the app's `config/` folder.
diff --git a/config/proddash.json b/config/proddash.json
index d43bd7c..4a1d7fe 100644
--- a/config/proddash.json
+++ b/config/proddash.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "port": 24500,
   "adminPasscode": "",
+  "forge": "github",
   "repo": "michaelmcgary2008/ProdDash",
   "branch": "main"
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ae778d6..88de406 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "name": "proddash",
-  "version": "1.4.0",
+  "version": "1.5.0",
   "private": true,
-  "description": "Modular production dashboard for Waters Church — zero-dependency Node server + vanilla client",
+  "description": "Modular production dashboard for Waters Church \u2014 zero-dependency Node server + vanilla client",
   "license": "UNLICENSED",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=18"
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index d937b24..aeb13c1 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  *   PORT               (default: value in proddash.json, else 24500)
  *   PRODDASH_PASSCODE  (a passcode that overrides the stored admin PIN —
  *                       also the way back in if the PIN is ever forgotten)
+ *   PRODDASH_FORGE     (overrides `forge`: "github", or a Gitea/Forgejo base
+ *                       URL such as http://10.3.8.90:3000)
  *   PRODDASH_DATA_DIR  (where module config + layouts are kept; see below)
  */
 'use strict';
@@ -766,14 +768,52 @@ function parseRepoSetting(value, fallbackBranch) {
 
 const REPO = parseRepoSetting(process.env.PRODDASH_REPO || shellConfig.repo, shellConfig.branch)
   || parseRepoSetting('michaelmcgary2008/ProdDash', 'main');
+
+/**
+ * Which server the code comes from. GitHub unless `forge` names another —
+ * give it a Gitea (or Forgejo) base URL, "http://10.3.8.90:3000", and updates
+ * and module installs come from there instead. The two hosts differ only in
+ * how an archive URL is spelled: the tarball itself is the same, pax header
+ * and commit sha included, so everything downstream is untouched.
+ */
+function parseForge(value) {
+  const s = String(value || '').trim().replace(/\/+$/, '');
+  if (!s || s.toLowerCase() === 'github') {
+    return { kind: 'github', base: 'https://github.com', archiveBase: 'https://codeload.github.com' };
+  }
+  if (!/^https?:\/\//i.test(s)) return null;
+  // A GitHub URL still means codeload for archives.
+  if (/^https?:\/\/(www\.)?github\.com$/i.test(s)) {
+    return { kind: 'github', base: s, archiveBase: 'https://codeload.github.com' };
+  }
+  return { kind: 'gitea', base: s, archiveBase: s };
+}
+
+const FORGE = parseForge(process.env.PRODDASH_FORGE || shellConfig.forge) || parseForge('github');
 /** Where branch archives come from; tests point this at a local mock. */
-const ARCHIVE_BASE = String(process.env.PRODDASH_ARCHIVE_BASE || 'https://codeload.github.com').replace(/\/+$/, '');
+const ARCHIVE_BASE = String(process.env.PRODDASH_ARCHIVE_BASE || FORGE.archiveBase).replace(/\/+$/, '');
 const REMOTE_TTL_MS = 10 * 60 * 1000;
 const REMOTE_CHECK_MS = 6 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 const MAX_ARCHIVE_BYTES = 80 * 1024 * 1024;
 
 function tarballUrl() {
-  return `${ARCHIVE_BASE}/${REPO.owner}/${REPO.repo}/tar.gz/${encodeURIComponent(REPO.branch)}`;
+  const branch = encodeURIComponent(REPO.branch);
+  return FORGE.kind === 'gitea'
+    ? `${ARCHIVE_BASE}/${REPO.owner}/${REPO.repo}/archive/${branch}.tar.gz`
+    : `${ARCHIVE_BASE}/${REPO.owner}/${REPO.repo}/tar.gz/${branch}`;
+}
+
+/** The page a human should read to see what changed between two commits. */
+function forgeCompareUrl(from, to) {
+  return `${FORGE.base}/${REPO.owner}/${REPO.repo}/compare/${from}...${to}`;
+}
+
+/** The commit list for the branch we follow. */
+function forgeCommitsUrl() {
+  const branch = encodeURIComponent(REPO.branch);
+  return FORGE.kind === 'gitea'
+    ? `${FORGE.base}/${REPO.owner}/${REPO.repo}/commits/branch/${branch}`
+    : `${FORGE.base}/${REPO.owner}/${REPO.repo}/commits/${branch}`;
 }
 
 function httpError(status, message) {
@@ -930,11 +970,11 @@ function shellStatus() {
     else if (local.branch !== REPO.branch) blocker = `this checkout is on branch "${local.branch}", not "${REPO.branch}"`;
     else if (local.dirty) blocker = 'this checkout has local changes — commit or discard them first';
   }
-  const gh = `https://github.com/${REPO.owner}/${REPO.repo}`;
   return {
     version: SHELL_VERSION,
     repo: `${REPO.owner}/${REPO.repo}`,
     branch: REPO.branch,
+    forge: FORGE.base,
     local: { isGit: local.isGit, sha: local.sha, branch: local.branch, dirty: local.dirty },
     remote: { version: remote.version, sha: remote.sha, checkedAt: remote.checkedAt, error: remote.error },
     updateAvailable: versionBehind || commitsBehind,
@@ -942,8 +982,8 @@ function shellStatus() {
     method: local.isGit ? 'git' : 'archive',
     updateBlocker: blocker,
     changesUrl: local.sha && remote.sha
-      ? `${gh}/compare/${local.sha.slice(0, 12)}...${remote.sha.slice(0, 12)}`
-      : `${gh}/commits/${REPO.branch}`,
+      ? forgeCompareUrl(local.sha.slice(0, 12), remote.sha.slice(0, 12))
+      : forgeCommitsUrl(),
   };
 }
 
@@ -1838,7 +1878,7 @@ server.on('listening', () => {
     ? '  Modules     : ' + ids.map((id) => id + (isEnabled(id) ? '' : ' (disabled)') + (manifests.get(id).incompatible ? ' (needs newer ProdDash)' : '')).join(', ')
     : '  Modules     : none installed');
   console.log('  Settings    : ' + DATA_DIR + (DATA_DIR === REPO_CONFIG_DIR ? '  (inside the app folder)' : ''));
-  console.log('  Repo        : ' + REPO.owner + '/' + REPO.repo + '@' + REPO.branch);
+  console.log('  Repo        : ' + REPO.owner + '/' + REPO.repo + '@' + REPO.branch + '  (' + FORGE.base + ')');
 });
 
 // A restart hands the port over from the exiting ProdDash: wait for it.