Singulr opens a private beta of a sovereign managed Git forge in Belgium
Singulr ASBL announces the opening of its private beta, a sovereign Git forge operated from Belgium under Belgian law and run by a non-profit association.
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Singulr opens a private beta of a sovereign managed Git forge in Belgium
Twenty spots for the Belgian SMEs and non-profits that want to leave GitHub or GitLab
Brussels, 27 May 2026. Singulr ASBL (being established) today announces the opening of the private beta of Singulr, a managed Git forge operated from Belgium under Belgian law and run by a non-profit association. Twenty Belgian organisations — tech SMEs, non-profits, schools, municipalities — will be able to test the infrastructure for the duration of the private beta. To the founder's knowledge and as of 27 May 2026, Singulr is the first identified Belgian service in this scope.
An accelerating European context
On 24 April 2026, the Dutch government launched code.overheid.nl, its own sovereign Git forge for its public administrations. The service, operated by SSC-ICT and DAWO, is based on Forgejo — European open-source software derived from a community fork of Gitea. This Dutch decision reflects a concern shared by several European states: moving the source code of administrations and critical organisations off American platforms subject to the CLOUD Act and Section 702 of FISA.
Singulr applies the same technical logic — the Forgejo stack — but with a different positioning: a managed offering for Belgian SMEs, non-profits, schools and municipalities, run by a non-profit association rather than an institutional service reserved for administrations.
Why a Belgian service, and why now
Current solutions leave a gap. Belgian SMEs and non-profits that no longer want to depend on GitHub or GitLab today have three options: self-host Forgejo (a cost in skills and time), switch to Codeberg (an excellent German service, but non-commercial, with no contractual SLA), or choose a French operator such as GitForge.fr. No Belgian service had so far been identified in this scope.
Singulr offers an answer under applicable Belgian law, with physical hosting in Belgium (InterXion Brussels, via Behostings), native French-language support, and a 100% open-source stack — with no proprietary lock-in.
What the service includes
Singulr offers three tiers: Cloud Starter (managed multi-tenant), Dedicated (managed dedicated instance) and On-Premise (installation and support at the client's premises). The Cloud Starter offering includes: unlimited Git repositories, daily encrypted backups, French-language support within 48 business hours, 99% availability SLA.
Beta testers access the infrastructure for the duration of the private beta and contribute to its improvement via structured monthly feedback. The terms beyond the beta will be specified later.
The anti-lock-in commitment
Forgejo is licensed under GPL v3+. Users' code belongs to them. At any time, a Singulr client can export all of their repositories to GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, or a self-hosted Forgejo instance — in two commands, with no proprietary lock-in and no extra cost.
This explicit portability is written into the terms of the service. Singulr does not seek to retain its clients through technical captivity, but through the quality of the service provided.
Private beta details
Sign-up is open from today at singulr.be/en/beta.html. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Criteria: organisation registered in Belgium (valid BCE number), a technical team of at least two people, written motivation to leave GitHub or GitLab, a commitment to provide structured monthly feedback during the beta.
About
Singulr is a service operated by Singulr ASBL (being established), a non-profit association under Belgian law with its registered office at Avenue Louise 231, 1050 Brussels. Singulr supports Belgian SMEs and organisations facing the challenges of European digital sovereignty.
More information on the technical architecture: singulr.be/en/architecture.html.
Press contact
Benjamin de Bruijne — Founder, Singulr
+32 492 65 90 61
singulr.be
Available resources
- Press release (PDF, in French)
- Download
- Detailed technical architecture
- Stack, hosting, security, continuity
- Private beta sign-up
- Application form — 20 spots
- Private beta terms
- Terms applicable to the private beta
- Legal notice
- Singulr ASBL, registered office Avenue Louise 231, 1050 Brussels
Press contact
- Contact
- Benjamin de Bruijne, founder
- contact@singulr.be
- Phone
- +32 492 65 90 61
- Interview availability
- By appointment. Wednesday 27 May 2026, slots open between 2 pm and 6 pm.