The [State of the Forge Federation: 2023 edition](https://forgefriends.org/blog/2023/06/21/2023-06-state-forge-federation/) published in June 2023 contains a detailed description of the projects related to F3. It is designed to be a **building block that can be reused by all of them to facilitate the implementation of forge federation** features.

**F3 is different from ForgeFed**. ForgeFed is an ActivityPub extension with its own vocabulary and models represented in JSON-LD. F3 is an JSON based Open File Format providing a strongly consistent representation of a software project at a given point in time. Despite these differences, there are overlaps: they both need to define a glossary of terms and explain concepts that are common between forges. This already led to contributions to Forgefed and more are expected in the future.

[Forgejo](https://forgejo.org) will include a native driver for F3 in their upcoming releases. This integration will be a showcase demonstrating how the Go API can be used for integration in other software forges. Its user base (over 50,000) and installations (a few hundred instances) will be a showcase demonstrating how F3 can be used in practice. The Forgejo release pipeline is designed to be reproducible and reliable: it has no dependency on third party services or proprietary software.