diff --git a/www/forgejo/Makefile b/www/forgejo/Makefile
index 52027faa5c83..b9e69c542c3d 100644
--- a/www/forgejo/Makefile
+++ b/www/forgejo/Makefile
@@ -1,83 +1,83 @@
 PORTNAME=	forgejo
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.21.10-0
-PORTREVISION=	2
+DISTVERSION=	7.0.2
 CATEGORIES=	www
 MASTER_SITES=	https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/releases/download/${DISTVERSIONPREFIX}${DISTVERSION}/
 DISTNAME=	forgejo-src-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	stb@lassitu.de
 COMMENT=	Compact self-hosted Git service
 WWW=		https://forgejo.org/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	git:devel/git
 
-USES=			cpe gmake go:1.21,no_targets
+USES=			cpe gmake go:1.22,no_targets
 USE_RC_SUBR=	forgejo
 
 EXTRACT_AFTER_ARGS=	--strip-components 1
-SUB_FILES+=	app.ini.sample
-SUB_LIST+=	GITUSER=${USERS}
+SUB_FILES=	app.ini.sample pkg-message
+SUB_LIST=	GITUSER=${USERS}
 
 NO_WRKSUBDIR=	yes
 
 USERS=		git
 GROUPS=		git
 
 PORTDATA=	*
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		BINDATA GIT_LFS PAM SQLITE
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	BINDATA GIT_LFS PAM SQLITE
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 BINDATA_DESC=	Build a single monolithic binary, with all assets included
 GIT_LFS_DESC=	Support for Git Large File Storage (LFS)
 PAM_DESC=	Enable support for PAM
 
 BINDATA_VARS=		GO_TAGS+=bindata
 GIT_LFS_RUN_DEPENDS=	git-lfs:devel/git-lfs
 PAM_VARS=		GO_TAGS+=pam
 SQLITE_VARS=		GO_TAGS+="sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify"
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD
 DAEMONARGS=	-S -l \$${forgejo_facility} -s \$${forgejo_priority} -T \
 		\$${name}
 .else
 DAEMONARGS=	-f
 .endif
 
 SUB_LIST+=	DAEMONARGS="${DAEMONARGS}"
 
 SSP_UNSAFE=	true
-# Default LDFLAGS are incompatible with build
-MAKE_ENV=	LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} ${EXTRA_LDFLAGS}"
+LDFLAGS+=	"'-X "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.CustomPath=${PREFIX}/etc/forgejo"'"
+LDFLAGS+=	"'-X "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.AppWorkPath=${PREFIX}/share/forgejo"'"
 MAKE_ARGS=	GOPATH=${WRKDIR} \
-		TAGS="${GO_TAGS}"
+		TAGS="${GO_TAGS}" \
+		GOFLAGS="-buildvcs=false"
 ALL_TARGET=	backend
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
 
 post-patch:
 	${ECHO_CMD} ${DISTVERSION} >${WRKSRC}/VERSION
 
 # Too lazy to figure out why go install won't work.
 do-install:
 # Go binary is statically linked and cannot be stripped, so use
 # INSTALL_SCRIPT.
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/gitea \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/sbin/forgejo
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/conf
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKDIR}/app.ini.sample \
 		${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/conf/app.ini.sample
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/custom/conf/app.example.ini \
 		${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/conf/app.ini.defaults
 
 do-install-BINDATA-off:
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && \
 		${COPYTREE_SHARE} "options public templates" ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/forgejo/distinfo b/www/forgejo/distinfo
index 35e0c2d393a7..74fb0a430f7e 100644
--- a/www/forgejo/distinfo
+++ b/www/forgejo/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1712360403
-SHA256 (forgejo-src-1.21.10-0.tar.gz) = 0cc21835404e40355cf7125b479efebb1fecf2cc17d018d4d54521d75943caf5
-SIZE (forgejo-src-1.21.10-0.tar.gz) = 58820868
+TIMESTAMP = 1715265831
+SHA256 (forgejo-src-7.0.2.tar.gz) = 39b2079be7671f2248dcc36377ae20be65f20695d7f968ae227c0fc55dacca06
+SIZE (forgejo-src-7.0.2.tar.gz) = 54862292
diff --git a/www/forgejo/files/forgejo.in b/www/forgejo/files/forgejo.in
index ad5aee48f95d..c635f3a9a9b1 100644
--- a/www/forgejo/files/forgejo.in
+++ b/www/forgejo/files/forgejo.in
@@ -1,51 +1,65 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # PROVIDE: forgejo
 # REQUIRE: NETWORKING SYSLOG
 # KEYWORD: shutdown
 #
 # Add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf to enable forgejo:
 #
 #forgejo_enable="YES"
 
 . /etc/rc.subr
 
 name="forgejo"
 rcvar="forgejo_enable"
 
 load_rc_config $name
 
 : ${forgejo_user:="%%GITUSER%%"}
 : ${forgejo_enable:="NO"}
+: ${forgejo_configcheck_enable:="YES"}
 : ${forgejo_facility:="daemon"}
-: ${forgejo_priority:="debug"}
+: ${forgejo_priority:="info"}
 : ${forgejo_shared:="%%PREFIX%%/share/${name}"}
 : ${forgejo_custom:="%%PREFIX%%/etc/${name}"}
 
 command="%%PREFIX%%/sbin/${name} web"
 procname="%%PREFIX%%/sbin/${name}"
 githome="$(eval echo ~${forgejo_user})"
 
 pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
 
 start_cmd="${name}_start"
+start_precmd="${name}_prestart"
 
 forgejo_start() {
 	for d in /var/db/forgejo /var/log/forgejo; do
 		if [ ! -e "$d" ]; then
 			mkdir "$d"
 			chown ${forgejo_user} "$d"
 		fi
 	done
 	/usr/sbin/daemon %%DAEMONARGS%% \
 		-u ${forgejo_user} -p ${pidfile} \
 		/usr/bin/env -i \
 		"GITEA_WORK_DIR=${forgejo_shared}" \
 		"GITEA_CUSTOM=${forgejo_custom}" \
 		"HOME=${githome}" \
 		"PATH=%%PREFIX%%/bin:${PATH}" \
 		"USER=${forgejo_user}" \
 		$command
 }
 
+forgejo_prestart() {
+	if checkyesno forgejo_configcheck_enable; then
+		if su -m ${forgejo_user} -c "%%PREFIX%%/sbin/${name} doctor check >/dev/null"; then
+		else
+			echo "cannot start ${name} because of configuration errors. Run" >&2
+			echo "    su -m git -c '${name} doctor check'" >&2
+			echo "for further details"
+			return 1
+		fi
+	fi
+}
+
 run_rc_command "$1"
diff --git a/www/forgejo/files/pkg-message.in b/www/forgejo/files/pkg-message.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..03164efe7264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/forgejo/files/pkg-message.in
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+[
+{ type: install
+  message: <<EOM
+Before starting forgejo for the first time, you must set a number of
+secrets in the configuration file. For your convenience, a sample file
+has been copied to %%PREFIX%%/etc/forgejo/conf/app.ini.
+
+You need to replace every occurence of CHANGE_ME in the file with
+sensible values. Please refer to the official documentation at
+https://forgejo.org for details.
+
+You will also likely need to create directories for persistent storage.
+Run
+    su -m git -c 'forgejo doctor check'
+to check if all prerequisites have been met.
+EOM
+}
+{ type: upgrade
+  maximum_version: "1.21"
+  message: <<EOM
+Since forgejo version 7, the startup script will run forgejo doctor check
+to verify that forgejo can be started successfully. If you are sure that
+forgejo will start even if doctor has identified an issue, you can disable
+the check by setting forgejo_configcheck_enabled=NO in rc.conf.
+EOM
+}
+]
diff --git a/www/forgejo/pkg-message b/www/forgejo/pkg-message
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c8f0b5d39b4..000000000000
--- a/www/forgejo/pkg-message
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-[
-{ type: install
-  message: <<EOM
-Before starting forgejo you must create the main configuration file.
-
-    cp /usr/local/etc/forgejo/conf/app.ini.sample /usr/local/etc/forgejo/conf/app.ini
-    ${EDITOR} /usr/local/etc/forgejo/conf/app.ini
-
-You need to replace every occurence of CHANGE_ME in the file with sensitive
-values. Please refer to the official documentation for details.
-EOM
-}
-]