diff --git a/modules/analyze/vendor.go b/modules/analyze/vendor.go
index f3e75f535f..d0b7d2529f 100644
--- a/modules/analyze/vendor.go
+++ b/modules/analyze/vendor.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func IsVendor(treePath string) bool {
 	case ".gitignore", ".gitattributes", ".gitmodules":
 		return false
 	}
-	if strings.HasPrefix(treePath, ".github/") || strings.HasPrefix(treePath, ".gitea/") {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(treePath, ".github/") || strings.HasPrefix(treePath, ".gitea/") || strings.HasPrefix(treePath, ".mokogitea/") {
 		return false
 	}
 	return true
diff --git a/modules/setting/actions.go b/modules/setting/actions.go
index 0d1bdadc8e..11ff6948a3 100644
--- a/modules/setting/actions.go
+++ b/modules/setting/actions.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var (
 		Enabled:             true,
 		DefaultActionsURL:   defaultActionsURLGitHub,
 		SkipWorkflowStrings: []string{"[skip ci]", "[ci skip]", "[no ci]", "[skip actions]", "[actions skip]"},
-		WorkflowDirs:        []string{".gitea/workflows", ".github/workflows"},
+		WorkflowDirs:        []string{".mokogitea/workflows", ".gitea/workflows", ".github/workflows"},
 		MaxRerunAttempts:    defaultMaxRerunAttempts,
 	}
 )
diff --git a/modules/setting/actions_test.go b/modules/setting/actions_test.go
index 5c7ab268c1..a722cdcee5 100644
--- a/modules/setting/actions_test.go
+++ b/modules/setting/actions_test.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func Test_WorkflowDirs(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:     "default",
 			iniStr:   `[actions]`,
-			wantDirs: []string{".gitea/workflows", ".github/workflows"},
+			wantDirs: []string{".mokogitea/workflows", ".gitea/workflows", ".github/workflows"},
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "single dir",
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/view_readme.go b/routers/web/repo/view_readme.go
index 79ca9efc36..705bd98bf7 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/view_readme.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/view_readme.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 //
 // FIXME: There has to be a more efficient way of doing this
 func findReadmeFileInEntries(ctx *context.Context, parentDir string, entries []*git.TreeEntry, tryWellKnownDirs bool) (string, *git.TreeEntry, error) {
-	docsEntries := make([]*git.TreeEntry, 3) // (one of docs/, .gitea/ or .github/)
+	docsEntries := make([]*git.TreeEntry, 4) // (one of docs/, .mokogitea/, .gitea/ or .github/)
 	for _, entry := range entries {
 		if tryWellKnownDirs && entry.IsDir() {
 			// as a special case for the top-level repo introduction README,
@@ -44,14 +44,18 @@ func findReadmeFileInEntries(ctx *context.Context, parentDir string, entries []*
 				if entry.Name() == "docs" || docsEntries[0] == nil {
 					docsEntries[0] = entry
 				}
-			case ".gitea":
-				if entry.Name() == ".gitea" || docsEntries[1] == nil {
+			case ".mokogitea":
+				if entry.Name() == ".mokogitea" || docsEntries[1] == nil {
 					docsEntries[1] = entry
 				}
-			case ".github":
-				if entry.Name() == ".github" || docsEntries[2] == nil {
+			case ".gitea":
+				if entry.Name() == ".gitea" || docsEntries[2] == nil {
 					docsEntries[2] = entry
 				}
+			case ".github":
+				if entry.Name() == ".github" || docsEntries[3] == nil {
+					docsEntries[3] = entry
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/view_readme_test.go b/routers/web/repo/view_readme_test.go
index 5f61b03fb8..bdcb9e6ed9 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/view_readme_test.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/view_readme_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestFindReadmeFileInEntriesWithSymlinkInSubfolder(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, subdir := range []string{".github", ".gitea", "docs"} {
+	for _, subdir := range []string{".github", ".gitea", ".mokogitea", "docs"} {
 		t.Run(subdir, func(t *testing.T) {
 			repoPath := t.TempDir()
 			stdin := fmt.Sprintf(`commit refs/heads/master
diff --git a/services/repository/generate.go b/services/repository/generate.go
index 83e9c22e54..38aebe6112 100644
--- a/services/repository/generate.go
+++ b/services/repository/generate.go
@@ -140,12 +140,18 @@ func (gt *giteaTemplateFileMatcher) Match(s string) bool {
 }
 
 func readGiteaTemplateFile(tmpDir string) (*giteaTemplateFileMatcher, error) {
-	templateRelPath := filepath.Join(".gitea", "template")
-	content, err := util.ReadRegularPathFile(tmpDir, templateRelPath, 1024*1024)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, util.Iif(errors.Is(err, util.ErrNotRegularPathFile), os.ErrNotExist, err)
+	// MokoGitea: check .mokogitea/template first, then fall back to .gitea/template
+	for _, dir := range []string{".mokogitea", ".gitea"} {
+		templateRelPath := filepath.Join(dir, "template")
+		content, err := util.ReadRegularPathFile(tmpDir, templateRelPath, 1024*1024)
+		if err == nil {
+			return newGiteaTemplateFileMatcher(templateRelPath, content), nil
+		}
+		if !errors.Is(err, util.ErrNotRegularPathFile) && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
-	return newGiteaTemplateFileMatcher(templateRelPath, content), nil
+	return nil, os.ErrNotExist
 }
 
 func substGiteaTemplateFile(ctx context.Context, tmpDir, tmpDirSubPath string, templateRepo, generateRepo *repo_model.Repository) error {