diff --git a/custom/conf/app.example.ini b/custom/conf/app.example.ini
index f0b0cc298b..d3e2cba515 100644
--- a/custom/conf/app.example.ini
+++ b/custom/conf/app.example.ini
@@ -2563,9 +2563,8 @@ LEVEL = Info
 ; [actions]
 ;; Enable/Disable actions capabilities
 ;ENABLED = false
-;;
-;; Default platform to get action plugins, `github` for `https://github.com`, `self` for the current Gitea instance.
-;DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL = github
+;; Default address to get action plugins, e.g. the default value means downloading from "https://code.forgejo.org/actions/checkout" for "uses: actions/checkout@v3"
+;DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL = https://code.forgejo.org
 ;; Default artifact retention time in days, default is 90 days
 ;ARTIFACT_RETENTION_DAYS = 90
 
diff --git a/docs/content/administration/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md b/docs/content/administration/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
index acfb6ce77e..57abed1c73 100644
--- a/docs/content/administration/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
+++ b/docs/content/administration/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
@@ -1385,23 +1385,40 @@ PROXY_HOSTS = *.github.com
 ## Actions (`actions`)
 
 - `ENABLED`: **false**: Enable/Disable actions capabilities
-- `DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL`: **github**: Default platform to get action plugins, `github` for `https://github.com`, `self` for the current Gitea instance.
+- `DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL`: **https://gitea.com**: Default address to get action plugins, e.g. the default value means downloading from "<https://gitea.com/actions/checkout>" for "uses: actions/checkout@v3"
 - `STORAGE_TYPE`: **local**: Storage type for actions logs, `local` for local disk or `minio` for s3 compatible object storage service, default is `local` or other name defined with `[storage.xxx]`
 - `MINIO_BASE_PATH`: **actions_log/**: Minio base path on the bucket only available when STORAGE_TYPE is `minio`
 - `ARTIFACT_RETENTION_DAYS`: **90**: Number of days to keep artifacts. Set to 0 to disable artifact retention. Default is 90 days if not set.
 
-`DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` indicates where the Gitea Actions runners should find the actions with relative path.
-For example, `uses: actions/checkout@v3` means `https://github.com/actions/checkout@v3` since the value of `DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` is `github`.
-And it can be changed to `self` to make it `root_url_of_your_gitea/actions/checkout@v3`.
+`DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` indicates where should we find the relative path action plugin. i.e. when use an action in a workflow file like
 
-Please note that using `self` is not recommended for most cases, as it could make names globally ambiguous.
-Additionally, it requires you to mirror all the actions you need to your Gitea instance, which may not be worth it.
-Therefore, please use `self` only if you understand what you are doing.
+```yaml
+name: versions
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - releases/*
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+```
 
-In earlier versions (<= 1.19), `DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` cound be set to any custom URLs like `https://gitea.com` or `http://your-git-server,https://gitea.com`, and the default value was `https://gitea.com`.
-However, later updates removed those options, and now the only options are `github` and `self`, with the default value being `github`.
-However, if you want to use actions from other git server, you can use a complete URL in `uses` field, it's supported by Gitea (but not GitHub).
-Like `uses: https://gitea.com/actions/checkout@v3` or `uses: http://your-git-server/actions/checkout@v3`.
+Now we need to know how to get actions/checkout, this configuration is the default git server to get it. That means we will get the repository via git clone ${DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL}/actions/checkout and fetch tag v3.
+
+To help people who don't want to mirror these actions in their git instances, the default value is https://gitea.com
+To help people run actions totally in their network, they can change the value and copy all necessary action repositories into their git server.
+
+Of course we should support the form in future PRs like
+
+```yaml
+steps:
+  - uses: gitea.com/actions/checkout@v3
+```
+
+although Github don't support this form.
 
 ## Other (`other`)
 
diff --git a/modules/setting/actions.go b/modules/setting/actions.go
index bfc502c0cb..403d018b76 100644
--- a/modules/setting/actions.go
+++ b/modules/setting/actions.go
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ package setting
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
-
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 )
 
 // Actions settings
@@ -20,7 +18,7 @@ var (
 		DefaultActionsURL     defaultActionsURL `ini:"DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL"`
 	}{
 		Enabled:           false,
-		DefaultActionsURL: defaultActionsURLGitHub,
+		DefaultActionsURL: defaultActionsURLForgejo,
 	}
 )
 
@@ -33,18 +31,14 @@ func (url defaultActionsURL) URL() string {
 	case defaultActionsURLSelf:
 		return strings.TrimSuffix(AppURL, "/")
 	default:
-		// This should never happen, but just in case, use GitHub as fallback
-		return "https://github.com"
+		return string(url)
 	}
 }
 
 const (
-	defaultActionsURLGitHub = "github" // https://github.com
-	defaultActionsURLSelf   = "self"   // the root URL of the self-hosted Gitea instance
-	// DefaultActionsURL only supports GitHub and the self-hosted Gitea.
-	// It's intentionally not supported more, so please be cautious before adding more like "gitea" or "gitlab".
-	// If you get some trouble with `uses: username/action_name@version` in your workflow,
-	// please consider to use `uses: https://the_url_you_want_to_use/username/action_name@version` instead.
+	defaultActionsURLForgejo = "https://code.forgejo.org"
+	defaultActionsURLGitHub  = "github" // https://github.com
+	defaultActionsURLSelf    = "self"   // the root URL of the self-hosted instance
 )
 
 func loadActionsFrom(rootCfg ConfigProvider) error {
@@ -54,19 +48,6 @@ func loadActionsFrom(rootCfg ConfigProvider) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to map Actions settings: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if urls := string(Actions.DefaultActionsURL); urls != defaultActionsURLGitHub && urls != defaultActionsURLSelf {
-		url := strings.Split(urls, ",")[0]
-		if strings.HasPrefix(url, "https://") || strings.HasPrefix(url, "http://") {
-			log.Error("[actions] DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL does not support %q as custom URL any longer, fallback to %q",
-				urls,
-				defaultActionsURLGitHub,
-			)
-			Actions.DefaultActionsURL = defaultActionsURLGitHub
-		} else {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unsupported [actions] DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL: %q", urls)
-		}
-	}
-
 	// don't support to read configuration from [actions]
 	Actions.LogStorage, err = getStorage(rootCfg, "actions_log", "", nil)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/modules/setting/actions_test.go b/modules/setting/actions_test.go
index 3645a3f5da..01f5bf74a5 100644
--- a/modules/setting/actions_test.go
+++ b/modules/setting/actions_test.go
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ func Test_getDefaultActionsURLForActions(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
 		iniStr  string
-		wantErr assert.ErrorAssertionFunc
 		wantURL string
 	}{
 		{
@@ -118,8 +117,7 @@ func Test_getDefaultActionsURLForActions(t *testing.T) {
 			iniStr: `
 [actions]
 `,
-			wantErr: assert.NoError,
-			wantURL: "https://github.com",
+			wantURL: "https://code.forgejo.org",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "github",
@@ -127,7 +125,6 @@ func Test_getDefaultActionsURLForActions(t *testing.T) {
 [actions]
 DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL = github
 `,
-			wantErr: assert.NoError,
 			wantURL: "https://github.com",
 		},
 		{
@@ -136,35 +133,15 @@ DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL = github
 [actions]
 DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL = self
 `,
-			wantErr: assert.NoError,
 			wantURL: "http://test_get_default_actions_url_for_actions:3000",
 		},
-		{
-			name: "custom url",
-			iniStr: `
-[actions]
-DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL = https://gitea.com
-`,
-			wantErr: assert.NoError,
-			wantURL: "https://github.com",
-		},
 		{
 			name: "custom urls",
 			iniStr: `
 [actions]
-DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL = https://gitea.com,https://github.com
+DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL = https://example.com
 `,
-			wantErr: assert.NoError,
-			wantURL: "https://github.com",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "invalid",
-			iniStr: `
-[actions]
-DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL = gitea
-`,
-			wantErr: assert.Error,
-			wantURL: "https://github.com",
+			wantURL: "https://example.com",
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -172,7 +149,7 @@ DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL = gitea
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			cfg, err := NewConfigProviderFromData(tt.iniStr)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
-			if !tt.wantErr(t, loadActionsFrom(cfg)) {
+			if !assert.NoError(t, loadActionsFrom(cfg)) {
 				return
 			}
 			assert.EqualValues(t, tt.wantURL, Actions.DefaultActionsURL.URL())