diff --git a/hosts/homex/configuration.nix b/hosts/homex/configuration.nix
index 27e5d21..68ce0a1 100644
--- a/hosts/homex/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/homex/configuration.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 
     forgejo = {
       enable = true;
+      settings.users."test-declarative" = {
+        email = "testdeclarative@example.com";
+        password = "teste";
+      };
     };
   };
 
diff --git a/modules/nixos/homelab/forgejo.nix b/modules/nixos/homelab/forgejo.nix
index ece1492..8b46467 100644
--- a/modules/nixos/homelab/forgejo.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos/homelab/forgejo.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 let
   cfg = config.homelab.forgejo;
+  users = (builtins.attrValues (builtins.mapAttrs
+    (username: info: {
+      name = username;
+      email = info.email;
+      password = info.password;
+      admin = info.admin;
+    })
+    cfg.settings.users));
 in
 {
   imports = [ ];
@@ -25,7 +33,28 @@ in
         default = config.homelab.storage + /forgejo;
       };
     };
+    handleUndeclaredUsers = mkOption {
+      type = bool;
+      default = true;
+    };
     settings = {
+      users = mkOption {
+        type = attrsOf (submodule ({ config, lib, ... }: {
+          options = {
+            password = mkOption {
+              type = either str path;
+            };
+            email = mkOption {
+              type = either str path;
+            };
+            admin = mkOption {
+              type = bool;
+              default = false;
+            };
+          };
+        }));
+        default = { };
+      };
       name = mkOption {
         type = str;
         default = "Forgejo: Beyond coding. We forge";
@@ -174,8 +203,99 @@ in
         };
       };
     };
+    systemd.services."homelab-forgejo-setup" = with builtins; {
+      script = ''
+        gum="${pkgs.gum}/bin/gum"
+        forgejo="${cfg.package}/bin/gitea --work-path ${cfg.data.root}"
+        user="$forgejo admin user"
+        awk="${pkgs.gawk}/bin/awk"
+
+        declaredUsers=(${toString (map (user: "${user.name}") users)});
+
+        $gum log --structured --time timeonly --level info "HANDLING UNDECLARED USERS"
+        
+        $user list | $awk '{print $2}' | tail -n +2 | while read username; do
+          if printf '%s\0' "''${declaredUsers[@]}" | grep -Fxqz -- "$username"; then
+            $gum log --structured \
+              --time timeonly \
+              --level warn "Declared user already exists, ignoring" \
+              username $username \
+              /
+          else
+            if [[ "$($user list | grep "$username" | $awk '{print $4}')" == "true" ]]; then
+              $gum log --structured \
+                --time timeonly \
+                --level warn "Undeclared user is a ADMIN, ignoring" \
+                username $username \
+                /
+            else
+              ${if cfg.handleUndeclaredUsers then ''
+                $gum log --structured \
+                  --time timeonly \
+                  --level warn "DELETING undeclared user" \
+                  username $username \
+                  /
+
+                $user delete -u "$username";
+              '' else ''
+                $gum log --structured \
+                  --time timeonly \
+                  --level warn "UNDECLARED user, please declare it in the config so it's reproducible" \
+                  username "$username" \
+                  /
+              ''}
+            fi
+          fi
+        done
+
+        ${toString (map (user: ''
+          username="${if isPath user.name then "\"$(cat ${toString user.name})\"" else user.name}";
+          email="${if isPath user.email then "\"$(cat ${toString user.email})\"" else user.email}";
+          password="${if isPath user.password then "\"$(cat ${toString user.password})\"" else user.password}";
+
+          if [[ "$($user list | grep "$username" | $awk '{print $2}')" ]]; then
+            $gum log --structured \
+              --time timeonly \
+              --level warn "User with username already exists" \
+              username $username \
+              /
+          elif [[ "$($user list | grep "$email" | $awk '{print $3}')" ]]; then
+            $gum log --structured \
+              --time timeonly \
+              --level warn "User with email already exists" \
+              email $email \
+              /
+          else
+            $gum log --structured \
+              --time timeonly \
+              --level info ${if user.admin then "Creating ADMIN user" else "Creating user"} \
+              username $username \
+              email $email \
+              password $password \
+              /
+            $user create --username $username \
+              --email $email \
+              --password $password \
+              ${if user.admin then "--admin \\" else ""}
+              /
+          fi
+        '') users)}
+      '';
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      after = [ "forgejo.service" ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        User = cfg.user;
+        Group = cfg.user;
+      };
+    };
   };
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