Caddy vs Gitea
A source-aware comparison of pricing, documented capabilities and workflow fit.
Short answer
- Price: not directly comparable — Caddy is free, Gitea is pricing not verified.
- How to start: Caddy is free, Gitea is pricing not verified.
- Where they differ: only Gitea has sso (saml); both offer public api and open source / self-hostable.
These lines are generated from the pricing we track, not from a paid placement. How we score tools.
What Caddy is
Caddy is a web server that obtains and renews TLS certificates automatically, with a configuration file most people can read.
What Gitea is
Gitea is a lightweight, self-hostable Git service with issues, pull requests and CI, running comfortably on modest hardware.
Side by side
Choose Caddy if
- Anyone who wants a correctly configured HTTPS server without ceremony.
Choose Gitea if
- Teams that want their own Git host without running GitLab.
Evidence and freshness
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Caddy
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Gitea
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Caddy: pros & cons
- HTTPS configured correctly by default
- Configuration is short and legible
- Single binary, easy to deploy
- Smaller community than nginx
- Fewer third-party guides
- Some advanced setups need plugins
Gitea: pros & cons
- Runs on very little hardware
- Familiar interface for GitHub users
- Open source with no seat limits
- Fewer features than GitHub or GitLab
- You handle backups and upgrades
- Smaller plugin ecosystem
Our verdict on Caddy
The easiest path to good TLS defaults. nginx still wins on ecosystem and examples.
Our verdict on Gitea
The pragmatic self-hosted choice. GitLab does more; Gitea does enough with far less overhead.