Developer Tools
Gitea
Free forge based on Git written in Go.
What it is
Gitea is a lightweight, self-hostable Git service with issues, pull requests and CI, running comfortably on modest hardware.
Strengths and trade-offs
What works well
- Runs on very little hardware
- Familiar interface for GitHub users
- Open source with no seat limits
Where it falls short
- Fewer features than GitHub or GitLab
- You handle backups and upgrades
- Smaller plugin ecosystem
Who it is for
Teams that want their own Git host without running GitLab.
Our verdict
The pragmatic self-hosted choice. GitLab does more; Gitea does enough with far less overhead.
Closest alternatives we track
Same category, ordered by verified starting price.
What we checked
- Public APIOffers a documented API you can build against.Not checked
- Mobile appHas a native app for iOS or Android, not just a mobile website.Not checked
- Open source / self-hostableSource is open and the tool can be run on your own infrastructure.Not checked
- SSO (SAML)Supports SAML single sign-on on at least one plan.Not checked
“Not checked” means exactly that — we have not verified it, and we do not guess.