Gitea

Lightweight, self-hosted Git service that runs on minimal resources

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MIT licensed and free to self-host. Gitea Cloud available from $9.50/user/mo.

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About Gitea

Gitea is a painless, lightweight, self-hosted Git service written in Go. It provides repository hosting, issue tracking, code review, CI/CD via Gitea Actions, package registry, and project boards. Runs on minimal hardware including Raspberry Pi. MIT licensed and completely free to self-host with no user or repo limits.

Highlights

  • Extremely lightweight; runs on Raspberry Pi
  • Gitea Actions provides GitHub Actions-compatible CI/CD
  • Easy migration from GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket

Limitations

  • Smaller ecosystem of integrations than GitHub
  • Advanced CI/CD features less mature than GitLab
  • No built-in security scanning or DAST tools

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MIT licensed and free to self-host. Gitea Cloud available from $9.50/user/mo.

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Last updated: 2026-03-01