Gitea
MIT self-hosted Git forge in a single Go binary — repos, PRs, issues, packages, Actions-compatible CI
DevOps / Git Hosting · OSS/MIT · 58.6k
Reviewed 2026-10-10 · last push 2026-10-19 · repo checked 2026-10-19
What's Good
MIT (go-gitea/gitea), release v28.1.0 (2026-10-06). Runs on Linux, macOS, Windows and BSDs across x86, ARM and RISC-V, happily on a small VPS or a Raspberry Pi. Official `tea` CLI, Go SDK and act-based runner. Free gitea.com accounts (limited repositories) and a public demo at demo.gitea.com. ★~58k.
The Catch
Governance first: in 2022 the trademark and domains moved to the for-profit Gitea Ltd, which sells Gitea Cloud and an enterprise edition; that is why the community forked Forgejo. You run it, you own backups, upgrades and runner security — Actions compatibility is good but not complete, so some marketplace actions need tweaks. Vs forgejo (GPLv3+ community fork, runs Codeberg): same roots, pick Gitea for MIT and the larger ecosystem, Forgejo for community governance.
Verdict
The default self-hosted Git forge when you want GitHub-style workflows on your own box — MIT, but company-steered.
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