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Gitea

A lightweight self-hosted home for your code and projects.

Visit Gitea4.6

  • Rating

    4.6 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Advanced

  • Works on

    Web, Linux, macOS

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What is Gitea?

Gitea is a self-hosted software development service written in Go. It bundles Git hosting, code review, issue tracking, a project kanban board, a wiki, a package registry and CI/CD that can reuse GitHub Actions workflows. It runs on Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Windows.

Third-party open-source projects. We are not affiliated with their authors; repositories are provided as-is by their maintainers. Review each project's license, code and security before installing. See our Disclaimer.

Pros: what Gitea does well

  • Code, issues, wiki and boards in one place
  • Light enough for small servers
  • Works on many operating systems

Cons: where it falls short

  • You run and update it yourself
  • Aimed at software teams

Who Gitea is for

Teams that want a private place for their code and projects.

Who can skip it

People who are happy with GitHub or GitLab.

Gitea alternatives

Not sold on Gitea? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

All Project Management resources

Plane

Focus: issue tracking, sprints and asana alternative. Shares open source and self-hosted with Gitea. Freemium (Gitea: Free). Rated 4.5 (Gitea: 4.6).

Web AppFree planWeb, Cross-Platform
4.5Visit

Huly

Focus: project management, issue tracker and team chat. Shares open source and github with Gitea. Rated 4.4 (Gitea: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.4Visit

OpenProject

Focus: gantt chart, scrum and asana alternative. Shares open source and self-hosted with Gitea. Freemium (Gitea: Free). Rated 4.3 (Gitea: 4.6).

Web AppFree planWeb, Linux
4.3Visit

TaskView

Focus: task management, project management and teams. Shares self-hosted and open source with Gitea. Rated 4.3 (Gitea: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.3Visit

Docmost

Focus: wiki, documentation and confluence alternative. Shares self-hosted and open source with Gitea. Rated 4.7 (Gitea: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.7Visit

Free alternatives to Gitea

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

solidtime

Focus: time tracking, billable hours and toggl alternative. Shares self-hosted and open source with Gitea. Same 4.6 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

Kimai

Focus: time tracking, timesheets and invoicing. Shares self-hosted and open source with Gitea. Rated 4.5 (Gitea: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.5Visit

Dolibarr

Focus: erp, crm and invoicing. Shares self-hosted and open source with Gitea. Rated 4.4 (Gitea: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.4Visit

Nextcloud

Focus: file sync and dropbox alternative. Shares self-hosted and open source with Gitea. Adds Android and iOS. Rated 4.4 (Gitea: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.4Visit

WeKan

Focus: kanban, boards and trello alternative. Shares open source and self-hosted with Gitea. Rated 4.2 (Gitea: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.2Visit
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