Gitea by go-gitea
Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD
About Gitea
From the project's README at github.com/go-gitea/gitea. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
[](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/actions/workflows/release-nightly.yml?query=branch%3Amain "Release Nightly") [](https://discord.gg/Gitea "Join the Discord chat at https://discord.gg/Gitea") [](https://goreportcard.com/report/code.gitea.io/gitea "Go Report Card") [](https://pkg.go.dev/code.gitea.io/gitea "GoDoc") [](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/latest "GitHub release") [](https://www.codetriage.com/go-gitea/gitea "Help Contribute to Open Source") [](https://opencollective.com/gitea "Become a backer/sponsor of gitea") [](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT "License: MIT") [](https://translate.gitea.com "Crowdin")
The goal of this project is to make the easiest, fastest, and most painless way of setting up a self-hosted Git service.
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 55k | github.com/go-gitea/gitea |
| GitHub forks | 6.7k | github.com/go-gitea/gitea |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 9.5 years | since Nov 2016 |
| Last commit | 2 days ago | May 5, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 228 | last: 12 days ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
| Funding links | 1 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
Security advisories
CVE-2026-20912. What people say on Hacker News
Replaces these paid SaaS
Gitea is one of the open-source alternatives to:
Ready to self-host Gitea?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
Similar open-source projects
Projects in our directory that replace the same SaaS or share topics with Gitea.