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

⭐ 55,357 stars on GitHub · 🍴 6,656 forks · 📜 License: mit · 💻 Language: Go

What is gitea?

For teams that want GitHub-like workflows without handing code and build metadata to a SaaS vendor, Gitea is one of the most practical self-hosted options. Its differentiator is the balance: full software development platform features, but still lightweight enough to run on modest infrastructure.

Main components

• Git repository hosting with web UI, SSH/HTTP access, forks, branches, tags, and Git LFS support.
• Pull requests, code review, issues, milestones, labels, wikis, and project collaboration tools.
• Built-in package registry for publishing and consuming development artifacts.
• Gitea Actions for CI/CD workflows, with a separate runner for executing jobs.
• Organization and team management for permissions, repo ownership, and internal collaboration.
• Cross-platform deployment as a Go application across Linux, macOS, Windows, x86, ARM, and other Go-supported architectures.

Clear use cases

• Run a private GitHub-style forge for a small engineering team or internal platform group.
• Host source code on-premises for regulated environments where repositories cannot live in public cloud services.
• Replace a heavier GitLab deployment when you mainly need Git hosting, reviews, issues, packages, and basic CI/CD.
• Set up a low-maintenance Git server for homelabs, agencies, consultancies, or client-specific development environments.
• Provide a central code collaboration hub for open source communities, schools, or regional developer groups.

The biggest strength is operational simplicity — Gitea gives you the core developer platform pieces without demanding the infrastructure footprint of GitLab or the organizational lock-in of GitHub Enterprise. It is easy to deploy, fast in daily use, and realistic to maintain by a small ops team or even one sysadmin, while still covering the workflows most teams actually need: repositories, pull requests, issues, packages, and CI/CD.

Best for small to mid-sized dev teams, self-hosting admins, MSPs, and organizations that want a lightweight private Git platform they can run and control themselves.

Topics: the project is tagged with popular topics:

• 🏷️ bitbucket
• 🏷️ cicd
• 🏷️ devops
• 🏷️ docker-registry-v2
• 🏷️ git
• 🏷️ git-gui
• 🏷️ git-lfs
• 🏷️ git-server
• 🏷️ gitea
• 🏷️ github

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Quick install

See the README for detailed install instructions. Most projects support Docker — if the repo has a Dockerfile, use:

git clone https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea.git
cd gitea
docker build -t gitea .
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 gitea

Minimum system requirements

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🎯 Benefits:

• One-command docker compose up -d deploy in 2 minutes
• Dedicated IPv4, root access, unmetered domestic bandwidth
• Daily snapshot backup
• Free install assistance from the VSIS team

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Resources

• 🔗 GitHub: go-gitea/gitea
• 🌐 Homepage: https://gitea.com
• 📚 Official docs: see README in the repo
• 💬 Community: GitHub Issues + Discussions

Article compiled from GitHub data on 05/05/2026. Star/fork counts may have changed — see live numbers via the GitHub link.