Gitea
Lightweight, self-hosted Git service that runs on minimal resources
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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Last updated: 2026-03-01