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Gitea
Lightweight self-hosted forge (git hosting, review, packages, CI) with commercial Gitea Cloud and Gitea Enterprise from CommitGo.
about.gitea.com/Active
v28.2.0 released 2026-10-18; go-gitea/gitea pushed 2026-10-24 (GitHub API). (checked 2026-10-25)
In Version control beyond git
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (90% of 20 others)
- How is the main thing licensed? permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) (53% of 19 others)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? yes (79% of 19 others)
- Do you need an account to use it? no account (67% of 18 others)
- Who is it for? developers (90% of 20 others)
- How does it relate to git repositories? built on git: reads and writes git repositories directly (53% of 19 others)
- Can you commit, branch, and read history with no network connection? yes (94% of 17 others)
- Is it designed with AI coding agents in mind? no (65% of 20 others)
- What is the basic unit of history? (pick the most specific that applies) snapshots (commits) with no identity that survives a rewrite (74% of 19 others)
- Are stacked changes (a chain of dependent changes reviewed separately) a first-class workflow? no (53% of 15 others)
- How are merge conflicts mainly handled? must be resolved before the merge or commit completes (65% of 17 others)
- What size of project is it designed for? ordinary source repositories (74% of 19 others)
Nearest neighbors
- Forgejo 88% of 17 shared answers match
- Radicle 88% of 17 shared answers match
- zz 81% of 16 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) MIT. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | company with a paid product, tier, or ads CommitGo sells Gitea Cloud and Gitea Enterprise ($9.5-19/user/month). | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | yes | source 2026-10-25 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | no account Free self-hosted forge; no maker account (Gitea Cloud is separate paid option). | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | developers | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | git (repository format and protocol) Hosts git repos. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How does it relate to git repositories? | built on git: reads and writes git repositories directly | source 2026-10-25 |
| Where does the authoritative copy of a project live? | one central server per project (hosted or self-hosted) | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can you commit, branch, and read history with no network connection? | yes | source 2026-10-25 |
| Is it designed with AI coding agents in mind? | no Product page does not mention AI or agents. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which layer of the stack does it mainly replace? | the forge layer (hosting, review, or merging) | source 2026-10-25 |
| What is the basic unit of history? (pick the most specific that applies) | snapshots (commits) with no identity that survives a rewrite | source 2026-10-25 |
| Are stacked changes (a chain of dependent changes reviewed separately) a first-class workflow? | no | source 2026-10-25 |
| How are merge conflicts mainly handled? | must be resolved before the merge or commit completes | source 2026-10-25 |
| What size of project is it designed for? | ordinary source repositories | source 2026-10-25 |
| Is code review part of the product? | yes, it has its own review interface | source 2026-10-25 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- GitHub · github.com/go-gitea/gitea · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · about.gitea.com/ · read 2026-10-25
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