The Best Gitea AlternativesTop Version Control Systems & Source Code Hosting Services like Gitea

Gitea is described as 'Fork of Gogs, lightweight code hosting solution written in Go and published under the MIT license' and is a very popular Version Control system in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Gitea for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Linux, Mac and Windows apps. The best Gitea alternative is GitHub, which is free. Other great apps like Gitea are GitLab, Forgejo, Codeberg and SourceForge.

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  1. GitHub icon
     1740 likes

    Git hosting service offering version control, collaboration, and project management tools. Provides issue tracking, code review through pull requests, wikis, and deployment workflows.

    107 GitHub alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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    GitHub vs Gitea Comments
    jsadoski
    Negative
    4

    Gitea is a software solution to run your own Git server. GitHub is an online service for Git.

    • GitHub is Freemium and ProprietaryGitea is Freemium and Open Source
  2. GitLab icon
     751 likes

    Provides a robust platform for on-premise or hosted Git repository management, integrating seamlessly with various dev tools, facilitating efficient workflow through offerings like issue tracking, code reviews, continuous integration, CI/CD pipelines, and option for unlimited private repositories.

    113 GitLab alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
    • Cloudron
     
  3. Forgejo icon
     57 likes

    Beyond coding. We forge. Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. Easy to install and low maintenance, it just does the job.

    54 Forgejo alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Cloudron
     
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    Forgejo vs Gitea Comments
    dirtydraft
    Positive
    4

    Community led and not controlled by a for-profit. Forgejo is the successor to Gitea.

    Douze
    Positive
    1

    Forked from Gitea in late 2022 (when Gitea was acquired by a private company). It aims to maintain and improve the already fantastic solution that was Gitea, protected and driven by a non-profit. Best used with Codeberg.

    Tetrapod
    Negative
    0

    Forgejo is NOT independently developed, but takes (FOSS) work from the Gitea developers and removes any credit to the original authors. The forgejo 'team' is essentially white-labeling the honest open-source efforts of the Gitea developers. This might be legally allowed for open-source code, but it's morally despicable. [https://codeberg.org/forgejo/discussions/issues/251](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/discussions/issues/251)

    • Forgejo is Free and Open SourceGitea is Freemium and Open Source
    • Forgejo is CustomizableGitea is not according to our users
  4. Codeberg icon
     111 likes

    A free Git source code hosting service with the objective to give the open-source code that is running our world a safe and friendly home, and to ensure that code remains free and secure forever.

    50 Codeberg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. SourceForge icon
     341 likes

    Centralized open source platform providing code hosting for 502,000+ projects, version control, analytics, project wikis, software reviews, and access to a business software directory listing over 50,000 titles, serving millions of downloads and users monthly.

    74 SourceForge alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Bitbucket icon
     406 likes

    Provides Git repository hosting with integrated issue tracking, wiki for documentation, pull requests, code review features, support for public and private repos, CI/CD integration, branch permissions, team collaboration, notification tools, and API access.

    80 Bitbucket alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  7. Gogs icon
     137 likes

    The easiest, fastest, and most painless way of setting up a self-hosted Git service. With Go, this can be done with an independent binary distribution across ALL platforms that Go supports, including Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and ARM.

    42 Gogs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Cloudron
     
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    Gogs vs Gitea Comments
    6543
    Negative
    2

    gogs has less features than gitea -> https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/comparison/

    jsadoski
    Positive
    1

    Gitea is forked from Gogs. Gogs is the upstream project. While Gitea is more featured, Gogs is lightweight and can cover basic needs. Both are equally easy to set up and run (same steps).

    valerie
    Positive
    0

    the feature set of gogs is limited compared to gitea's

    [https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/comparison]

    • Gogs is Free and Open SourceGitea is Freemium and Open Source
  8. Radicle icon
     15 likes

    Peer-to-peer, open source stack built on Git enables decentralized, censorship-resistant code sharing and local-first data control, employing cryptographic verification, extensible collaborative objects, modular interfaces, and seamless data migration with no central entity.

    75 Radicle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  9. Trac icon
     146 likes

    Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects. Trac uses a minimalistic approach to web-based software project management. Our mission is to help developers write great software while staying out of the way.

    155 Trac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. RhodeCode icon
     25 likes

    Fast and powerful management tool for SVN, Mercurial, and GIT with a built in push/pull server and full text search and code-review. It works on http/https and has a built in permission/authentication system with the ability to authenticate via LDAP or ActiveDirectory.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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