Gitea AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Source Code Hosting Services

The best Source Code Hosting alternative to Gitea is GitHub, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Gitea and many of them are Source Code Hosting Services so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Source Code Hosting Service alternatives to Gitea are GitLab, Forgejo, Codeberg and SourceForge.

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Gitea is a fork of Gogs, lightweight code hosting solution written in Go and published under the MIT license.

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Gitea alternatives page was last updated Jun 24, 2025
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  1. GitHub icon

    GitHub

     1696 likes
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    Git hosting service offering version control, collaboration, and project management tools. Provides issue tracking, code review through pull requests, wikis, and deployment workflows.

    100 GitHub alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Homepage

    Top GitHub Features

    1. Git icon  Git integration
    2.  File Versioning
    3.  Unlimited private repos
    4. Git icon  Git Support
    5.  Gist support
    6.  Issue Tracking
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Compare Source Code
    9.  Two-factor Authentication
    10.  CI/CD
    11.  Ad-free
    12.  Support for MarkDown

    GitHub VS Gitea

     
    Comments about GitHub as an Alternative to Gitea
    jsadoski
    Negative Mar 19, 2019
    4

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

    Gitea Icon
    GitHub icon

    • Some users think GitHub is a great Gitea alternative, some don't.

    • GitHub is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to Gitea.

    • GitHub is the most popular free alternative to Gitea.

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

    GitLab

     735 likes
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    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.

    107 GitLab alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
    • Cloudron
    Activity stream

    Properties

    1.  Security-focused

    Features

    1.  Unlimited private repos
    2.  Continuous Integration
    3.  Continuous Deployment
    4.  Private repositories
    5.  Continuous builds
    6.  Kanban Board
    7.  CI/CD
    8. Git icon  Git Support
    9.  Unlimited users
    10.  Two-factor Authentication
    11.  Dark Mode
    12.  Ad-free

    GitLab VS Gitea

     

    • Most users think GitLab is a great Gitea alternative.

    • GitLab is the most popular Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Gitea.

    • GitLab is the most popular Open Source alternative to Gitea.

    • GitLab is Freemium and Open SourceGitea is also Freemium and Open Source
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    Forgejo

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    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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    Short landing page

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Community-based
    2.  Ad-free
    3. Git icon  Git Support
    4.  Federated
    5.  Issue Tracking
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Decentralized
    8.  Kanban Board
    9.  Support for @mentions
    10.  Two-factor Authentication
    11.  Support for MarkDown
    12.  No Tracking

    Forgejo VS Gitea

     
    Comments about Forgejo as an Alternative to Gitea
    Most Recent Comment
    dirtydraft
    Positive Apr 6, 2023
    4

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

    Douze
    Positive Nov 1, 2023
    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 Jun 24, 2025
    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)

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    • Almost everyone thinks Forgejo is a great Gitea alternative.

    • Forgejo is Free and Open SourceGitea is Freemium and Open Source
    • Forgejo is Lightweight, Privacy focused and DecentralizedGitea is not according to our users
  5. Codeberg icon

    Codeberg

     91 likes
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    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.

    49 Codeberg alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    Short Landing page.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1. Git icon  Git Support
    2.  Non profit
    3.  Web-Based
    4.  Issue Tracking
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Wiki
    9.  Kanban Board
    10.  Support for @mentions
    11.  Syntax Highlighting
    12.  Support for MarkDown

    Codeberg VS Gitea

     
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    SourceForge

     338 likes
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    SourceForge empowers open source developers to create powerful software and share it with the world. They also feature a business software comparison directory that lists over 50,000 software titles.

    73 SourceForge alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    Homepage 2013

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  App Discovery
    2.  Hg hosting
    3. Git icon  Git Support
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  File Versioning
    6.  User Rating
    7.  Mercurial support
    8.  Subversion Support

    SourceForge VS Gitea

     
  7. Bitbucket icon

    Bitbucket

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    Code collaboration version control. Offers hosted (freemium) for limited (5) users, and a commercial self-hosted for a subscription. Free licenses are available for qualified open source projects, nonprofits, and classrooms.

    78 Bitbucket alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Bugtracker

    Bitbucket Features

    1.  Private repositories
    2. JIRA icon  Jira integration
    3. Git icon  Git Support
    4.  Mercurial support
    5.  Real time collaboration
    6. Git icon  Git integration
    7.  Hg hosting

    Bitbucket VS Gitea

     
  9. Gogs icon

    Gogs

     135 likes
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    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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Cloudron
    Gogs screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1. Git icon  Git Support
    2.  Web interface
    3.  Wiki

    Gogs VS Gitea

     
    Comments about Gogs as an Alternative to Gitea
    Most Recent Comment
    6543
    Negative Oct 28, 2019
    2

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

    jsadoski
    Positive Apr 7, 2020
    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 May 3, 2023
    0

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

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

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    Gogs icon

    • Most users think Gogs is a great Gitea alternative.

    • Gogs is Free and Open SourceGitea is Freemium and Open Source
    • Gogs is LightweightGitea is not according to our users
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    GitBucket

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    GitBucket is the easily installable open-source GitHub clone written with Scala.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Scala
    User Interface

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1. Git icon  Git Support
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Pull requests
    6.  Java based
    7.  Wiki
    8.  Private repositories
    9.  Support for GitHub API

    GitBucket VS Gitea

     
  11. Launchpad icon

    Launchpad

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    Launchpad is a collaboration and Bazaar code hosting platform for (primarily open-source) software projects.

    87 Launchpad alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Python
    Launchpad screenshot 1

    Launchpad Features

    1.  Real time collaboration
    2.  PPA
    3.  Debian package compatible
    4.  Translation-platform

    Launchpad VS Gitea

     
  12. Radicle icon

    Radicle

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    Radicle is an open source, peer-to-peer code collaboration stack built on Git. Unlike centralized code hosting platforms, there is no single entity controlling the network. Repositories are replicated across peers in a decentralized manner, and users are in full control of their...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1. Git icon  Git integration
    2.  Distributed
    3.  Decentralized
    4. Git icon  Git Support
    5.  Command line interface
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Real time collaboration
    8.  Peer-To-Peer
    9. IPFS icon  IPFS Integration

    Radicle VS Gitea

     
  13. Phorge icon

    Phorge

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    Phorge is an open source, community driven platform for collaborating, managing, organizing and reviewing software development projects.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Solaris
    Agile Kanban Workboard

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Scrum Boards
    2.  Code Formatting
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  WYSIWYG Support
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Kanban Board
    7.  Two-factor Authentication
    8.  Real time collaboration
    9.  Decentralized
    10.  Support for @mentions
    11.  Upload Screenshot
    12.  Continuous Deployment

    Phorge VS Gitea

     
  14. RhodeCode icon

    RhodeCode

     25 likes
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    RhodeCode is an enterprise source code management platform for centralized control over Git, SVN, and Mercurial. It was built for highly secure, behind-the-firewall enterprise environments to enhance DevEx and implement small-team code management simplicity into larger-scale companies.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    RhodeCode screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1. Git icon  Git Support
    2.  Decentralized
    3.  Support for scripting
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Full-Text Search
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Unlimited storage
    8.  End-to-End Encryption
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Subversion Support
    11.  Hg hosting
    12.  Mercurial support

    RhodeCode VS Gitea

     
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