Gitea AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Issue Tracking Systems

The best Issue Tracking 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 12 are Issue Tracking Systems so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Issue Tracking System alternatives to Gitea are Forgejo, Codeberg, Bitbucket and GitBucket.

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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

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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.

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    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. Forgejo icon

    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
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    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
  4. Codeberg icon

    Codeberg

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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

     
  5. Bitbucket icon

    Bitbucket

     405 likes
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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

     
  6. GitBucket icon

    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

     
  7. Trac icon

    Trac

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    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.

    152 Trac alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • NO flagNorway

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    Trac screenshot 1

    Trac Features

    1.  Task Time Tracking
    2.  Reminders
    3. Git icon  Git Support
    4.  Mercurial support
    5.  Wiki
    6.  SCM Integration
    7.  Included wiki
    8.  Subversion Support
    9.  Activity history
    10.  Helpdesk Ticketing

    Trac VS Gitea

     
  9. 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

     
  10. JetBrains Space icon

    JetBrains Space

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    Space is an integrated team environment that provides a toolset combining instant communication, team and project management, collaboration, and software development processes into a single solution.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Find everything you need to know about the teams across your entire organization, including their subteams, members, job titles, and workplace locations.

    JetBrains Space Features

    1. Git icon  Git Support
    2.  Real time collaboration
    3.  Project Tracking
    4.  Online collaboration

    JetBrains Space VS Gitea

     
  11. Google Code Hosting icon

    Google Code Hosting

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    Host open-source software projects using Subversion or Mercurial for revision control. Google Code also includes a wiki for documentation, issue tracking and file download feature. It is free for Open Source projects that are licensed under one of nine licenses (Apache...

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    Homepage
    Discontinued

    Google Code will be shut down at the end of 2015. See http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2015/03/farewell-to-google-code.html

    Google Code Hosting Features

    1.  Hg hosting

    Google Code Hosting VS Gitea

     
  12. Apache Allura icon

    Apache Allura

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    Apache Allura is an open source implementation of a software forge, a web site that manages source code repositories, bug reports, discussions, wiki pages, blogs, and more for any number of individual projects.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    git

    Apache Allura Features

    1. Git icon  Git Support
    2. Git icon  Git integration
    3.  Hg hosting
    4.  Wiki

    Apache Allura VS Gitea

     
  13. OneDev icon

    OneDev

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    Super Easy All-In-One DevOps Platform. Contribute to theonedev/onedev development by creating an account on GitHub.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    OneDev screenshot 1

    OneDev Features

    1.  File Versioning

    OneDev VS Gitea

     
  14. Frog Git icon

    Frog Git

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    Gitea instance, like https://gitdab.com/ and https://codeberg.org/.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Self-Hosted
    Frog Git screenshot 1
    Frog Git screenshot 2

    Frog Git Features

    1. Git icon  Git Support
    2. Git icon  Git integration

    Frog Git VS Gitea

     
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