Open Source Self-Hosted Gitea Alternatives

Alternatives list

1. 

   

   GitLab

    765 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.

   114 GitLab alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Version Control
   • Source Code Hosting

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

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

   

   

   

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2. 

   

   Forgejo

    66 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

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application types

   • Version Control
   • Source Code Hosting

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Self-Hosted
   • Go (Programming Language)
   • Cloudron

   

   

   

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   dirtydraft

   Positive comment•Apr 6, 2023

   4

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

   Douze

   Positive comment•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 comment•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)

   

   

   • Forgejo is Free and Open SourceGitea is Freemium and Open Source
   • Forgejo is Decentralized and CustomizableGitea is not according to our users
4. 

   

   Gogs

    138 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)

   Application types

   • Version Control
   • Source Code Hosting

   Origin

   • China

   Platforms

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

   

   

   

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   6543

   Negative comment•Oct 28, 2019

   2

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

   jsadoski

   Positive comment•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 comment•May 3, 2023

   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
5. 

   

   GitBucket

    53 likes

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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Application types

   • Version Control
   • Source Code Hosting

   Origin

   • Japan

   Platforms

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

   

   

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6. 

   

   Trac

    147 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.

   157 Trac alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Project Management
   • Issue Tracking

   Origin

   • Norway

   Platforms

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

   

   

   

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7. 

   

   RhodeCode

    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

   • Freemium
   • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

   Application types

   • Version Control
   • Source Code Hosting

   Origin

   • Poland
   • EU

   Platforms

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

   

   

   

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9. 

   

   Phorge

    8 likes

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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Application types

   • Version Control
   • Source Code Hosting

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Online
   • Self-Hosted
   • Oracle Solaris
   • FreeBSD

   

   

   

   +4

   

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10. 

    

    Kallithea

     34 likes

    Kallithea, a free software source code management system supporting two leading version control systems, Mercurial and Git.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Version Control
    • Source Code Hosting

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python

    

    

    

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11. 

    

    cgit

     18 likes

    A hyperfast web frontend for git repositories written in C.

    62 cgit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Version Control
    • Source Code Hosting

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    

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12. 

    

    GitPrep

     22 likes

    GitPrep is a GitHub clone. You can install portable Github system into Unix/Linux. You can create users and repositories without limitation. This is free software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Project Management

    Origin

    • Japan

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Perl

    

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    Gitblit

     20 likes

    Gitblit is an open-source, pure Java stack for managing, viewing, and serving Git repositories.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Version Control
    • Source Code Hosting

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    

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    Pagure

     3 likes

    A Git center project hosting with bug reporting tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    

    

    

    +2

    

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