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Gitea

4.4 / 5Editorial ratingDocument review

AT A GLANCE

What should you know about Gitea?

Gitea offers Git hosting, code reviews, package management and CI/CD as a self-hostable platform, alongside managed cloud and enterprise offerings.

Free plan: Not verified
API: Not verified
Self-hosting: Yes ↗

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Our editorial assessment

4.4 / 5Editorial ratingDocument review

Git hosting · toolkompass.io editorial team · 11/11/2026

Gitea offers a clearly defined Git platform with reviews, issues, packages and CI/CD. Self-hosting and commercial variants allow different operating models. Documented control is strong; ongoing administration and enterprise extensions must be considered separately.

Editorial assessment of the documented software offering. No business relationship disclosed. No hands-on product test or assessment of the company's creditworthiness. The assessment covers publicly documented properties. Usability, reliability and result quality have not been tested in practice.

Fit for the use case40 % weighting

Git hosting, pull requests, issues, project management, a package registry and Actions cover the core tasks of your own software forge well. The fit concerns development infrastructure, not automatically every wider business process.

Gitea Official Website ↗

4.5 / 5

Workflow & integration25 % weighting

Code, reviews and CI/CD can be organized within the platform; a CLI complements the workflow. Self-hosted infrastructure, runners and existing repository structures still need appropriate setup and maintenance.

Gitea Official Website ↗

4 / 5

Costs & limits20 % weighting

The free MIT version and paid enterprise features are listed separately, with per-user prices and commitments. Software costs are therefore understandable; your own servers, administration and other operating services must be budgeted separately.

Gitea Official Website ↗

4.5 / 5

Control & operation15 % weighting

Self-hosted use allows control over infrastructure and data. SSO and audit logs are documented as enterprise extensions; free software alone replaces neither secure configuration nor your own maintenance process.

Gitea Official Website ↗

4.5 / 5

Criteria, weighting & independence

Fits Gitea for your project?

Suitable for

Git hosting · Your own development infrastructure

Less suitable for

Not yet sufficiently reviewed.

The classification is derived from the claims below and is not an independent quality assessment.

Features at a glance

Gitea offers Git hosting, code reviews, package management and CI/CD as a self-hostable platform, alongside managed cloud and enterprise offerings.
Provider documentation · no hands-on test · Source ↗ · Review status 11/10/2026

Documented strengths

Our editorial verdict presents strengths, limitations and evidence.

Drawbacks and limitations

Our editorial verdict presents strengths, limitations and evidence.

Pricing & billing model

Check price. No confirmed plan amounts available.

Review status 11/10/2026. No price guarantee. For paid plans, check tax and usage terms in the source.

Integrations

No confirmed information

Open Source

The provider describes the software or its core as open source.
Provider documentation · no hands-on test · Source ↗ · Review status 11/10/2026

Self-hosting

Operation on your own infrastructure is documented.
Provider documentation · no hands-on test · Source ↗ · Review status 11/10/2026

Privacy information

No confirmed information

Support

No confirmed information

Sources & review status

We update our lists regularly. Changes are reviewed editorially; the review status of each detail remains visible. We explain the review process in our Methodology.

“Evidenced” refers to the specific claim. It means neither an independent product test nor a security audit.

Gitea Official Websitehttps://about.gitea.com/ · retrieved on 11/10/2026
Gitea Official Websitehttps://about.gitea.com/pricing/ · retrieved on 11/11/2026

Trademark: Original source ↗ · for recognition only; no partnership or endorsement by the trademark owner.