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Dev platforms · 11 alternatives

Instead of Gitea, try one of these 11.

Every alternative is lined up against Gitea on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. Gitea sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.

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Alternative
Price
Open source
Self-host
Offline
Platforms
GiteaWhat you have now
Lightweight, self-hosted Git service in a single binary.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineYes
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Linux
GitLab#1
Complete DevOps platform, self-hostable for free.
PriceFreemium
premium $29/user
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Forgejo#2
Community-run fork of Gitea for code hosting.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineYes
Platforms
Web · Linux
Bitbucket#3
Git hosting with tight Jira and Atlassian integration.
PriceFreemium
from $3/user
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Codeberg#4
Nonprofit, privacy-respecting Git hosting run by a community.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
SourceForge#5
Veteran host for open source downloads and repositories.
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Trac#6
Wiki and issue tracker for software development teams.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Linux
Gogs#7
Painless self-hosted Git service written in Go.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineYes
Platforms
Win · Mac · Linux
GitBucket#8
Scala-powered, GitHub-style server you deploy yourself.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Linux
RhodeCode#9
Commercial repository manager for Git, Mercurial, and SVN.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Radicle#10
Peer-to-peer Git collaboration without central hosting.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Mac · Linux
Gitblit#11
Java-based Git repository viewer and server for small teams.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Linux

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Gitea alternatives at a glance

Gitea is a free dev platforms app. We compared 11 alternatives: 8 are open source, 8 are completely free, 6 can be self-hosted and 3 work fully offline. The most popular is GitLab, with 1.7k likes.

Most liked overallGitLab

Complete DevOps platform, self-hostable for free.

Freemium · Open source · Self‑hostable
Best free optionForgejo

Community-run fork of Gitea for code hosting.

Free · Open source · Self‑hostable · Works offline
Best open-source optionCodeberg

Nonprofit, privacy-respecting Git hosting run by a community.

Free · Open source
Best to self-hostTrac

Wiki and issue tracker for software development teams.

Free · Open source · Self‑hostable

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