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Gitea

Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD.

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Still maintained? Yes: 593 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v28.2.0 (Oct 2026).

Also an alternative to GitHub, Atlassian Bitbucket and Docker Hub.

Docker #1 of 45 in Software Development - Project Management

At a glance

Gitea quick facts

Health score
99/100 GOOD
Stars
58,781
Last commit
today (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v28.2.0, Oct 2026
Licence
MIT
View go-gitea/gitea on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

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In its own words

The project's README opens: "The goal of Gitea is to make the easiest, fastest, and most painless way of setting up a self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code management, code review, issue tracking, project kanban, wiki, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD which can reuse GitHub Actions."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Gitea scores 99/100, #1 of 45 in Software Development - Project Management: 593 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v28.2.0, 12 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 58,781 stars add 19.1 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). It scores full marks on every term.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

Health over time

Health 99 on 11 Sep, 99 nowSteady at 99 since 11 Sep
  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    593 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v28.2.0 released 12 days ago

  • Stars 19.1 / 20

    59k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)

  • Not archived 10.0 / 10

    Repository is active

  • Docker support 10.0 / 10

    Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

1908 commits over the last 12 months
593
Last 90 days
1,908
Last 12 months
today
Last push

Ranked #1 of 45 tools in Software Development - Project Management by health , just above Plane (#2) .

Details

LicenceMIT
PlatformsGo, Docker, K8S
Latest releasev28.2.0 · 12 days ago
Stars58,781
Open issues1,951
DockerYes
Repositorygo-gitea/gitea ↗
Visit website ↗ Source code ↗ Live demo ↗

Gitea vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Gitea (Software Development - Project Management), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Gitea (this tool) 99 59k MIT today
OneDev 97 15k MIT today
Forgejo 95 5.7k MIT 2 days ago
GitLab 95 7.2k MIT today
gitbucket 86 9.4k Apache-2.0 yesterday
Gogs 64 48k MIT 2 days ago

Gitea: common questions

What does Gitea replace?

Repoly lists Gitea as an open-source alternative to GitHub, Atlassian Bitbucket and Docker Hub. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Gitea stands against the others.

Is Gitea still maintained?

Gitea had 593 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v28.2.0, is from 12 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.