Alternatives to Gitea
Host Git repositories and code review on your own server. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Gitea
Host Git repositories and code review on your own server.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Gitea.
GitHub
A web platform for hosting Git repositories, with issues, code review, automation and AI coding help.
GitHub is a proprietary hosted service rather than self-hosted software, adding Actions, Codespaces, AI coding help and a very large open source community, with advanced features on paid plans.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Woodpecker CI
Lightweight CI/CD engine that runs pipelines for Gitea, Forgejo, GitHub and GitLab.
Linear
A keyboard-first issue tracker and product planning tool for software teams, with built-in AI agents.
Coolify
Self-hosted platform for deploying apps, databases and services on your own servers.
git-cliff
Generate changelogs from Git history with configurable templates.
Onefetch
Display a local Git repository's statistics in the terminal.
actionlint
Find mistakes in GitHub Actions workflows before running them.
