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Freemium

Free to start, with paid plans and paid features such as Copilot.

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Free and open source under the Apache License 2.0.

Web Self-hosted
  • Repositories, issues, code review and CI in one place
  • GitHub Actions for automated builds and tests
  • Runs from a single WAR file with Java
  • API compatible with GitHub
  • Proprietary hosted service, not self-hostable in this form
  • Many advanced features sit behind paid plans
  • Requires Java 17 on the server
  • No Jakarta EE support for servlet container deployments
Web application, Hosted service Self-hosted
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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