Gitea
Developer ToolsA lightweight self-hosted Git service with issues, pull requests, a package registry and built-in CI (Gitea Actions).
What the free edition leaves out
The free edition is genuinely usable, but some team or enterprise features need a paid plan. “Not confirmed” means the official pages we read did not say, so we do not guess.
| Feature | Free edition | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSO / SAML | Paid | The pricing page lists SAML SSO Integration under Gitea Enterprise. The docs list OAuth2/OpenID Connect and LDAP as authentication sources and do not mention SAML. | Source ↗ |
| Role-based access control | Free | Docs describe per-unit permissions, collaborator roles, organizations and teams, and do not restrict them to a paid edition. The pricing page does not mention RBAC. | Source ↗ |
| Audit logs | Paid | Audit Logs are listed under Gitea Enterprise on the pricing page. | Source ↗ |
| Multi-user / teams | Free | Docs describe organizations, teams and several users per repository with no edition restriction. | Source ↗ |
| Backups and restore | Free | A built-in dump command saves the installation to a ZIP file; the docs say to shut the instance down while it runs. | Source ↗ |
| API access | Not confirmed | The API documentation was not opened. | – |
| Support SLA | Paid | Priority email and online support with SLA is listed under Gitea Enterprise on the pricing page. | Source ↗ |
Best for
Individuals and teams who want a small, easy-to-run self-hosted Git platform, usually a single container.
Why choose it over GitHub
The code is MIT licensed and the basic install is one container with SQLite, so it is cheap to run. Organizations, teams and per-repository permissions are in the open source version. A hosted Gitea Cloud and a paid Enterprise self-hosted edition exist if you later want vendor support.
Where it falls short
The pricing page puts SAML SSO, audit logs and SLA support only in the paid Enterprise edition. Gitea Cloud pricing and features are not published on the pricing page. You run upgrades, backups and security patches yourself when self-hosting. A feature comparison with GitHub or GitLab has not been done.
Open-source alternative to
- GitHub — Gitea is a self-hosted Git platform with repositories, issues and pull requests, so it can replace GitHub for teams that want to host their own code. This is a replacement use, not an official claim by the project.
- GitLab — Gitea covers hosted repositories, code review and CI for self-hosting teams, so it can replace GitLab for smaller setups. This is a replacement use, not an official claim by the project.
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