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Comparison

Forgejo vs Gitea

On the evidence we track, Gitea leads this comparison with a composite score of 56/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Forgejo full profile →Gitea full profile →
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Forgejo46
★Gitea56
Score
Vioscale score
Forgejo46 / 100low · 8%
Gitea56 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tier
Forgejo✓
Gitea✓
Model
Price level
Forgejofree
Gitealow
Transparent
Forgejo✓
Gitea✓
Integrations
Count
Forgejo–
Gitea21
Security
Disclosure policy
Forgejo✓
Gitea–
Gdpr
Forgejo–
Gitea✓
Hipaa
Forgejo–
Gitea✓
Scorecard
Forgejo–
Gitea7.1
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Forgejo✓
Gitea✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Forgejo–
Gitea41
Github stars
Forgejo–
Gitea57,622
Activity
Commits last 30d
Forgejo–
Gitea100
Release
Cadence days
Forgejo–
Gitea16
History
Forgejo–
Gitea20 items
License
Spdx
Forgejo–
GiteaMIT
Language
Primary
Forgejo–
GiteaGo
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for version control. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Model
VCS model
ForgejoCentralized
GiteaDistributed
Underlying VCS supported (Git / Mercurial / SVN / Perforce / multiple)
ForgejoGit
GiteaGit
Deployment
Hosting
ForgejoCloud + self-hosted
GiteaCloud + self-hosted
Review
Code review
ForgejoPR / MR
GiteaPR / MR
Storage
Large-file / binary handling
Forgejo-
Gitea-
Scale
Monorepo scale (partial clone / sparse / VFS)
Forgejo-
Gitea-
DevOps
Built-in CI
Forgejo✓
Gitea✓
Access
Access control granularity
Forgejo-
Gitea-
Federation
Federation / decentralisation (ActivityPub / email)
Forgejo✓
Gitea-
Licensing
Open-source core
ForgejoOpen-source
GiteaOpen-source
Self-managed license model
ForgejoFree
GiteaFree
Integration
API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks)
Forgejo-
Gitea-
Enterprise
SSO / SAML / SCIM
Forgejo-
Gitea✓
Security
Signed commits / supply-chain (GPG / SSH / sigstore)
Forgejo-
Gitea-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Forgejo

Open-source platform for managing software projects and collaborative development. Can be deployed as a cloud-hosted instance or self-hosted, offering a GitHub-like experience with lower resource requirements and built-in federation support.

Independently observed

Gitea

Leader

Gitea is an open-source DevOps platform that provides Git repository hosting, code review, CI/CD pipelines via integrated Gitea Actions, and multi-format package management. It supports both cloud-hosted and self-managed deployments on Linux, Windows, macOS, and Kubernetes.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Forgejo

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source. Use hosted instances or self-host at no cost.

as of verify ↗

Gitea

Leader
from $9.50/moHybridFree tier30-day trial

Free open-source tier or from $9.50/user/month for enterprise

  • Open SourceFree
    • Code hosting
    • Issue tracking
    • Pull requests
    • Project management
    • Gitea Actions (CI/CD)
    • +2 more
  • EnterpriseFrom $9.50/user/month (1-year annual commitment)
    • All Free features
    • SAML SSO Integration
    • Audit Logs
    • Kubernetes AutoScaling Runners
    • Priority security bug fix notifications
    • +3 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Forgejo✓
Gitea✓
macOS
Forgejo✗
Gitea✓
Windows
Forgejo✗
Gitea✓
Linux
Forgejo✗
Gitea✓
CLI
Forgejo✗
Gitea✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Forgejo✓
Gitea✓
Self-hosted
Forgejo✓
Gitea✓
On-premise
Forgejo✗
Gitea✓
Hybrid
Forgejo✓
Gitea✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Forgejo

Not documented yet.

Gitea

Leader
21 total
  • GitHub Actions
  • Slack
  • Cargo
  • Chef
  • Composer
  • Conan
  • Conda
  • Container
  • Helm
  • Maven
  • NPM
  • NuGet
  • Pub
  • PyPI
  • RubyGems
  • Vagrant
  • SQLite
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • TiDB
  • MS SQL
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.