Comparison

Gerrit 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.

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Gerrit51

★Gitea56

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Gerrit	GiteaLeader
Vioscale score	51 / 100medium · 54%	56 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	21
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	3.2	7.1
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FGerritCodeReview%2Fgerrit&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 20 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fgo-gitea%2Fgitea&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 8 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	41
Github starsadoption.github_stars	1,220	57,622
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	60,170	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	16
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Java	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Gerrit51 / 100medium · 54%

Gitea56 / 100high · 77%

Pricing

Free tier

Gerrit✓

Gitea✓

Model

Gerritcommercial

Giteacommercial

Price level

Gerritfree

Gitealow

Transparent

Gerrit✓

Gitea✓

Integrations

Count

Gerrit–

Gitea21

Security

Gdpr

Gerrit–

Gitea✓

Hipaa

Gerrit–

Gitea✓

Scorecard

Gerrit3.2

Gitea7.1

Vulnerabilities

GerritCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FGerritCodeReview%2Fgerrit&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

GiteaCount: 20 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fgo-gitea%2Fgitea&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 8 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Reliability

Status page

Gerrit–

Gitea✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Gerrit0

Gitea41

Github stars

Gerrit1,220

Gitea57,622

Package downloads weekly

Gerrit60,170

Gitea–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Gerrit100

Gitea100

Release

Cadence days

Gerrit–

Gitea16

History

Gerrit–

Gitea20 items

License

Spdx

GerritApache-2.0

GiteaMIT

Language

Primary

GerritJava

GiteaGo

Market

Availability

GerritAvailable worldwide

GiteaAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Version Control
Capability	Gerrit	Gitea
Model
VCS model	Centralized	Distributed
Underlying VCS supported (Git / Mercurial / SVN / Perforce / multiple)	Git	Git
Deployment
Hosting	Self-hosted only	Cloud + self-hosted
Review
Code review	Gerrit change-based	PR / MR
Storage
Large-file / binary handling	-	-
Scale
Monorepo scale (partial clone / sparse / VFS)	✓	-
DevOps
Built-in CI	✗	✓
Access
Access control granularity	-	-
Federation
Federation / decentralisation (ActivityPub / email)	-	-
Licensing
Open-source core	Open-source	Open-source
Self-managed license model	Free	Free
Integration
API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks)	REST	-
Enterprise
SSO / SAML / SCIM	-	✓
Security
Signed commits / supply-chain (GPG / SSH / sigstore)	-	-

Model

VCS model

GerritCentralized

GiteaDistributed

Underlying VCS supported (Git / Mercurial / SVN / Perforce / multiple)

GerritGit

GiteaGit

Deployment

Hosting

GerritSelf-hosted only

GiteaCloud + self-hosted

Review

Code review

GerritGerrit change-based

GiteaPR / MR

Storage

Large-file / binary handling

Gerrit-

Gitea-

Scale

Monorepo scale (partial clone / sparse / VFS)

Gerrit✓

Gitea-

DevOps

Built-in CI

Gerrit✗

Gitea✓

Access

Access control granularity

Gerrit-

Gitea-

Federation

Federation / decentralisation (ActivityPub / email)

Gerrit-

Gitea-

Licensing

Open-source core

GerritOpen-source

GiteaOpen-source

Self-managed license model

GerritFree

GiteaFree

Integration

API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks)

GerritREST

Gitea-

Enterprise

SSO / SAML / SCIM

Gerrit-

Gitea✓

Security

Signed commits / supply-chain (GPG / SSH / sigstore)

Gerrit-

Gitea-

What each one is

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

Gerrit

An open-source web-based code review system that uses patchset-based review workflows similar to traditional mailing list practices. It provides fine-grained access controls, scales to thousands of developers, and integrates with CI/CD pipelines through a REST API and extensible plugin architecture.

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.

Gerrit

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

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 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Gerrit	Gitea
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Gerrit✓

Gitea✓

macOS

Gerrit✗

Gitea✓

Windows

Gerrit✗

Gitea✓

Linux

Gerrit✗

Gitea✓

CLI

Gerrit✗

Gitea✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Gerrit✗

Gitea✓

Self-hosted

Gerrit✓

Gitea✓

On-premise

Gerrit✗

Gitea✓

Integrations

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

Gerrit

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.