Comparison

Git vs Gitea

No clear leader: Git (54.8) and Gitea (53.3) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Git full profile →Gitea full profile →

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Git55

Gitea53

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Git	Gitea
vioscaleAI score	55 / 100low · 42%	53 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	5	21
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.2	7.1
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=homebrew&package_name=git&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	4,516	41
Github starsadoption.github_stars	63,856	58,303
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	16
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	C	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ US	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	5 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Git55 / 100low · 42%

Gitea53 / 100high · 76%

Pricing

Free tier

Git✓

Gitea✓

Model

Gitopen_source

Giteacommercial

Price level

Gitfree

Gitealow

Transparent

Git✓

Gitea✓

Integrations

Count

Git5

Gitea21

Security

Gdpr

Git–

Gitea✓

Hipaa

Git–

Gitea✓

Scorecard

Git5.2

Gitea7.1

Vulnerabilities

GitCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=homebrew&package_name=git&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

Git–

Gitea✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Git4,516

Gitea41

Github stars

Git63,856

Gitea58,303

Activity

Commits last 30d

Git100

Gitea100

Release

Cadence days

Git–

Gitea16

History

Git–

Gitea20 items

License

Spdx

Git–

GiteaMIT

Language

Primary

GitC

GiteaGo

Market

Availability

GitAvailable worldwide · HQ US

GiteaAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Git5 items

Gitea7 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Version Control
Capability	Git	Gitea
Model
VCS model	Distributed	Distributed
Underlying VCS supported (Git / Mercurial / SVN / Perforce / multiple)	Git	Git
Deployment
Hosting	Self-hosted only	Cloud + self-hosted
Review
Code review	None (engine only)	PR / MR
Storage
Large-file / binary handling	-	-
Scale
Monorepo scale (partial clone / sparse / VFS)	-	-
DevOps
Built-in CI	✗	✓
Access
Access control granularity	Branch	Repo
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 / webhooks
Enterprise
SSO / SAML / SCIM	-	✓
Security
Signed commits / supply-chain (GPG / SSH / sigstore)	-	✓

Model

VCS model

GitDistributed

GiteaDistributed

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

GitGit

GiteaGit

Deployment

Hosting

GitSelf-hosted only

GiteaCloud + self-hosted

Review

Code review

GitNone (engine only)

GiteaPR / MR

Storage

Large-file / binary handling

Git-

Gitea-

Scale

Monorepo scale (partial clone / sparse / VFS)

Git-

Gitea-

DevOps

Built-in CI

Git✗

Gitea✓

Access

Access control granularity

GitBranch

GiteaRepo

Federation

Federation / decentralisation (ActivityPub / email)

Git✗

Gitea-

Licensing

Open-source core

GitOpen-source

GiteaOpen-source

Self-managed license model

GitFree

GiteaFree

Integration

API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks)

Git-

GiteaREST / webhooks

Enterprise

SSO / SAML / SCIM

Git-

Gitea✓

Security

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

Git-

Gitea✓

What each one is

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

Git

An open-source version control system that enables developers to track changes across projects through distributed repositories, offering both high-level user commands and low-level internal access.

Independently observed

Gitea

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.

Git

Open source

as of 2026-10-13verify ↗

Gitea

HybridFree tier30-day trial

Free open source or from $9.50/user/mo for enterprise cloud hosting

Open SourceFree
- Code hosting
- Issue tracking
- Pull requests
- Project management
- Gitea Actions (CI/CD)
- +4 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- All Open Source features
- SAML SSO Integration
- Audit Logs
- Kubernetes AutoScaling Runners
- Priority security bug fix notifications
- +3 more

as of 2026-09-07verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Git	Gitea
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Git✗

Gitea✓

CLI

Git✓

Gitea✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Git✗

Gitea✓

Self-hosted

Git✓

Gitea✓

Integrations

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

Git

5 total

Visual Studio
Visual Studio Code
Eclipse
Sublime Text
GitHub

Independently observed

Gitea

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

Still deciding?

Git or Gitea: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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