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Comparison

GitButler vs Gitea

On the evidence we track, Gitea leads this comparison with a composite score of 53/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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GitButler47
★Gitea53
Score
vioscaleAI score
GitButler47 / 100low · 2%
Gitea53 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tier
GitButler✓
Gitea✓
Model
GitButleropen_source
Giteacommercial
Price level
GitButlerfree
Gitealow
Transparent
GitButler✓
Gitea✓
Integrations
Count
GitButler4
Gitea21
Security
Gdpr
GitButler–
Gitea✓
Hipaa
GitButler–
Gitea✓
Scorecard
GitButler–
Gitea7.1
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
GitButler✓
Gitea✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
GitButler–
Gitea41
Github stars
GitButler–
Gitea58,303
Activity
Commits last 30d
GitButler–
Gitea100
Release
Cadence days
GitButler–
Gitea16
History
GitButler–
Gitea20 items
License
Spdx
GitButler–
GiteaMIT
Language
Primary
GitButler–
GiteaGo
Market
Availability
GitButler–
GiteaAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
GitButler4 items
Gitea7 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

GitButler

A Git-compatible version control tool built specifically for AI agents, offering advanced features like stacked branches, unlimited undo, and agent-friendly commands. Runs 60% faster than vanilla Git for typical agent operations.

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.

GitButler

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Gitea

Leader
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 verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
GitButler✗
Gitea✓
CLI
GitButler✓
Gitea✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
GitButler–
Gitea✓
Self-hosted
GitButler–
Gitea✓

Integrations

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

GitButler

4 total
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Claude
  • Cursor
Independently observed

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
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GitButler 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.