Comparison

GitButler 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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GitButler20

★Gitea56

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	GitButler	GiteaLeader
Vioscale score	20 / 100low · 4%updating	56 / 100high · 77%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	4	21
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	7.1
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	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	-	41
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	57,622
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	16
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

GitButler20 / 100low · 4%updating

Gitea56 / 100high · 77%updating

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

GitButler–

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

GitButler✓

Gitea✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

GitButler–

Gitea41

Github stars

GitButler–

Gitea57,622

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

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Version Control
Capability	GitButler	Gitea
Model
VCS model	Distributed	Distributed
Underlying VCS supported (Git / Mercurial / SVN / Perforce / multiple)	Git	Git
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Cloud + self-hosted
Review
Code review	-	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)	JSON/CLI	-
Enterprise
SSO / SAML / SCIM	-	✓
Security
Signed commits / supply-chain (GPG / SSH / sigstore)	-	-

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

GitButler-

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-

Gitea-

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

Gitea-

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 version control layer that sits on top of Git, designed to accelerate AI agents and automated workflows. Provides stacked branches, parallel workflows, unlimited undo/redo, and automation-friendly commands.

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 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	GitButler	Gitea
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	-	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	-	✓
On-premiseDeployment	-	✓

Platforms

Web

GitButler✗

Gitea✓

macOS

GitButler✗

Gitea✓

Windows

GitButler✗

Gitea✓

Linux

GitButler✗

Gitea✓

CLI

GitButler✓

Gitea✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

GitButler–

Gitea✓

Self-hosted

GitButler–

Gitea✓

On-premise

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

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