Comparison

Gitea vs GitHub

On the evidence we track, GitHub leads this comparison with a composite score of 67/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Gitea full profile →GitHub full profile →

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Gitea56

★GitHub67

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Gitea	GitHubLeader
Vioscale score	56 / 100high · 77%	67 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	21	24
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.1	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
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	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Gitea56 / 100high · 77%

GitHub67 / 100medium · 73%

Pricing

Free tier

Gitea✓

GitHub✓

Model

Giteacommercial

GitHubfreemium

Price level

Gitealow

GitHublow

Transparent

Gitea✓

GitHub✓

Integrations

Count

Gitea21

GitHub24

Security

Disclosure policy

Gitea–

GitHub✓

Gdpr

Gitea✓

GitHub✓

Hipaa

Gitea✓

GitHub–

Iso27001

Gitea–

GitHub✓

Scorecard

Gitea7.1

GitHub–

Soc2

Gitea–

GitHub✓

Vulnerabilities

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

GitHub–

Reliability

Status page

Gitea✓

GitHub✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Gitea41

GitHub–

Github stars

Gitea57,622

GitHub–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Gitea100

GitHub–

Release

Cadence days

Gitea16

GitHub–

History

Gitea20 items

GitHub–

License

Spdx

GiteaMIT

GitHub–

Language

Primary

GiteaGo

GitHub–

Market

Availability

GiteaAvailable worldwide

GitHubAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Version Control
Capability	Gitea	GitHub
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	PR / MR
Storage
Large-file / binary handling	-	-
Scale
Monorepo scale (partial clone / sparse / VFS)	-	-
DevOps
Built-in CI	✓	✓
Access
Access control granularity	-	Branch
Federation
Federation / decentralisation (ActivityPub / email)	-	-
Licensing
Open-source core	Open-source	Closed
Self-managed license model	Free	Seat-priced EE
Integration
API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks)	-	REST, GraphQL, Webhooks
Enterprise
SSO / SAML / SCIM	✓	-
Security
Signed commits / supply-chain (GPG / SSH / sigstore)	-	-

Model

VCS model

GiteaDistributed

GitHubDistributed

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

GiteaGit

GitHubGit

Deployment

Hosting

GiteaCloud + self-hosted

GitHubCloud + self-hosted

Review

Code review

GiteaPR / MR

GitHubPR / MR

Storage

Large-file / binary handling

Gitea-

GitHub-

Scale

Monorepo scale (partial clone / sparse / VFS)

Gitea-

GitHub-

DevOps

Built-in CI

Gitea✓

GitHub✓

Access

Access control granularity

Gitea-

GitHubBranch

Federation

Federation / decentralisation (ActivityPub / email)

Gitea-

GitHub-

Licensing

Open-source core

GiteaOpen-source

GitHubClosed

Self-managed license model

GiteaFree

GitHubSeat-priced EE

Integration

API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks)

Gitea-

GitHubREST, GraphQL, Webhooks

Enterprise

SSO / SAML / SCIM

Gitea✓

GitHub-

Security

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

Gitea-

GitHub-

What each one is

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

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

GitHub

Leader

A comprehensive platform for hosting repositories, reviewing code changes, automating deployments, managing dependencies, scanning for vulnerabilities, and facilitating team collaboration on software projects.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Gitea

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 ↗

GitHub

Leader

from $4/moSubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

Free tier available. Team $4/user/month. Enterprise from $21/user/month. 30-day free trial for enterprise features.

FreeFree
- Unlimited public/private repositories
- Dependabot security and version updates
- 2,000 CI/CD minutes/month (public repos)
- 500MB Packages storage (public repos)
- Issues & Projects
- +1 more
Team$4/user/month
- All Free features
- GitHub Codespaces
- Repository rules
- Multiple reviewers in pull requests
- Draft pull requests
- +7 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- All Team features
- Advanced security and compliance
- Flexible deployment options

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

Platforms

Web

Gitea✓

GitHub✓

macOS

Gitea✓

GitHub✗

Windows

Gitea✓

GitHub✗

Linux

Gitea✓

GitHub✗

CLI

Gitea✓

GitHub✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Gitea✓

GitHub✓

Self-hosted

Gitea✓

GitHub✓

On-premise

Gitea✓

GitHub✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)

Slack

Gitea

21 total - 20 not shared

GitHub Actions
Cargo
Chef
Composer
Conan
Conda
Container
Helm
Maven
NPM
NuGet
Pub
PyPI
RubyGems
Vagrant
SQLite
MySQL
PostgreSQL
TiDB
MS SQL

Independently observed

GitHub

Leader

24 total - 23 not shared

Render
Linear Code
OpenCode
CodeRabbit
Codemagic
CircleCI
Imgbot
CodeFactor
Rewind Backups
Azure Pipelines
Codacy
Codecov
Zenhub
Zube
Percy
Argos
AccessLint
PullRequest
Crowdin
WakaTime
Coveralls
CodeScene
TestQuality

Independently observed

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