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Comparison

Gitea vs GitLab

No clear leader: GitLab (60.1) and Gitea (56.4) 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.

Gitea full profile →GitLab full profile →
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Gitea56
GitLab60
Score
Vioscale score
Gitea56 / 100high · 77%updating
GitLab60 / 100medium · 61%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Gitea✓
GitLab✓
Model
Price level
Gitealow
GitLablow
Transparent
Gitea✓
GitLab–
Integrations
Count
Gitea21
GitLab–
Security
Disclosure policy
Gitea–
GitLab✓
Gdpr
Gitea✓
GitLab✓
Hipaa
Gitea✓
GitLab–
Iso27001
Gitea–
GitLab✓
Pci
Gitea–
GitLab✓
Scorecard
Gitea7.1
GitLab–
Soc2
Gitea–
GitLab✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Gitea✓
GitLab✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Gitea41
GitLab–
Github stars
Gitea57,622
GitLab–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Gitea100
GitLab–
Release
Cadence days
Gitea16
GitLab–
History
Gitea20 items
GitLab–
License
Spdx
GiteaMIT
GitLab–
Language
Primary
GiteaGo
GitLab–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

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

GitLab

GitLab is an integrated DevOps platform combining source code management, CI/CD, planning, and security scanning with AI agents that automate development workflows while maintaining team control.

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 verify ↗

GitLab

HybridFree tier

Flexible pricing with seat-based licenses and usage-based credits; annual commitment option available

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Gitea✓
GitLab✓
macOS
Gitea✓
GitLab✗
Windows
Gitea✓
GitLab✗
Linux
Gitea✓
GitLab✗
CLI
Gitea✓
GitLab✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Gitea✓
GitLab✓
Self-hosted
Gitea✓
GitLab✓
On-premise
Gitea✓
GitLab✗

Integrations

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

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

GitLab

Not documented yet.

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