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Comparison

Gitea vs GitLab

No clear leader: GitLab (54.9) 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.

Gitea full profile →GitLab full profile →
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Gitea53
GitLab55
Score
vioscaleAI score
Gitea53 / 100high · 76%
GitLab55 / 100low · 46%
Pricing
Free tier
Gitea✓
GitLab✓
Model
Price level
Gitealow
GitLabunknown
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✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Gitea✓
GitLab✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Gitea41
GitLab–
Github stars
Gitea58,303
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
Content
Faq
Gitea7 items
GitLab5 items

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
GiteaRepo
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)
GiteaREST / webhooks
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

An integrated development system managing the complete software lifecycle from planning through deployment, featuring built-in security controls, automated workflows powered by autonomous agents, and compliance audit trails while keeping development teams in 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

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 ↗

GitLab

Hybrid

Seat-based and usage-based pricing with annual commitment options.

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✓
CLI
Gitea✓
GitLab✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Gitea✓
GitLab✗
Self-hosted
Gitea✓
GitLab✗
Air-gapped
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.

Still deciding?

Gitea or GitLab: 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.

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