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Comparison

Gitea vs Gogs

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.

Gitea full profile →Gogs full profile →
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★Gitea56
Gogs46
Score
Vioscale score
Gitea56 / 100high · 77%updating
Gogs46 / 100low · 44%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Gitea✓
Gogs✓
Model
Price level
Gitealow
Gogsfree
Transparent
Gitea✓
Gogs–
Integrations
Count
Gitea21
Gogs–
Security
Gdpr
Gitea✓
Gogs–
Hipaa
Gitea✓
Gogs–
Scorecard
Gitea7.1
Gogs5.7
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Gitea✓
Gogs–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Gitea41
Gogs55
Github stars
Gitea57,622
Gogs47,774
Package downloads weekly
Gitea–
Gogs8,330
Activity
Commits last 30d
Gitea100
Gogs10
Release
Cadence days
Gitea16
Gogs–
History
License
Spdx
GiteaMIT
GogsMIT
Language
Primary
GiteaGo
GogsGo
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

Gogs

A lightweight Git hosting solution designed for self-hosted deployment with minimal resource requirements and cross-platform support.

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

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 verify ↗

Gogs

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

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

Gogs

Not documented yet.

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