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Comparison

Gitea vs Graphite

No clear leader: Graphite (53.8) 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 →Graphite full profile →
Machine formatsMarkdownJSONGraphQLMarkdown is open. JSON and GraphQL need a free key.
Gitea53
Graphite54
Score
vioscaleAI score
Gitea53 / 100high · 76%
Graphite54 / 100low · 37%
Pricing
Free tier
Gitea✓
Graphite✓
Model
Giteacommercial
Graphitefreemium
Price level
Gitealow
Graphitemid
Transparent
Gitea✓
Graphite✓
Integrations
Count
Gitea21
Graphite2
Security
Disclosure policy
Gitea–
Graphite✓
Gdpr
Gitea✓
Graphite–
Hipaa
Gitea✓
Graphite–
Scorecard
Gitea7.1
Graphite–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Gitea✓
Graphite✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Gitea41
Graphite–
Github stars
Gitea58,303
Graphite–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Gitea100
Graphite–
Release
Cadence days
Gitea16
Graphite–
History
Gitea20 items
Graphite–
License
Spdx
GiteaMIT
Graphite–
Language
Primary
GiteaGo
Graphite–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Gitea7 items
Graphite6 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

Graphite

A code review tool with command-line interface and merge queue capabilities for managing code changes. Supports monorepo CI integration to compute which packages need validation.

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 ↗

Graphite

from $20/moSubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

Free trial for 30 days. Plans from free (Hobby) to $40/month (Team).

  • HobbyFree
  • Starter$20/month
  • Team$40/month (most popular)
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Gitea✓
Graphite✗
CLI
Gitea✓
Graphite✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Gitea✓
Graphite✓
Self-hosted
Gitea✓
Graphite✗

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

Graphite

6 total - 5 not shared
  • GitHub
  • Linear
  • Cursor Cloud Agents
  • Semgrep
  • Redis
Independently observed
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Gitea or Graphite: which one depends on you

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