# Gitea vs Sapling

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Gitea

| Attribute | Gitea | Sapling |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 56.4 (77% (high)) | 49.6 (46% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 41 | 7 |
| adoption.github_stars | 57,622 | 6,993 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | An open-source version control system from Meta designed to work with Git repositories, offering both command-line and web-based interfaces for managing code and code review workflows. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","vcs_model":"distributed","built_in_ci":true,"code_review":"pr_mr","license_model":"free","sso_saml_scim":true,"underlying_vcs":"Git","open_source_core":"open_source"}` | `{"hosting":"self","vcs_model":"distributed","api_surface":"CLI, webhooks","code_review":"pr_mr","underlying_vcs":"Git","open_source_core":"open_source"}` |
| integrations.count | 21 | 1 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub Actions"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Cargo"},{"name":"Chef"},{"name":"Composer"},{"name":"Conan"},{"name":"Conda"},{"name":"Container"},{"name":"Helm"},{"name":"Maven"},{"name":"NPM"},{"name":"NuGet"},{"name":"Pub"},{"name":"PyPI"},{"name":"RubyGems"},{"name":"Vagrant"},{"name":"SQLite"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"TiDB"},{"name":"MS SQL"}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | Rust |
| license.spdx | MIT | GPL-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","summary":"Free, self-hosted","features":["Code hosting","Issue tracking","Pull requests","Project management","Gitea Actions (CI/CD)","Packages","Community support"],"description":"Self-hosted Git service under MIT license with unlimited users and repositories","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"From $9.50/user/month (1-year annual commitment)","features":["All Free features","SAML SSO Integration","Audit Logs","Kubernetes AutoScaling Runners","Priority security bug fix notifications","Priority email and online support with SLA","Installation/Upgrade Assistant Service","Emergency telephone/remote support"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":9.5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Dedicated support and cloud infrastructure for enterprise teams","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free open-source tier or from $9.50/user/month for enterprise","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://about.gitea.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:33:42.704Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"amount":9.5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://sapling-scm.com/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T23:04:03.788Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 16 | 34 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 7.1 | 5.8 |
| security.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"}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=cargo&package_name=esl01-minibytes&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Version Control)

| Capability | Gitea | Sapling |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Model** |  |  |
| VCS model | Distributed | Distributed |
| Underlying VCS supported (Git / Mercurial / SVN / Perforce / multiple) | Git | Git |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Self-hosted only |
| **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 | - | - |
| **Federation** |  |  |
| Federation / decentralisation (ActivityPub / email) | - | - |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Open-source core | Open-source | Open-source |
| Self-managed license model | Free | - |
| **Integration** |  |  |
| API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks) | - | CLI, webhooks |
| **Enterprise** |  |  |
| SSO / SAML / SCIM | ✓ | - |
| **Security** |  |  |
| Signed commits / supply-chain (GPG / SSH / sigstore) | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:06:30.971Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*