GitLab vs Gitea

Is Gitea a good alternative to GitLab? Here’s what you need to know.

Gitea

Free

Self-hosted Git service. Lightweight and fast.

Gitea is a painless, self-hosted Git service written in Go. Code hosting, code review, CI/CD, packages, and project management. Lightweight enough to run on a Raspberry Pi. GitHub-like experience.

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Why switch from GitLab?

Indie pricing — no enterprise markup or per-seat fees
Direct maker support — talk to the person who built it
Transparent & open — many indie tools are open-source
No vendor lock-in — own your data, export anytime

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