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Not to be confused with Gitee, the commercial Git hosting platform run by OSChina.

Gitea

Official logo since 2017[1]

A screenshot of a Gitea repository

Initial release17 October 2016
Stable release

1.25.4[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 22 January 2026; 27 days ago

Written inGo, TypeScript
Operating systemCross-platform
Platformx86-64, ARM, RISC-V
TypeCollaborative version control (forge)
LicenseMIT License
Websitegitea.com Edit this on Wikidata
Repository

Gitea ([3]) is a forge software package for hosting software development version control using Git as well as other collaborative features like bug tracking, code review, continuous integration, kanban boards, tickets, and wikis. It supports self-hosting[4][5][6][7] but also provides a free public first-party instance. It is a fork of Gogs and is written in Go.[4][5][6][7] Gitea can be hosted on all platforms supported by Go[8] including FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, and Windows.[5] The project is funded on Open Collective.[9]

Gitea is an open-source Git service that originated as a fork of Gogs in 2016. While Gogs was open-source, its repository was controlled by a single maintainer. In response to these limitations, the Gitea developers decided to fork Gogs in November 2016, creating a community-driven development model. Gitea had its official 1.0 release in December 2016.

In October 2022, maintainers Lunny Xiao and Matti Ranta founded the company Gitea Limited with the goal of offering hosting services[10][11] using specialized versions of Gitea that were not released as open-source,[12] splitting the supported variants of Gitea between the Gitea Limited-provided installation and the original version licensed under the MIT License. In response, Codeberg, one of the major forges using Gitea at the time, forked Gitea to Forgejo.[13][14]

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  2. ^ "Release 1.25.4". 22 January 2026. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Gitea - Git with a cup of tea". Archived from the original on May 6, 2023. Retrieved May 6, 2023 – via GitHub. Gitea is pronounced as in gi-tea with a hard g.
  4. ^ a b Rutland, David (December 9, 2022). "Install Gitea on a Raspberry Pi to Create Your Own Code Repository". MUO. Archived from the original on March 19, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c Papadopoulou, Eirini-Eleni (January 28, 2019). "Gitea is all grown up: What's new in version 1.7.0". JAXenter. Archived from the original on May 17, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Santilli, Sandro (December 8, 2016). "Welcome to Gitea". Gitea Blog. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  7. ^ a b Krill, Paul (January 4, 2017). "Developers pick up new Git code-hosting option". InfoWorld. Archived from the original on December 1, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  8. ^ "Install gitea on openSUSE using the Snap Store". Snapcraft.
  9. ^ "Gitea". Open Collective. 25 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Open source sustainment and the future of Gitea". Gitea Blog. October 25, 2022. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  11. ^ Xiao, Lunny (October 30, 2022). "A message from Lunny on Gitea Ltd. and the Gitea project". Gitea Blog. Archived from the original on April 24, 2023. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  12. ^ "Gitea Official Website". Gitea. Archived from the original on June 30, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  13. ^ "Codeberg launches Forgejo". Codeberg.org. December 15, 2022. Archived from the original on February 8, 2023. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  14. ^ "New Git repository faces corporate open source doubts | TechTarget". Software Quality. Retrieved 2024-05-27.