Gitea is a lightweight, open-source Git repository hosting platform that provides an accessible self-hosted alternative to GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket. Written in Go, Gitea runs efficiently on minimal hardware including Raspberry Pi systems, making it suitable for small teams and organizations with modest infrastructure budgets. The platform provides Git hosting with integrated code review capabilities, issue tracking, pull request workflows, and collaborative development features. Gitea includes built-in CI/CD through Gitea Actions, which provides near-complete compatibility with GitHub Actions, enabling teams to reuse existing workflows. The service supports multiple database backends including SQLite, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, offering flexibility in deployment configurations. Gitea emphasizes data ownership and control, allowing organizations to maintain complete sovereignty over their repositories and infrastructure. The project is actively developed with regular security updates, and offers both community support and commercial hosting options.
