Gitea – painless self-hosted Git service

Gitea is a community managed lightweight code hosting solution written in Go.

It is similar to GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab. Gitea is a fork of Gogs.

Gitea is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Easy to install.
• User Dashboard:
  • Context switcher (organization or current user).
  • Activity timeline: Commits, Issues, Pull requests, Repository creation.
  • Searchable repository list.
  • List of organizations.
  • A list of mirror repositories.
• Issues dashboard:
  • Context switcher (organization or current user).
  • Filter by: Open, Closed, Your repositories, Assigned issues, Your issues, and Repository.
  • Sort by: Oldest, Last updated, and Number of comments.
• Pull request dashboard – Same as issue dashboard.
• Repository types: Mirror, Normal, Migrated.
• Notifications (email and web): Read, Unread, Pin.
• Explore page: Users, Repos, Organizations, Search
• Custom templates.
• Override public files (logo, css, etc).
• CSRF and XSS protection.
• HTTPS support.
• Set allowed upload sizes and types.
• Logging.
• Configuration
  • Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite3, MSSQL, and TiDB (experimental, not recommended).
  • Configuration file, app.ini
  • Admin panel:
    • Statistics
    • Actions
      • Delete inactive accounts, Delete cached repository archives, Delete repositories records which are missing their files, Run garbage collection on repositories, Rewrite SSH keys, Resync hooks, Recreate repositories which are missing.
    • Server status: Uptime, Memory, Current # of goroutines, User management, Search, Sort, Last login, Authentication source, Maximum repositories, Disable account, Admin permissions, Permission to create git hooks, Permission to create organizations, Permission to import repositories.
    • Organization management: People, Teams, Avatar, Hooks.
    • Repository management – See all repository information and manage repositories.
    • Authentication sources: OAuth, PAM, LDAP, SMTP.
    • Configuration viewer – Everything in config file.
    • System notices – When something unexpected happens
    • Monitoring:
      • Current processes.
      • Cron jobs: Update mirrors, Repository health check, Check repository statistics, Clean up old archives.
  • Environment variables.
  • Command line options.
• Multi-language support (21 languages are supported).
• Mail service: Notifications, Registration confirmation, Password reset
• Reverse proxy support including subpaths.
• Users
  • Profile: Name, Username, Email, Website, Join date, Followers and following, Organizations, Repositories, Activity, Starred repositories.
  • Settings
    • Same as profile and more below.
    • Keep email private.
    • Avatar: Gravatar, Libravatar, Custom.
    • Password.
    • Mutiple email addresses.
    • SSH Keys.
    • Connected applications.
    • Two factor authentication.
    • Linked OAuth2 sources
    • Delete account.
• Repositories:
  • Clone with SSH/HTTP/HTTPS.
  • Git LFS.
  • Watch, Star, Fork.
  • View watchers, stars, and forks.
  • Code:
    • Branch browser.
    • Web based file upload and creation.
    • Clone urls.
    • Download: ZIP, TAR.GZ.
    • Web based editor:
      • Markdown editor.
      • Plain text editor – Syntax highlighting.
      • Diff preview.
      • Preview.
      • Choose where to commit to.
    • View file history.
    • Delete file.
    • View raw.
  • Issues:
    • Issue templates.
    • Milestones.
    • Labels.
    • Assign issues.
    • Track time.
    • Reactions.
    • Filter: Open, Closed, Assigned person, Created by you, Mentioning you.
    • Sort: Oldest, Last updated, Number of comments.
    • Search.
    • Comments.
    • Attachments.
  • Pull requests – Same features as issues.
  • Commits: Commit graph, Commits by branch, Search, Search in all branches, View diff, View SHA, View author, Browse files in commit.
  • Releases: Attachments, Title, Content, Delete, Mark as pre-release, Choose branch.
  • Wiki: Import, Markdown editor.
  • Settings:
    • Options:
      • Name.
      • Description.
      • Private/Public.
      • Website.
      • Wiki:
        • Enabled/disabled.
        • Internal/external.
      • Issues:
        • Enabled/disabled.
        • Internal/external.
        • External supports url rewriting for better integration.
      • Enable/disable pull requests.
      • Transfer repository.
      • Delete wiki.
      • Delete repository.
    • Collaboration – Read/write/admin.
    • Branches: Default branch, Branch protection.
    • Webhooks.
    • Git hooks.
    • Deploy keys.
• Low memory requirements. Suitable to be used on single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi series and the Asus TinkerBoard. 2 CPU cores and 1GB RAM is typically sufficient for small teams/projects.
• Cross-platform support – runs anywhere Go can compile for: Linux, macOS, Windows, ARM and PowerPC architectures, and much more.

Website: gitea.io
Support: Documentation, FAQ, Forum, Discord, GitHub Code Repository
Developer: The Gitea Authors
License: MIT License

Gitea is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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