Gitea
by Gitea · Self-hosted Git, CI/CD and package hosting under the MIT licence
BenchRank score
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Overview
Gitea is a self-hosted DevOps platform combining Git repository hosting, code review, issue tracking with labels and kanban boards, package registries and a built-in CI/CD system, Gitea Actions. It installs on Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD or Kubernetes and supports SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL, TiDB and MS SQL. Managed cloud and self-hosted enterprise editions are also sold.
- Best for
- Teams that want to self-host Git, CI/CD and package registries on their own infrastructure.
- Pricing
- Free and open source when self-hosted; the Enterprise plan is $19 per user per month, or $9.50 per user per month on a one-year commitment.
- Runs on
- WebSelf-hosted
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- MIT-licensed free tier with unlimited users and repositories
- Built-in CI/CD reuses GitHub Actions syntax and existing plugins
- Runs on Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD and Kubernetes
- Over 20 package registry types, including Maven, NPM and PyPI
Trade-offs
- The free tier is self-managed: you run and maintain the infrastructure
- SAML SSO and audit logs are Enterprise-only, at $19 per user per month
- The $9.50 rate requires a one-year commitment and online payment
- Gitea Cloud pricing is not published; only a 30-day free trial is offered
How Gitea markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on Gitea’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“Private, Fast, Reliable DevOps Platform”
- Angle: Open source / ownership
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Gitea’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
API quality
Public API surface: machine-readable spec, official SDKs, documented auth, errors, rate limits and versioning.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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Where this comes from
The Gitea pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.
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