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24 alternatives to Gitea

A painless self-hosted Git service

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Gitea launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Gitter – Chat for GitHub▲243

   2013 · gitter.im · its alternatives →

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   Gitter▲131

   free public chat rooms for open source projects on GitHub

   2014 · gitter.im · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Gitty 2▲68

   Everything you love about GitHub, right in your pocket.

   2014 · gittyapp.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Giselle▲498

   Build and run AI workflows. Open source.

   Dec 2025 · giselles.ai · its alternatives →

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   git:logs▲176

   The definitive list of open source resources on Github

   2016 · franksohakune.com · its alternatives →

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   GetGit▲85

   Simple Git hosting

   2019 · its alternatives →

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   Gitea Cloud▲5

   Comprehensive Platform for Hassle-free Git hosting

   2023 · about.gitea.com · its alternatives →

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   Gitsome▲118

   Supercharged Git/Shell autocompleter w/ GitHub integration

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Github Enterprise 2.0▲141

   A faster, more flexible GitHub Enterprise.

   2014 · enterprise.github.com · its alternatives →

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    gist.io, blogless writing for hackers▲286

    2012 · gist.io · its alternatives →

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    Gogs▲56

    A self-hosted Git service written in Go

    2014 · gogs.io · its alternatives →

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    Gitzero▲105

    Encrypted Git hosting for teams and enterprises.

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Gitea Cloud: A brand new platform for managed Gitea Instances▲41

    We are delighted to announce that Gitea Cloud is now officially released

    2023 · blog.gitea.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    GitLab▲226

    Open source alternative to GitHub

    2015 · about.gitlab.com · its alternatives →

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    Github▲216

    Build software better, together.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Octohub▲127

    The missing app for GitHub

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Atlassian Stash▲63

    On-premises Git source code management

    2014 · atlassian.com · its alternatives →

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    GitItBack▲117

    See how your company stacks up against competitors on GitHub

    2017 · netguru.com · its alternatives →

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    GitPoint▲92

    GitHub in your pocket

    2017 · gitpoint.co · its alternatives →

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    Freetime▲159

    GitHub open source project manager

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Gitern is a Git host for hackers▲112

    2020 · gitern.com · its alternatives →

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    GitMap▲69

    A location based job board powered only by GitHub

    2016 · idoco.github.io · its alternatives →

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    I'm working on an open-source self-hostable GitHub Gist▲62

    A self-hostable clone of GitHub Gist

    2022 · drift.maxleiter.com · its alternatives →

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    Slack Gitsin▲115

    A beautiful Slack command line interface

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →