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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.

Features include:

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

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