Gitea Has a Free Self-Hosted Git Platform — Like GitHub but on Your Own Server With 40MB RAM

Gitea Is GitHub on Your Own Server — Uses Just 40MB RAM

GitHub costs $4/user/month for private repos with advanced features. GitLab needs 4GB RAM minimum. Gitea runs on a Raspberry Pi with 40MB.

What Gitea Includes

• Git hosting — repos, branches, tags, releases
• Pull requests — review, merge, CI status checks
• Issues — labels, milestones, boards
• CI/CD — Gitea Actions (GitHub Actions compatible!)
• Packages — npm, Docker, Maven, PyPI registries
• Wiki — per-repository documentation
• OAuth2 — provider and consumer

Install

# Docker (recommended)
docker run -d --name=gitea \
  -p 3000:3000 -p 2222:22 \
  -v gitea_data:/data \
  gitea/gitea:latest

# Or single binary
wget https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/1.22/gitea-1.22-linux-amd64
chmod +x gitea-*
./gitea-* web

Gitea vs GitHub/GitLab

Feature	Gitea	GitHub	GitLab
Self-hosted	Yes	Enterprise only	Yes
RAM usage	40MB	N/A	4GB+
CI/CD	Actions	Actions	Built-in
Cost	Free	$4/user+	Free CE
Package registry	Yes	Yes	Yes
Setup time	2 min	N/A	30 min

Why Gitea

1. Lightweight — runs on tiny servers, RPi, VPS
2. GitHub Actions compatible — reuse existing workflows
3. Fast — Go binary, instant page loads
4. Simple — works out of the box, minimal config
5. MIT license — truly free, no enterprise upsell traps

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