Gitea vs OneDev
Gitea and OneDev are both git hosting software. Gitea is open source under MIT, with 59k GitHub stars. OneDev is open source under MIT, with 15k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Gitea when
- You want a self-hosted GitHub alternative that runs on a small server with little maintenance.
- Pick OneDev when
- A team wants an all-in-one GitLab alternative that is lighter to run.
Side by side
A lightweight self-hosted Git service with repositories, pull requests, issues, wikis, a package registry and Actions CI compatible with GitHub Actions workflows.
A self-hosted Git server with code review, CI/CD, issue boards, package registries and a wiki in one Java application.
Gitea is now steered by a company, Gitea Ltd, which prompted the Forgejo fork; check which governance you prefer.
Mostly developed by one person, and some features are in the paid enterprise edition.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server (both)
Go, TypeScript, Vue, PostgreSQL and SQLite
Java and JavaScript
Open source, MIT (permissive) (both)
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice. (both)
59k GitHub stars
15k GitHub stars
Established: started 10 years ago, latest release v28.3.0.
Established: started 8 years ago, latest release v17.0.2.
Other comparisons
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.