What's the best self-hosted git hosting?

Our top pick is Gitea: Lightweight Go binary. Issues, PRs, wiki, actions, packages. Sips RAM.

Is self-hosted git hosting hard to deploy?

Most picks ship as Docker containers and deploy on any VPS in under 30 minutes. Specific options vary in complexity — see each pick's notes.

Self-host · own your data

Run your own git server with issues, PRs, releases, and CI. Open-source alternatives to GitHub for code sovereignty.

Lightest weightMIT

Lightweight Go binary. Issues, PRs, wiki, actions, packages. Sips RAM.

Community-ledMIT

Community-led Gitea fork. 99% feature-compatible.

Full DevOps stackMIT

Full DevOps platform: git + CI/CD + registry + monitoring.

Lifetime members get deep curator takes per repo + 13 stack bundles. ₹99 once.