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go-gitea/gitea

Gitea is a self-hosted Git service that manages repositories, issues, and code search. It supports a wide range of package registries, including container images, Go, and various Linux distributions. The system provides comprehensive CI/CD capabilities through GitHub Actions, with support for workflow parsing, job execution, and log storage. Additionally, it offers robust authentication methods, including LDAP, OAuth2, and WebAuthn, alongside extensive Docker and deployment tooling for production use.

67.0

Adequate · 29 July 2026

328k

lines of production code

Go

with TypeScript

7

bus factor · 1,764 authors in all

3

measurements over time

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How it got here

2014–2019 · Architecture modernization and infrastructure expansion

This period focused on modernizing the codebase's architecture by modularizing settings, routing, and various utility packages, while significantly expanding infrastructure support for Docker, SSH, and external authentication. The team also upgraded the frontend build system to Vite, replaced the Markdown parser with Goldmark, and introduced new capabilities like PAM and reCAPTCHA support.

63 changes

2020–2022 · Modular architecture and package registry

This period focused on restructuring the codebase into a modular architecture, particularly within the models and modules directories, while introducing a comprehensive package registry supporting formats like Docker, NuGet, and Helm. The work also included significant improvements to the UI, security hardening, and the addition of new features such as passkey authentication and advanced issue tracking.

86 changes

2023–2024 · Search, Actions, and Package Registry expansion

This period focused on expanding Gitea's core capabilities by introducing a modular Actions system for workflow automation and a comprehensive code search backend supporting multiple engines like Elasticsearch and Meilisearch. The team also significantly broadened package registry support to include Alpine, Arch Linux, and Go, while implementing distributed locking and SSH-based LFS transfer to improve scalability and security.

57 changes

2025–2026 · modularization and feature expansion

This period focused on refactoring the codebase into a more modular structure, introducing new modules for Git attributes, globbing, and model migrations. Concurrently, significant features were added, including Terraform package support, Jupyter notebook rendering, and GitHub Actions job parsing, alongside improvements to the web editor and commit status handling.

17 changes

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  • The description of this project is derived from its own commit history, not from its README.
  • The score is its highest published measurement, taken on 29 July 2026 at a pinned commit. It is not a live figure and does not change until the project is measured again.
  • Measured at commit 43390e802c — the exact code this score is about.
  • Scored under rubric rubric-2026.08.18. Score the same commit under that rubric and you get the same number.
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