📄️ Compared to other Git hosting
To help decide if Gitea is suited for your needs, here is how it compares to other Git self hosted options.
📄️ Database Preparation
You need a database to use Gitea. Gitea supports PostgreSQL (>=10), MySQL (>=5.7), SQLite, and MSSQL (>=2008R2 SP3). This page will guide into preparing database. Only PostgreSQL and MySQL will be covered here since those database engines are widely-used in production.
📄️ Installation from binary
All downloads come with SQLite, MySQL and PostgreSQL support, and are built with
📄️ Installation from package
Alpine Linux
📄️ Installation from source
You should install go and set up your go
📄️ Run as Linux service
You can run Gitea as service, using either systemd or supervisor. The steps below tested on Ubuntu 16.04, but those should work on any Linux distributions (with little modification).
📄️ Register as a Windows Service
Prerequisites
📄️ Installation with Docker (rootless)
Gitea provides automatically updated Docker images within its Docker Hub organization. It is
📄️ Installation with Docker
Gitea provides automatically updated Docker images within its Docker Hub organization. It is
📄️ Install on Kubernetes
Gitea provides a Helm Chart to allow for installation on kubernetes.
📄️ Installation on Cloud Provider
Cloudron
📄️ Upgrade from an old Gitea
To update Gitea, download a newer version, stop the old one, perform a backup, and run the new one.
📄️ Upgrade from Gogs
Gogs, version 0.9.146 and older, can be easily migrated to Gitea.