📄️ 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 (>= 12), MySQL (>= 8.0), MariaDB (>= 10.4), SQLite (builtin), and MSSQL (>= 2012 SP4). This page will guide into preparing database. Only PostgreSQL and MySQL will be covered here since those database engines are widely-used in production. If you plan to use SQLite, you can ignore this chapter.
📄️ Installation from binary
All downloads come with SQLite, MySQL and PostgreSQL support, and are built with
📄️ Installation from Package
Official packages
📄️ Installation from source
You should install go and set up your go
📄️ Run as a Linux service
You can run Gitea as a Linux 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)
Relation to rootful image
📄️ 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
Follow below steps to ensure a smooth upgrade to a new Gitea version.