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Gitea vs GitHub
Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.
At a glanceGiteaGitHub
- Pricing
- Open source
- $4/seat/mo (Team)
- Pricing model
- Open source
- Freemium
- Founded
- —
- 2008
- Location
- —
- —
- Bootstrapped
- —
- —
- Open source
- Yes
- —
- Category
- —
- Code & Git Hosting
- Indie alternatives
- 0
- 5
- Founders
- —
- Tom Preston-Werner, Chris Wanstrath, PJ Hyett, Scott Chacon
Key differences
Funding
Gitea is bootstrapped / open source; GitHub is venture-backed.
Open source
Gitea is open source; GitHub is closed source.
Indie alternatives
Gitea has 0 curated indie alternatives in our directory; GitHub has 5.
Differences are derived directly from the data on each tool's page. Empty fields mean we haven't verified a value yet — never that one tool lacks the capability.
Founder of Gitea
No founder details documented yet.
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