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Gitea

Lightweight, self-hosted Git service — a much smaller-footprint alternative to GitLab for teams that don't need its full DevOps suite.

Target: Any Docker hostDevOpsGit hostingOfficial homepage ↗Official docs ↗
This guide is synthesized from Gitea's own official documentation, linked above — always cross-check exact package/version names there before running these commands on a production server, since distro and project versions move over time.

  1. 1Run with Docker Compose

    Gitea's own docs recommend Docker Compose over a single docker run so the app and its database start together.

    mkdir gitea && cd gitea
    cat > docker-compose.yml <<EOF version: "3" services: server: image: gitea/gitea:latest environment: - USER_UID=1000 - USER_GID=1000 volumes: - ./data:/data ports: - "3000:3000" - "222:22" EOF
    docker compose up -d

  2. 2Finish setup

    Open http://your-server-ip:3000 and complete the initial configuration wizard.