# Gitea/Forgejo: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/gitea-forgejo

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Source control hosting](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/source-control-hosting/index.md) | 0% | 11 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose Gitea or Forgejo when self-hosting, cost control, and open governance matter most." (Perplexity Sonar, Source control)
- "Self-hosted, lightweight → Gitea if you want minimal overhead" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Source control)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Gitea/Forgejo, from 4 of the 4 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- guptadeepak.com: 4
- dev.to: 3
- en.wikipedia.org: 3
- g2.com: 3
- about.gitlab.com: 2
- git-tower.com: 2
- github.com: 2
- oqtacore.com: 2
- toolradar.com: 2
- activepieces.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://guptadeepak.com/tools/top-5-git-hosting-platforms-2026: 4
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_source-code-hosting_facilities: 3
- https://about.gitlab.com/compare/gitlab-vs-github/github-azure-migration: 2
- https://g2.com/categories/version-control-hosting/small-business: 2
- https://git-tower.com/learn/git/ebook/en/desktop-gui/tools-services/code-hosting: 2
- https://oqtacore.com/blog/github-alternatives-for-enterprise-teams-a-2026-comparison: 2
- https://about.gitlab.com/get-started/enterprise: 1
- https://about.gitlab.com/platform: 1

## In its own words

What Gitea/Forgejo's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Private, Fast, Reliable DevOps Platform (https://gitea.com/)
- For: teams and developers (https://gitea.com/)
- Price stated: Free; $9.5$19*/user/month (https://gitea.com/)
- Starting price: Free (https://gitea.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Start your 30-day free trial (https://gitea.com/)
- Integrations claimed: 20000 (https://gitea.com/)

## What it publishes

Every page gitea.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 53 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 36 pages, 4 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-29
- news or press: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-08-29 blog: Release of 1.27.3 https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.3/
- Recent: 2026-08-14 blog: Release of 1.27.2 https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.2/
- Recent: 2026-07-27 blog: Release of 1.27.1 https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.1/
- Recent: 2026-07-12 blog: Release of 1.27.0 https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.0/
- Recent: 2026-01-22 blog: Release of 1.25.4 https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.4/
- Recent: 2025-12-18 blog: Release of 1.25.3 https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.3/

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.