# Gitea: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 30 judge labels across 1 category by 12 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/gitea

## 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% | 4 | 10% | 30 |

## What the models said for it

- "For critical/sensitive projects: Self-host using GitLab, Gitea, or Forgejo" (Kimi K2, Source control)
- "Choose Gitea/Forgejo only when minimizing subscription fees matters more than minimizing administrative work" (Perplexity Sonar, Source control)
- "A lightweight, self-hosted Git service that's free and open-source... though it requires server management" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Source control)
- "Self-host if possible (e.g., via Gitea, Forgejo, GitLab self-hosted, or SourceHut) for maximum control" (Grok 4.20, Source control)

## And against it

- "If you're self-hosting Gitea, exercise extreme caution." (Claude Haiku 4.5, Source control)
- "comes with operational risks... Only self-host if you have the dedicated engineering resources" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Source control)
- "Requires explicit admin action to disable forced merge; otherwise, admins can force merges" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Source control)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Gitea, from 62 of the 71 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 25
- github.com: 24
- hiraditya.github.io: 18
- en.wikipedia.org: 17
- toolradar.com: 17
- bitbucket.org: 15
- guptadeepak.com: 15
- gitprotect.io: 12
- ciopages.com: 9
- dev.to: 9

### Pages cited

- https://g2.com/categories/version-control-hosting/small-business: 18
- https://hiraditya.github.io/posts/where-should-your-code-live: 18
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_source-code-hosting_facilities: 15
- https://guptadeepak.com/tools/top-5-git-hosting-platforms-2026: 15
- https://bitbucket.org/product/code-repository: 14
- https://toolradar.com/best/version-control: 13
- https://github.com/pricing: 10
- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/source-code-management: 9

## In its own words

What Gitea'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: 30-day free trial (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.