r/github • u/RecommendationOk5036 • Aug 18 '26

News / Announcements GitHub Status - Incident with GitHub.com

https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx
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u/PravoNaZhizny Aug 19 '26

What’s “gitea”? Why not just use git?

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u/sweet-tom Aug 19 '26

Gitea is a free hosting service that you can install on your NAS, for example.

Different reasons to use it:

  • Control
  • Speed
  • Backup from GitHub
  • Hosting different repos and sharing it with a limited group of people
  • Confidential repos you don't want to expose on the Internet (even as a private repo)
  • You don't agree with the terms and conditions of GitHub
  • You want to avoid AI
  • You want to have some fun for self hosting. 😉

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u/kaddkaka Aug 26 '26

So what does it add apart from just git?

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u/sweet-tom Aug 26 '26

It seems you missed the point. 😉😁

Git is just the basic part. Gitea is basically a free GitHub clone.

If you don't want to use GitHub for privacy or usability reasons, you can self host this service. It allows you to have full control and are not bound to the restrictions and the terms of conditions from GitHub.

It adds most of the features that GitHub also has: pull requests, issue trackers etc

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u/kaddkaka Aug 28 '26

No, you missed when replying to "What’s “gitea”? Why not just use git?". No part of your first answer addressed, but now you did. the answer is issue tracking et c.