Limits, pricing history. Catalogue date July 2026. Last updated 2026-09-26.
Gitea's free tier offers Free OSS (MIT). Lightweight self-hosted Git service… We rate it stable. The one record we hold was our own error and has been withdrawn.
The day we last read the vendor's page. Our last read of it, on 2026-09-26, found the page different from the terms we hold. We hold no confirmation of the terms we publish — the 2026-07-28 beside this date is not one we can source to a read that confirmed them.
We read that on 2026-09-26 from https://about.gitea.com/, and our check recorded: the page names Gitea as "gitea" and states amounts, none of which we matched to the terms we publish. A source check reads the cited page for the service's name and a price; the limits above are from our own record.
When You'll Outgrow Gitea's Free Tier
When your usage exceeds the free tier limits, you'll need to upgrade.
Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-26). The free OSS tier still exists. Gitea now prominently offers Gitea Cloud and Gitea Enterprise with 30-day free trials. Retracted 2026-09-26: Gitea did not add a tier. Its site offered Gitea Cloud with a 30-day free trial in the Internet Archive's capture of 2026-02-02 ("Try Gitea Cloud free for 30 days"), before our catalogue text was written; the reading compared the page with our text, which left Gitea Cloud out. The free open-source edition is unchanged. Source ↗
After: Gitea Cloud is a fully managed Gitea service with a 30-day free trial. It is designed for teams that want speed, support, and low operational overhead.
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Gitea's free tier is considered stable. The one record we hold was our own error and has been withdrawn. See the pricing history below.
Is Gitea's free tier good for production?
Gitea's free tier can be suitable for small production workloads and side projects. We rate it stable and it offers Free OSS (MIT). Lightweight self-hosted Git service…, so it's a reasonable starting point. The one record we hold was our own error and has been withdrawn. Monitor your usage against the limits and have an upgrade plan ready.
What changed in Gitea's pricing?
The one record we hold was our own error and has been withdrawn.
When will I outgrow Gitea's free tier?
When your usage exceeds the free tier limits, you'll need to upgrade. When you outgrow the free tier, evaluate paid plans against alternatives — sometimes a competitor's free tier covers what you need.
What category is Gitea in?
Gitea is categorized under Source Control on AgentDeals.
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