Reviews praise Gitea for being lightweight, fast, and easy to self‑host, with a clean interface and low resource needs that suit small teams and NAS setups. Users value its straightforward repo management, secure local workflows, and handy package registry, noting painless setup and reliability. Makers of
highlight seamless support for self‑hosted instances and Codeberg. Makers of
call it the backbone of their git infrastructure. Makers of
credit it for enabling smooth, self‑managed development. One dissent exists but is outweighed by consistent enthusiasm.