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ard-kit vs Gitea
Gitea provides self-hosted Git hosting, not script discovery or search APIs.
ard-kitSelf-hosted Agentic Resource Discovery: catalogues local…
GiteaPainless self-hosted Git serviceWhich to pick
Pick ard-kit if you want…
- Local script catalog and search for AI agents
- A free, open-source tool
- Integrations with Python (on ard-kit's list, not Gitea's)
Pick Gitea if you want…
- All-in-one self-hosted Git and CI/CD platform
- Self-hosted Git service
- Integrations with Slack, Discord or MS Teams (on Gitea's list, not ard-kit's)
Side by side
- What it is
- ard-kit:Self-hosted tool that catalogs local scripts into an ai-catalog.json and serves a well-known manifest with a POST /search endpoint.
- Gitea:Self-hosted Git service with code hosting, code review, issue tracking, packages and built-in CI/CD.
- Best for
- ard-kit:Local script catalog and search for AI agents
- Gitea:All-in-one self-hosted Git and CI/CD platform
- Who it’s for
- ard-kit:Developers building AI agents that need offline script discovery and resource lookup.
- Gitea:Developers and teams needing a self-hosted Git platform with CI/CD and package registry.
- Pricing
- ard-kit:Open source
- Gitea:Freemium
- Plans
- ard-kit:—
- Gitea:Open Source Free
- Open source
- ard-kit:Yes
- Gitea:Yes, 58,252 GitHub stars
- Works with
- ard-kit:Python
- Gitea:Slack, Discord, MS Teams, Lark, GitHub Actions, Drone, Woodpecker, Argo CD
ard-kit features
- Script catalog generation. Scans specified directories and creates an ai-catalog.json of local scripts.
- Well-known manifest serving. Provides the specification’s well-known manifest over HTTP.
- POST /search endpoint. Accepts search queries to retrieve matching script entries.
- Standard-library only. Implemented using only Python’s standard library, no external dependencies.
- Self-hosted deployment. Runs locally without sending data to external services.
Gitea features
- Code hosting & review. Create, manage and review Git repositories with pull requests and branch protection.
- Integrated CI/CD. Gitea Actions runs workflows using GitHub-compatible YAML syntax and over 20 K plugins.
- Project management. Issue tracking, kanban boards, milestones, time tracking and dependencies.
- Package registry. Supports more than 20 public or private package types such as NPM, Maven, PyPI and Docker.
- Multi-platform deployment. Runs on Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD and Kubernetes with x86 and arm64 support.
- Enterprise features. SAML SSO, audit logs, Kubernetes auto-scaling runners and priority support in Enterprise plan.
ard-kit vs Gitea FAQ
Is ard-kit or Gitea free?+
ard-kit is free and open source. Gitea has a free plan (Open Source) and paid plans.
Is ard-kit or Gitea open source?+
Yes, both are open source: ard-kit and Gitea (go-gitea/gitea on GitHub, MIT license).
Do ard-kit and Gitea integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: ard-kit lists Python; Gitea lists Slack, Discord, MS Teams, Lark and 7 more.
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