Gitea vs SharePoint News Scroller

Gitea provides self-hosted Git services, unrelated to SharePoint news display.

Which to pick

What it is: Gitea:Self-hosted Git service with code hosting, code review, issue tracking, packages and built-in CI/CD.; SharePoint News Scroller:A SharePoint web part that adds a customizable scrolling news ticker to display live updates.
Best for: Gitea:All-in-one self-hosted Git and CI/CD platform; SharePoint News Scroller:Customizable scrolling news ticker for SharePoint
Who it’s for: Gitea:Developers and teams needing a self-hosted Git platform with CI/CD and package registry.; SharePoint News Scroller:SharePoint site owners and administrators who want dynamic news displays.
Pricing: Gitea:Freemium; SharePoint News Scroller:Free
Plans: Gitea:Open Source Free; SharePoint News Scroller:—
Open source: Gitea:Yes, 58,252 GitHub stars; SharePoint News Scroller:—
Works with: Gitea:Slack, Discord, MS Teams, Lark, GitHub Actions, Drone, Woodpecker, Argo CD; SharePoint News Scroller:—

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.

Customizable appearance. Adjust fonts, colors, size and layout to match site branding.
External link support. Add links to news items that point to external sites or documents.
Show news titles. Optionally display headlines alongside the scrolling text.
Direction & layout control. Choose vertical or horizontal scrolling and set number of visible items.
Sorting options. Sort news by created or modified date in ascending or descending order.
Height and styling sliders. Fine-tune scroller height, background, font color and size via sliders.

Is Gitea or SharePoint News Scroller free?+

Gitea has a free plan (Open Source) and paid plans. SharePoint News Scroller is listed as free on DevHunt.

Is Gitea or SharePoint News Scroller open source?+

Gitea is open source (go-gitea/gitea on GitHub, MIT license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for SharePoint News Scroller.

Gitea

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SharePoint News Scroller

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