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Gitea vs Woodpecker CI
Woodpecker CI is an open-source CI engine; Gitea includes CI plus Git hosting and more.
Which to pick
Pick Gitea if you want…
- All-in-one self-hosted Git and CI/CD platform
- Integrations with Slack, Discord or MS Teams (on Gitea's list, not Woodpecker CI's)
Pick Woodpecker CI if you want…
- Simple, Docker-based CI pipelines
- Open-source CI/CD engine
- A free, open-source tool
- Integrations with Docker (on Woodpecker CI's list, not Gitea's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Gitea:Self-hosted Git service with code hosting, code review, issue tracking, packages and built-in CI/CD.
- Woodpecker CI:Woodpecker CI is an open-source, container-based CI/CD engine for building pipelines.
- Best for
- Gitea:All-in-one self-hosted Git and CI/CD platform
- Woodpecker CI:Simple, Docker-based CI pipelines
- Who it’s for
- Gitea:Developers and teams needing a self-hosted Git platform with CI/CD and package registry.
- Woodpecker CI:Developers and teams needing self-hosted CI/CD pipelines.
- Pricing
- Gitea:Freemium
- Woodpecker CI:Free
- Plans
- Gitea:Open Source Free
- Woodpecker CI:—
- Open source
- Gitea:Yes, 58,252 GitHub stars
- Woodpecker CI:Yes, 7,939 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Gitea:Slack, Discord, MS Teams, Lark, GitHub Actions, Drone, Woodpecker, Argo CD
- Woodpecker CI:Docker
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.
Woodpecker CI features
- Open-source and free. The engine is fully open-source and always free to use.
- Docker container execution. Runs each pipeline step inside Docker containers for isolation.
- Extensible plugins. Create custom plugins to extend pipeline capabilities beyond standard images.
- Multiple workflows. Define several workflows per project, with dependencies between them.
- Self-hostable. Can be deployed on any infrastructure you control.
Gitea vs Woodpecker CI FAQ
Is Gitea or Woodpecker CI free?+
Gitea has a free plan (Open Source) and paid plans. Woodpecker CI is free.
Is Gitea or Woodpecker CI open source?+
Yes, both are open source: Gitea (go-gitea/gitea on GitHub, MIT license) and Woodpecker CI (woodpecker-ci/woodpecker on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license).
Do Gitea and Woodpecker CI integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Gitea lists Slack, Discord, MS Teams, Lark and 7 more; Woodpecker CI lists Docker.
On DevHunt
Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.