Gitea is a free, open-source Bitbucket alternative for hosting code, reviewing changes and running builds. Bitbucket charges per user once your team outgrows the free plan; self-hosted Gitea has no per-user price.
| App | Good for | Code | Import from Bitbucket | Ease of use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gitea | Small teams that want private code hosting with reviews and builds | Code Open source | Import from Bitbucket Partly | Easy |
Bitbucket is Atlassian's Git hosting service, popular with teams that use Jira, with pull requests, Pipelines for builds and deployments, and close links to Atlassian's tools.
Teams look for an alternative because the free plan covers only up to 5 users, paid plans are charged per user, and Atlassian ended Bitbucket Server in February 2024, leaving the costlier Data Center edition as the only self-hosted option. A self-hosted Gitea keeps your code on your own server with no price per user.
Host your team's code and reviews on your own server.
A fast, light home for your Git repositories, with pull requests, reviews, issues, a wiki, releases and Actions for builds. It suits teams that want their code on their own server rather than in Atlassian's cloud.
Gitea's migration can copy any Git repository by its clone address, with its full history, branches and tags; use an app password from Bitbucket for private repositories. Bitbucket pull requests and Jira links do not carry over. Pipelines need rewriting as Gitea Actions workflows, which use the GitHub Actions format.
Gitea is the free, open-source alternative to Bitbucket for hosting code in the catalogue today. A fast, light home for your Git repositories, with pull requests, reviews, issues, a wiki, releases and Actions for builds. It suits teams that want their code on their own server rather than in Atlassian's cloud.
Not as closely as Bitbucket. You can link to Jira issues from commits and pull requests, but there is no built-in Jira integration. Gitea has its own issues and project boards.
Not directly. Pipelines are rewritten as Gitea Actions workflows, which run on a runner you connect.
Yes, the app is free. To run them you need Cloudgate and a server. Use hosted Cloudgate, which can also provide the server, or install Cloudgate on a server of your own for free. Cloudgate's plans and prices are at cloudgate.octabyte.io/pricing. One server can run several apps.
No. Cloudgate installs the app on your server and gives it a secure web address. You use it in your browser.
