Gitblit vs Azure Repos: What are the differences?

Developers describe Gitblit as "Pure Java Git solution for managing, viewing, and serving Git repositories". Gitblit is an open source, pure Java Git solution for managing, viewing, and serving Git repositories. It can serve repositories over the GIT, HTTP, and SSH transports; it can authenticate against multiple providers; and it allows you to get up-and-running with an attractive, capable Git server in less than 5 minutes. On the other hand, Azure Repos is detailed as "Get unlimited, cloud-hosted Git repositories for your project". It is a set of version control tools that you can use to manage your code. Get unlimited private Git repository hosting and support across all scales, from a single hobby project for TFVC to the world's largest repository.

Gitblit and Azure Repos can be primarily classified as "Code Collaboration & Version Control" tools.

Gitblit is an open source tool with 1.73K GitHub stars and 600 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Gitblit's open source repository on GitHub.

According to the StackShare community, Gitblit has a broader approval, being mentioned in 3 company stacks & 15 developers stacks; compared to Azure Repos, which is listed in 3 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.