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GitHub Enterprise vs Gitea: What are the differences?

Introduction

GitHub Enterprise and Gitea are both version control systems that allow teams to collaborate on code. While they have some similarities, there are several key differences between them.

  1. Scalability: GitHub Enterprise is designed for enterprise-level organizations with larger teams and complex workflows. It offers advanced features and can handle a high volume of users and repositories. On the other hand, Gitea is lightweight and more suitable for smaller teams or individual developers.

  2. Cost: GitHub Enterprise is a commercial product and requires a license to use. The pricing depends on the number of users and repositories, and it can be expensive for larger organizations. Gitea, on the other hand, is open source and completely free to use. This makes it a more cost-effective option for small teams or businesses with budget constraints.

  3. Customizability: GitHub Enterprise provides extensive customization options, allowing organizations to tailor it to their specific needs. It offers integration with various third-party tools and services, such as project management or continuous integration tools. Gitea, while also customizable, has fewer integrations available and may not offer the same level of flexibility.

  4. Security: GitHub Enterprise offers advanced security features, including enterprise-level authentication and access controls. It also provides security auditing and monitoring tools to ensure the safety of sensitive code. Gitea, while having some security features, may not be as robust in comparison, especially for organizations with stricter security requirements.

  5. Support and Documentation: GitHub Enterprise offers comprehensive support and documentation, including access to GitHub's extensive knowledge base and community forums. It also provides enterprise-level support for customers. Gitea, being an open-source project, may have limited official support options. However, there is an active community that can provide assistance and guidance.

  6. Platform Compatibility: GitHub Enterprise is compatible with various platforms, including Windows, macOS, and Linux. It also integrates well with other GitHub services and tools. Gitea, while also compatible with multiple platforms, may have less extensive integration options and may require additional configuration for certain platforms.

In Summary, GitHub Enterprise is a scalable and customizable solution suitable for large organizations with more complex needs and budgets, while Gitea is a lightweight and cost-effective option for smaller teams or individual developers.

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Eric Seibert
DevOps at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · | 6 upvotes · 434.9K views
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We are using a Bitbucket server, and due to migration efforts and new Atlassian community license changes, we need to move to a new self-hosted solution. The new data-center license for Atlassian, available in February, will be community provisioned (free). Along with that community license, other technologies will be coming with it (Crucible, Confluence, and Jira). Is there value in a paid-for license to get the GitHub Enterprise? Are the tools that come with it worth the cost?

I know it is about $20 per 10 seats, and we have about 300 users. Have other convertees to Microsoft's tools found it easy to do a migration? Is the toolset that much more beneficial to the free suite that one can get from Atlassian?

So far, free seems to be the winner, and the familiarization with Atlassian implementation and maintenance is understood. Going to GitHub, are there any distinct challenges to be found or any perks to be attained?

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These are pretty competitive, and to recommend one over the other would require understanding your usage. Also, what other tools you use: for instance, what do you use for Issue-tracking, or for build pipelines. In your case, since you are already using Bitbucket, the question would be: do you have any current pain-points? And, on the other hand, do you already use Atlassian's JIRA, where you'd benefit from the tight integration? So, though I would not recommend one over the other just in general,. But, if Bitbucket fulfills your current use-cases, then there seems to be little motivation to move.

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Decisions about Gitea and GitHub Enterprise
Kamaleshwar BN
Senior Software Engineer at Pulley · | 8 upvotes · 654.6K views

Out of most of the VCS solutions out there, we found Gitlab was the most feature complete with a free community edition. Their DevSecops offering is also a very robust solution. Gitlab CI/CD was quite easy to setup and the direct integration with your VCS + CI/CD is also a bonus. Out of the box integration with major cloud providers, alerting through instant messages etc. are all extremely convenient. We push our CI/CD updates to MS Teams.

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Pros of Gitea
Pros of GitHub Enterprise
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    Self-hosted
  • 16
    Lightweight
  • 15
    Free
  • 12
    Simple
  • 9
    Easy Setup
  • 9
    Multiple code maintainers
  • 6
    Pull requests and code reviews
  • 5
    Import existing git repositories
  • 5
    Squash and Merge is supported
  • 5
    Written in Go
  • 4
    Nice gui
  • 3
    Run in Raspberry Pi
  • 2
    Community-fork of Gogs
  • 2
    LDAP Support
  • 1
    Richable Packages
  • 1
    Gitea Actions(Github compatible)
  • 4
    Expensive - $$$
  • 2
    Code security
  • 2
    CDCI with Github Actions
  • 1
    Both Cloud and Enterprise Server Versions available
  • 1
    Draft Pull Request
  • 0
    User experience

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Cons of Gitea
Cons of GitHub Enterprise
  • 3
    Community-fork of Gogs
  • 0
    Easy Windows authentication is not supported
  • 2
    $$$

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What is Gitea?

Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD. It published under the MIT license.

What is GitHub Enterprise?

GitHub Enterprise lets developers use the tools they love across the development process with support for popular IDEs, continuous integration tools, and hundreds of third party apps and services.

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What are some alternatives to Gitea and GitHub Enterprise?
Gogs
The goal of this project is to make the easiest, fastest and most painless way to set up a self-hosted Git service. With Go, this can be done in independent binary distribution across ALL platforms that Go supports, including Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.
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Phabricator
Phabricator is a collection of open source web applications that help software companies build better software.
Bitbucket
Bitbucket gives teams one place to plan projects, collaborate on code, test and deploy, all with free private Git repositories. Teams choose Bitbucket because it has a superior Jira integration, built-in CI/CD, & is free for up to 5 users.
GitHub
GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
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