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Gitea on VPS

Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service (Git hosting)

GitHub stars
58663
License
MIT
Docker
Yes
GPU
Not required

Requirements

Minimum and recommended VPS specs

Badges are attached to each value. An estimate is never presented as an official project requirement.

Gitea hardware requirements
ResourceMinimumRecommended
RAM1GB Official2GB Estimated
CPU2 Official2 Estimated
Disk10GB EstimatedNot stated Not stated

Disk figures describe the application footprint recorded in the dataset. Personal media, documents, backups and other user data can require substantially more storage.

RunOnVPS sizing suggestion

Suggested VPS tier

2 GB RAM tier

This is our sizing suggestion, derived from Gitea’s recommended RAM of 2GB. It is not an official requirement and it does not guarantee that every workload, plug-in set or media library will fit comfortably.

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Deployment

Docker & GPU

Docker support: Yes

GPU: Not required

Check the source notes below before assuming a GPU, transcoding workload or machine-learning feature is included in the baseline deployment.

Commercial alternative

What it can replace

GitHub

Gitea is catalogued here as a self-hosted alternative to GitHub. Feature parity varies, so compare your required workflow before migrating.

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Important notes

Stars/license checked 2026-10-24. Official docs System Requirements: '2 CPU cores and 1GB RAM is typically sufficient for small teams/projects' and a Raspberry Pi 3 is powerful enough for small workloads — min_ram/min_cpu are official (small-team口径). 官方未标明磁盘及更高推荐配置,为估算. Official docs include Installation with Docker.

Data source: https://docs.gitea.com/

Project repository: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea