We track 7 open-source GitHub alternatives, of which 4 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 5 ship a Docker image. Gitea leads on health at 99/100 with 517 commits in the last 90 days; across all 7 projects you are choosing between Apache-2.0, GPL-2.0, MIT.
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Top pick · highest health
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.
★ 58k · ⟳ today · v1.27.3 · MIT
All-In-One DevOps Platform. With Git Management, Issue Tracking, and CI/CD. Simple yet Powerful.
★ 15k · ⟳ yesterday · v16.6.3 · MIT
Painless self-hosted Git Service written in Go.
★ 48k · ⟳ 2 days ago · v0.14.3 · MIT
Git platform powered with easy installation, high extensibility & GitHub API compatibility (alternative to GitHub).
★ 9.4k · ⟳ today · 4.47.0 · Apache-2.0
Self Hosted Git repository management, code reviews, issue tracking, activity feeds and wikis.
★ 7.2k · ⟳ 3 days ago · v18.11.0 · MIT
A lightweight software forge focused on scaling, federation, and privacy (fork of Gitea).
MIT
Lightweight, powerful, and flexible git-centric forge with features laying the foundation for federated and decentralized development.
GPL-2.0
Gitea scores highest at 99/100, with 517 commits in the last 90 days, 58k GitHub stars and its latest release (v1.27.3) published 16 days ago. It is also the most active by raw commit count.
6 of 7 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): Gitea (MIT), OneDev (MIT), Gogs (MIT), gitbucket (Apache-2.0), GitLab (MIT), Forgejo (MIT). 1 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.
5 of 7 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Gitea, OneDev, GitLab, Forgejo, Pagure. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.