Gitea vs Redmine
| Tagline | Painless self-hosted Git service with code review, CI/CD, and package registry | Veteran open-source project management and issue tracking with Gantt and wiki |
| Category | Project Management & Kanban | Project Management & Kanban |
| Replaces | GitHub, GitLab, Jira | Jira, Basecamp |
| GitHub stars | 57k | 6k |
| Language | Go | Ruby |
| License | MIT | GPL-2.0 |
| Self-host difficulty | 2/5 Easy | 4/5 Involved |
| Deploy options | Docker Docker Compose Kubernetes Manual | Docker Docker Compose Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 2 days ago | 3 days ago |
| View repo | View repo |
Where each falls short
The honest trade-offs — what you give up with each, versus the proprietary tools they replace.
Gitea
- Advanced Jira-style sprint planning, roadmaps, and velocity charts are absent
- No native real-time pair-programming or live collaboration tools
- Gitea Actions ecosystem is smaller than GitHub Actions; fewer third-party action integrations
- Enterprise SSO (SAML, advanced LDAP group sync) requires extra configuration effort
Redmine
- Dated UI compared to modern tools like Linear or Jira
- Many capabilities require third-party plugins of varying quality
- Manual setup (Ruby, database, web server) is non-trivial
- No official mobile apps or managed hosting
Bottom line
Choose Gitea if you want the lower-effort setup; choose Gitea for the larger community and ecosystem. Gitea has seen more recent development. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.