Gogs vs Huly
| Tagline | Minimal painless self-hosted Git service written in Go | All-in-one project management, tracker, and team collaboration - a Linear/Jira alternative |
| Category | Project Management & Kanban | Project Management & Kanban |
| Replaces | Jira, Linear, Trello | Linear, Jira, Slack |
| GitHub stars | 48k | 26k |
| Language | Go | TypeScript |
| License | MIT | EPL-2.0 |
| Self-host difficulty | 2/5 Easy | 4/5 Involved |
| Deploy options | Docker Manual | Docker Docker Compose Kubernetes Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 2 days ago | today |
| View repo | View repo |
Where each falls short
The honest trade-offs — what you give up with each, versus the proprietary tools they replace.
Gogs
- No built-in CI/CD pipeline; relies on webhooks to external systems
- Code review and pull-request functionality is basic compared to GitHub or Gitea
- Plugin/extension ecosystem is very limited
- Development pace is slower than Gitea; some features lag behind by years
Huly
- Self-hosting the full multi-service architecture (MongoDB, MinIO, Elastic, transactors) is complex
- Documentation for self-hosting is sparse relative to its breadth
- Breadth over depth: individual modules are less mature than dedicated tools like Linear or Slack
- Self-hosted edition trails the managed cloud on some features
Bottom line
Choose Gogs if you want the lower-effort setup; choose Gogs for the larger community and ecosystem. Huly has seen more recent development. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.
Huly
All-in-one project management, tracker, and team collaboration - a Linear/Jira alternative