Gogs vs Redmine
| Tagline | Minimal painless self-hosted Git service written in Go | Veteran open-source project management and issue tracking with Gantt and wiki |
| Category | Project Management & Kanban | Project Management & Kanban |
| Replaces | GitHub, GitLab | Jira, Basecamp |
| GitHub stars | 48k | 6k |
| Language | Go | Ruby |
| License | MIT | GPL-2.0 |
| Self-host difficulty | 2/5 Easy | 4/5 Involved |
| Deploy options | Docker Manual | Docker Docker Compose Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 10 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.
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
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 Gogs if you want the lower-effort setup; choose Gogs for the larger community and ecosystem. Redmine has seen more recent development. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.
Redmine
Veteran open-source project management and issue tracking with Gantt and wiki