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Install gitea with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, Nix, pacman, scoop

Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service. Version 1.26.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-21.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gitea

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service

Commands and aliases

  • gitea

history

Project history and usage

Gitea is a self-hosted software development service written in Go. It combines Git hosting, code review, issues, pull requests, wiki, packages, project management, and Actions-style CI/CD in a single server that can run across the platforms supported by Go.

Project history

Gitea's code lineage includes early Gogs commits from 2014, and the Gitea project identity appears in repository history in 2016 as maintainers replaced Gogs branding and prepared the first 1.0 release. Version 1.0.0 was tagged in December 2016, giving the fork a stable release base under the Gitea name.

After the fork, Gitea broadened from lightweight Git hosting into an all-in-one development platform. The official README describes repository hosting, code management, review, issue tracking, kanban boards, wiki, packages, team collaboration, and CI/CD that can reuse GitHub Actions workflows.

Adoption history

Gitea became important in the self-hosting and package-manager world because it offered a compact alternative to large forge deployments. Its Go implementation, official container image, cross-platform binaries, and presence in major package managers made it easy to deploy on personal servers, small teams' infrastructure, and organizations that prefer owning their source-control service.

The project grew an ecosystem around the core server: official documentation, SDKs, the tea CLI, Gitea Runner, translation infrastructure, cloud offerings, and community-maintained extensions listed through awesome-gitea.

How it is used

Practitioners use Gitea as a private or public Git forge. Administrators configure the server through app.ini, run it as a binary, service, or container, and connect it to databases, SSH, reverse proxies, package registries, and Actions runners.

Developers interact with Gitea much like other Git forges: clone and push repositories, open issues and pull requests, manage releases, publish packages, write wiki pages, and define workflows for CI jobs.

Why package nerds care

Gitea is a favorite package-manager entry because one formula or system package can install an entire forge with a small operational footprint. It is often chosen by users who want GitHub-like collaboration without outsourcing the service or running a heavier enterprise stack.

Timeline

  • 2014: Early code lineage begins in the Gogs repository history.
  • 2016: Gitea branding and project identity appear in repository history.
  • 2016: v1.0.0 is tagged under the Gitea project.
  • 2023: Gitea Actions and the runner ecosystem make CI/CD a first-class part of the platform.
  • 2026: 1.26.x releases continue the established server release series.

Related projects

  • Gitea is related to Gogs through its origin, to Forgejo through later ecosystem divergence, and to tea, go-sdk, and Gitea Runner as official companion projects.

security posture

Risk level: orange

formula declares a Homebrew service.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

  • formula declares a Homebrew service

Signals

  • metadata:service

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Formula metadata declares a service or daemon block.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 3 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
$GITEA_CUSTOM/conf/app.inicustom/conf/app.ini

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
giteacliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version1.26.4
manager updated2026-06-21
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://about.gitea.com/

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gitea
Version1.26.4
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gitea
Homepagehttps://about.gitea.com/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/go-gitea/gitea
Upstream docshttps://docs.gitea.com/
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://dl.gitea.com/gitea/1.26.4/gitea-src-1.26.4.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-21T17:53:51Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesgo, node, yarn
Uses from macOSsqlite
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicedeclared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegitea
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

gitea

nix profile install nixpkgs#gitea
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gitea
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/gitea/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

gitea 1.25.4-r3

Self-hosted Git service written in Go

https://about.gitea.com/

sudo apk add gitea
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gitea
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gitea
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gitea from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gitea-doc 1.25.4-r3

Self-hosted Git service written in Go (documentation)

https://about.gitea.com/

sudo apk add gitea-doc
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gitea
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gitea
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gitea-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gitea-openrc 1.25.4-r3

Self-hosted Git service written in Go (OpenRC init scripts)

https://about.gitea.com/

sudo apk add gitea-openrc
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gitea
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gitea
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gitea-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
pacman95%

gitea 1.26.2-1

Painless self-hosted Git service, community managed.

https://gitea.io

sudo pacman -S gitea
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 dependencies
  • 9 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gitea
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: gitea from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
Chocolatey95%

gitea

choco install gitea
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gitea
Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: gitea from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','gawk'
Scoop95%

main/gitea

scoop install main/gitea
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gitea
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gitea.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • nodeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • yarnBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • forgejoShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-hosting, developer-tools, git, self-hosted.
  • glabShares av.db curated category or tags: ci-cd, cli, developer-tools, devops, git.
  • git-mobShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, collaboration, developer-tools, git, version-control.
  • mobShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, collaboration, developer-tools, git, version-control.
  • soft-serveShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, self-hosted, version-control.
  • aicommitShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment