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ExcaliDashvsGitea

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

ExcaliDashGitea
Score58/10089/100
Rank in category#3 of 9 in Whiteboarding#1 of 14 in Code Hosting
GitHub stars1 70158 747
Stars, last 30 days+120+607
Stable releases, 12 months817
Latest releasev0.6.6 · 22 Oct 2026v28.2.0 · 18 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseLGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

Gitea scores 89/100 against 58/100 for ExcaliDash, so it is the safer default.

Gitea ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for ExcaliDash.

If you want the quickest setup, ExcaliDash is easier to run; Gitea needs more configuration.

Gitea is growing faster right now (+607 stars in 30 days).

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