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gitbucketvsGitness

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

gitbucketGitness
Score68/10080/100
Rank in category#5 of 14 in Code Hosting#2 of 14 in Code Hosting
GitHub stars9 41838 745
Stars, last 30 days+15+318
Stable releases, 12 months66
Latest release4.48.0 · 20 Sept 2026v2.28.2 · 20 Apr 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageScalaGo

Which one should you pick?

Gitness scores 80/100 against 68/100 for gitbucket, so it is the safer default.

Gitness is growing faster right now (+318 stars in 30 days).

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