# Gitea vs grafana

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

| | Gitea | grafana |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 89/100 | 90/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #1 of 14 in Code Hosting | #1 of 104 in Monitoring & observability |
| GitHub stars | 58 745 | 77 569 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +605 | +695 ✓ |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 17 | 53 ✓ |
| Latest release | v28.2.0 · 18 Oct 2026 | v13.2.5 · 27 Oct 2026 ✓ |
| Setup | Moderate | Moderate ✓ |
| Official Docker image | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Main language | Go | Typescript |

## Which one should you pick?

grafana scores 90/100 against 89/100 for Gitea, so it is the safer default.

grafana ships more often: 53 stable releases in the past year, against 17 for Gitea.

## Details

- [Gitea](https://selfhost.directory/project/gitea) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/gitea.md)
- [grafana](https://selfhost.directory/project/grafana) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/grafana.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/gitea-vs-grafana