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GiteavsMintHCM

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

GiteaMintHCM
Score89/10051/100
Rank in category#1 of 14 in Code Hosting#6 of 9 in Human Resource Management (HRM)
GitHub stars58 745439
Stars, last 30 days+605—
Stable releases, 12 months178
Latest releasev28.2.0 · 18 Oct 20264.3.5 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageGoPHP

Which one should you pick?

Gitea scores 89/100 against 51/100 for MintHCM, so it is the safer default.

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

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

Gitea is growing faster right now (+605 stars in 30 days).

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