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GiteavsPgHero

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

GiteaPgHero
Score89/10066/100
Rank in category#1 of 14 in Code Hosting#1 of 2 in Performance monitoring
GitHub stars58 7428 942
Stars, last 30 days+602+12
Stable releases, 12 months170
Latest releasev28.2.0 · 18 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageGoRuby

Which one should you pick?

Gitea scores 89/100 against 66/100 for PgHero, so it is the safer default.

Gitea ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for PgHero.

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

Gitea is growing faster right now (+602 stars in 30 days).

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