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Giteavsscratch-map

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

Giteascratch-map
Score89/10049/100
Rank in category#1 of 14 in Code Hosting#10 of 12 in Maps
GitHub stars58 751411
Stars, last 30 days+611—
Stable releases, 12 months170
Latest releasev28.2.0 · 18 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageGoJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Gitea scores 89/100 against 49/100 for scratch-map, so it is the safer default.

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

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

Gitea is growing faster right now (+611 stars in 30 days).

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