Portainer vs Gitea
Detailed comparison to help you choose the right tool for your needs
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Portainer
Container management platform for Docker and Kubernetes
4.6
Editorial RatingG
Gitea
Painless self-hosted Git service — lightweight GitHub alternative
4.4
Editorial RatingQuick Comparison
Rating
4.6
vs4.4
Starting Price
Free
vsFree
Pricing Model
freemium
vsfree
Feature
Portainer
Gitea
Container management
Stack deployment
User management
Registry access
Environment management
Git hosting
Issue tracking
CI/CD Actions
Package registry
Code review
Low resource usage
Portainer Pros
- Simple Docker management
- Great free tier
- Easy setup
- Active development
Portainer Cons
- Limited free tier nodes
- Some features business-only
- Can be slow with many containers
Gitea Pros
- Extremely lightweight — runs on a Raspberry Pi
- GitHub-compatible CI/CD Actions
- Easy single-binary install
- Active community
Gitea Cons
- Smaller ecosystem than GitHub/GitLab
- Fewer built-in DevOps features
- No cloud-hosted option from Gitea team