Gogs
Minimal self-hosted Git service distributed as a single Go binary
In our rankings
Scores on the self-hosted git servers criteria
Evaluated Nov 5, 2026- Install effort ×3 5
5/5 means: One self-contained binary with a built-in database (such as SQLite), so nothing else has to be installed.
Distributed as an independent binary or a Docker container, and SQLite3 is among the supported databases, so no database server is needed.
3 quotes - Built-in CI/CD ×3 1
1/5 means: No built-in CI/CD; only webhooks that notify outside CI services.
No built-in CI/CD is listed; the README offers webhooks and lists Jenkins as a supported outside CI tool.
2 quotes - Code review and project tools ×2 3
3/5 means: Three of the five.
Issues, pull requests and a wiki are listed; project boards and a package registry are not.
1 quote - Hardware needs ×2 5
5/5 means: Documented to run in 512 MB of RAM or less.
Documents 512 MB of RAM as the baseline for a team and mentions users running it in 64 MB.
2 quotes
Evidence (10 quotes)
- 1
“With Go, this can be done with an independent binary distribution across all platforms that Go supports, including Linux, macOS, Windows and ARM-based systems.”
github.com/gogs/gogs · checked - 2
“Simple to install : Run the binary, or run as a Docker container.”
gogs.io/getting-started/introduction · checked - 3
“Rich database backend support, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite3 or any database backend that speaks one of those protocols.”
github.com/gogs/gogs · checked - 4
“Repository and organization webhooks, including Slack, Discord and Dingtalk.”
github.com/gogs/gogs · checked - 5
“Jenkins (CI)”
github.com/gogs/gogs · checked - 6
“Repository issues, pull requests, wiki, protected branches and collaboration.”
github.com/gogs/gogs · checked - 7
“A Raspberry Pi or $5 Digital Ocean Droplet is more than enough to get you started. Some even use 64MB RAM Docker CaaS.”
github.com/gogs/gogs · checked - 8
“2 CPU cores and 512MB RAM would be the baseline for teamwork.”
github.com/gogs/gogs · checked - 9
“Migrate and mirror repositories with wiki from other code hosts.”
github.com/gogs/gogs · checked - 10
“tag_name: v0.14.3, published_at: 2026-06-07T20:51:06Z”