BookStack vs gitea

BookStack and gitea share 4 technologies: Redis, CodeMirror, sortablejs, and @lezer/highlight. BookStack is written in PHP and gitea in Go.

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What they share and what sets them apart

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go-gitea

gitea

Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD

Go58.9kRead on November 5, 2026, at commit 565f1b7What is gitea built with?

Only in gitea

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SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
BookStack269,505 lines written1,954 code files
gitea564,991 lines written2,821 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
BookStack0% of its commits signed by AI
gitea1.5% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Codex
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
BookStackLast push November 5, 20264,853 commits19,129 stars
giteaLast push November 5, 202620,898 commits58,901 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
BookStack221 test files8.6% of its code files have a test that imports them
gitea1,193 test files47.6% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, BookStack or gitea?
gitea, with 564,991 lines written; BookStack has 269,505.

The proof: go-gitea/gitea's code at commit 565f1b7

Which has more GitHub stars, BookStack or gitea?
gitea, with 58,901 stars; BookStack has 19,129.

The proof: go-gitea/gitea on GitHub

Which has more tests, BookStack or gitea?
gitea, with 1,193 test files; BookStack has 221.

The proof: go-gitea/gitea's code at commit 565f1b7

Which was updated more recently, BookStack or gitea?
Both got their last push on November 5, 2026.

The proof: go-gitea/gitea's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, BookStack or gitea?
gitea: an AI signed 1.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Codex.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in go-gitea/gitea

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