Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/BookStackApp/BookStack/vs/go-gitea/gitea
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/BookStackApp/BookStack/vs/go-gitea/gitea.md
Description: BookStack and gitea share 4 technologies: Redis, CodeMirror, sortablejs, and @lezer/highlight. BookStack is written in PHP and gitea in Go.

# BookStack vs gitea

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

- [BookStackApp/BookStack](https://seerepo.com/r/BookStackApp/BookStack): NOW MANAGED ON CODEBERG
- [go-gitea/gitea](https://seerepo.com/r/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

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Redis, CodeMirror, sortablejs, @lezer/highlight
- Only in BookStack: Laravel, flysystem-aws-s3-v3, idb-keyval, AWS S3, snabbdom, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, microsoft-azure, laravel/socialite, socialiteproviders/discord, markdown-it, markdown-it-task-lists
- Only in gitea: Vite, Vue, chi, go-redis, go-sqlite3, pq, github.com/blevesearch/bleve/v2, github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2, github.com/syndtr/goleveldb, MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb, GitHub, MinIO, Tailwind CSS, tippy.js, Chart.js, codemirror-lang-elixir, cropperjs, Mermaid, Replit, Swagger, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/Azure/go-ntlmssp, github.com/pquerna/otp, github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3, github.com/yuin/goldmark, github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery, github.com/gorilla/feeds, github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday, golang.org/x/image, github.com/niklasfasching/go-org, js-yaml, katex, pdfobject, kin-openapi, github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6, Prometheus

## Side by side

| | BookStack | gitea |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 269,505 lines written, 1,954 code files | 564,991 lines written, 2,821 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Codex |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 4,853 commits, 19,129 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 20,898 commits, 58,901 stars |
| Tests | 221 test files. 8.6% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,193 test files. 47.6% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## 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](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/tree/565f1b7d52f79b5858eeb8255e9ba1b810dab0be)

### Which has more GitHub stars, BookStack or gitea?

gitea, with 58,901 stars; BookStack has 19,129.

The proof: [go-gitea/gitea on GitHub](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea)

### 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](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/tree/565f1b7d52f79b5858eeb8255e9ba1b810dab0be)

### 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](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/commits)

### 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](https://seerepo.com/r/go-gitea/gitea/ai)

## Sources

- BookStackApp/BookStack: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 0b6b667 (https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/tree/0b6b667e0d84ebb3406de6de9fadbf4230c29c0b)
- go-gitea/gitea: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 565f1b7 (https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/tree/565f1b7d52f79b5858eeb8255e9ba1b810dab0be)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.