Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/ccfos/nightingale/vs/go-gitea/gitea
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/ccfos/nightingale/vs/go-gitea/gitea.md
Description: nightingale and gitea share 9 technologies: go-redis, pq, Redis, MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3, and Prometheus. Both are written in Go.

# nightingale vs gitea

nightingale and gitea share 9 technologies: go-redis, pq, Redis, MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3, and Prometheus. Both are written in Go.

- [ccfos/nightingale](https://seerepo.com/r/ccfos/nightingale): Open-source, self-hosted alerting for metrics, logs, and databases. Includes a built-in AI agent and MCP server.
- [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: go-redis, pq, Redis, MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3, Prometheus
- Only in nightingale: Gin, sarama, github.com/patrickmn/go-cache, ClickHouse, github.com/glebarez/sqlite, OpenSearch, TiDB, Kafka, MCP, gorm.io/gorm, gorm.io/driver/clickhouse, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt, github.com/coreos/go-oidc, github.com/mojocn/base64Captcha, Model Context Protocol, gopkg.in/gomail.v2, github.com/google/jsonschema-go, github.com/prometheus/prometheus, github.com/prometheus/client_golang, github.com/gin-contrib/pprof, github.com/prometheus/client_model
- Only in gitea: Vite, Vue, chi, go-sqlite3, github.com/blevesearch/bleve/v2, github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2, github.com/syndtr/goleveldb, gitea.com/lunny/levelqueue, github.com/bradfitz/gomemcache, github.com/go-redsync/redsync/v4, github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb, GitHub, Meilisearch, MinIO, Tailwind CSS, tippy.js, CodeMirror, Chart.js, @deltablot/dropzone, easymde, sortablejs, @lezer/highlight, asciinema, chartjs-plugin-zoom, codemirror-lang-elixir, cropperjs, Mermaid, online-3d-viewer, Replit, Swagger, toastify-js, tributejs, vanilla-colorful, xorm.io/builder, xorm.io/xorm, github.com/markbates/goth, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, github.com/go-webauthn/webauthn, github.com/42wim/httpsig, github.com/42wim/sshsig, github.com/Azure/go-ntlmssp, github.com/gorilla/sessions, github.com/pquerna/otp, @mcaptcha/vanilla-glue, github.com/msteinert/pam/v2, github.com/quasoft/websspi, github.com/yuin/goldmark, github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery, github.com/gorilla/feeds, github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday, golang.org/x/image, @github/paste-markdown, Buildkite, github.com/emersion/go-imap, github.com/gogs/chardet, github.com/jhillyerd/enmime/v2, github.com/Necoro/html2text, github.com/niklasfasching/go-org, github.com/wneessen/go-mail, js-yaml, katex, pdfobject, kin-openapi, github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6

## Side by side

| | nightingale | gitea |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 204,238 lines written, 596 code files | 564,665 lines written, 2,816 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Cursor and GitHub Copilot | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Codex |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 3,263 commits, 13,470 stars | Last push November 10, 2026, 20,954 commits, 58,988 stars |
| Tests | 246 test files. 61.4% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,194 test files. 47.7% 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, nightingale or gitea?

gitea, with 564,665 lines written; nightingale has 204,238.

The proof: [go-gitea/gitea's code at commit 640cd61](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/tree/640cd615c45a3a5456453a4d4d0006071b34485b)

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

gitea, with 58,988 stars; nightingale has 13,470.

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

### Which has more tests, nightingale or gitea?

gitea, with 1,194 test files; nightingale has 246.

The proof: [go-gitea/gitea's code at commit 640cd61](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/tree/640cd615c45a3a5456453a4d4d0006071b34485b)

### Which was updated more recently, nightingale or gitea?

gitea: its last push was on November 10, 2026, and nightingale's on November 6, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, nightingale or gitea?

gitea: an AI signed 1.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Codex; in nightingale, 0.1%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in go-gitea/gitea](https://seerepo.com/r/go-gitea/gitea/ai)

## Sources

- ccfos/nightingale: Read on November 10, 2026, at commit 3abcdb2 (https://github.com/ccfos/nightingale/tree/3abcdb2312453be2dbb2174e42320620c9819dcf)
- go-gitea/gitea: Read on November 10, 2026, at commit 640cd61 (https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/tree/640cd615c45a3a5456453a4d4d0006071b34485b)

## 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.