dex vs gitea

dex and gitea share 10 technologies: go-sqlite3, pq, SQLite, MySQL, Postgres, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3, github.com/go-webauthn/webauthn, github.com/pquerna/otp, and Prometheus. Both are written in Go.

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What they share and what sets them apart

dexidp

dex

OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity and OAuth 2.0 provider with pluggable connectors

Go11.3kRead on November 12, 2026, at commit 80ef16fWhat is dex built with?

Only in dex

In common

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

Go59kRead on November 13, 2026, at commit 82debf7What is gitea built with?

Only in gitea

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
dex78,450 lines written216 code files
gitea564,886 lines written2,816 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.
dex0.4% of its commits signed by AIWith GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Codex
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.
dexLast push November 12, 20262,846 commits11,252 stars
giteaLast push November 13, 202620,979 commits59,048 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
dex106 test files52.8% of its code files have a test that imports them
gitea1,196 test files47.7% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, dex or gitea?
gitea, with 564,886 lines written; dex has 78,450.

The proof: go-gitea/gitea's code at commit 82debf7

Which has more GitHub stars, dex or gitea?
gitea, with 59,048 stars; dex has 11,252.

The proof: go-gitea/gitea on GitHub

Which has more tests, dex or gitea?
gitea, with 1,196 test files; dex has 106.

The proof: go-gitea/gitea's code at commit 82debf7

Which was updated more recently, dex or gitea?
gitea: its last push was on November 13, 2026, and dex's on November 12, 2026.

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

Which has more commits signed by AI, dex or gitea?
gitea: an AI signed 1.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Codex; in dex, 0.4%.

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

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