gitea vs headscale

gitea and headscale share 5 technologies: chi, Postgres, SQLite, golang.org/x/oauth2, and Prometheus. Both are written in Go.

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What they share and what sets them apart

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

In common

juanfont

headscale

An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server

Go45.4kRead on November 6, 2026, at commit 0bdc332What is headscale built with?

Only in headscale

  • HashiCorp
  • github.com/glebarez/sqlite
  • gorm.io/gorm
  • github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3
  • github.com/tailscale/hujson
  • github.com/rs/zerolog
  • Docker
  • github.com/prometheus/common
  • github.com/libdns/cloudflare
  • go.uber.org/zap

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
gitea564,991 lines written2,821 code files
headscale222,641 lines written172 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.
gitea1.5% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Codex
headscale0.3% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and CodeRabbit
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
giteaLast push November 5, 202620,898 commits58,901 stars
headscaleLast push November 5, 20264,364 commits45,413 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
gitea1,193 test files47.6% of its code files have a test that imports them
headscale257 test files72.1% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, gitea or headscale?
gitea, with 564,991 lines written; headscale has 222,641.

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

Which has more GitHub stars, gitea or headscale?
gitea, with 58,901 stars; headscale has 45,413.

The proof: go-gitea/gitea on GitHub

Which has more tests, gitea or headscale?
gitea, with 1,193 test files; headscale has 257.

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

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

The proof: juanfont/headscale's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, gitea or headscale?
gitea: an AI signed 1.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Codex; in headscale, 0.3%.

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

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