Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/go-gitea/gitea/vs/kestra-io/kestra
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/go-gitea/gitea/vs/kestra-io/kestra.md
Description: gitea and kestra share 4 technologies: Vue, Vite, Redis, and Postgres. gitea is written in Go and kestra in Java.

# gitea vs kestra

gitea and kestra share 4 technologies: Vue, Vite, Redis, and Postgres. gitea is written in Go and kestra in Java.

- [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
- [kestra-io/kestra](https://seerepo.com/r/kestra-io/kestra): Orchestrate everything, everywhere. The open-source control plane for workflows across data, infrastructure, business processes and AI agents. Declarative YAML, event-driven, any language, Git-versioned, scalable to millions of executions.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Vue, Vite, Redis, Postgres
- Only in gitea: GitHub
- Only in kestra: Micronaut, PostHog

## Side by side

| | gitea | kestra |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 563,285 lines written, 2,828 code files | 677,277 lines written, 3,038 code files |
| Who writes it | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Codex | 2.6% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Devin |
| Activity | Last push October 30, 2026, 20,828 commits, 58,779 stars | Last push November 2, 2026, 13,329 commits, 30,119 stars |
| Tests | 1,187 test files. 47.4% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,907 test files. 59.9% 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, gitea or kestra?

kestra, with 677,277 lines written in 3,038 code files; gitea has 563,285 in 2,828.

The proof: [kestra-io/kestra's code at commit 82fa406](https://github.com/kestra-io/kestra/tree/82fa40622b073b5de7ffab463a640e2d41b5ac71)

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

gitea, with 58,779 stars; kestra has 30,119.

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

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

kestra, with 1,907 test files; gitea has 1,187.

The proof: [kestra-io/kestra's code at commit 82fa406](https://github.com/kestra-io/kestra/tree/82fa40622b073b5de7ffab463a640e2d41b5ac71)

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

kestra: its last push was on November 2, 2026, and gitea's on October 30, 2026.

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

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

kestra: an AI signed 2.6% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Devin; in gitea, 1.5%.

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

## Sources

- go-gitea/gitea: Read on October 30, 2026, at commit b2ce7ef (https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/tree/b2ce7efd3b178a2e5fb3d24352ed048f0b04aa4b)
- kestra-io/kestra: Read on November 2, 2026, at commit 82fa406 (https://github.com/kestra-io/kestra/tree/82fa40622b073b5de7ffab463a640e2d41b5ac71)

## 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.