DevOps, PaaS & Hosting
Top 2 Self-Hosted Open-Source Alternatives to GitHub Team / GitLab SaaS (2026)
GitHub Team / GitLab SaaS costs Enterprise / Ultimate ($21–$29/user/mo + CI runner minutes) ($210/mo or $2,520/year for 10 seats). Switch to one of the verified open-source Docker replacements below.
★ 45.6k Stars • MIT
256MB RAM / 0.5 vCPU
Gitea / Forgejo
Painless self-hosted Git service written in Go—includes GitHub Actions-compatible CI/CD & Package Registry
- ✓Runs in ~150MB RAM (vs 4GB+ for GitLab)
- ✓Gitea Actions runs standard `.github/workflows` YAML
- ✓Built-in Docker, npm, PyPI & Cargo registry
gitea/gitea:latest
TCO & Docker Compose →
★ 15.1k Stars • MIT
1024MB RAM / 1.0 vCPU
OneDev
Self-hosted Git server with visual CI/CD pipelines, Kanban boards, and symbol-aware code search
- ✓IDE-like jump-to-definition right in the browser
- ✓GUI pipeline builder without YAML headaches
- ✓Ultra-fast local CI runners
1dev/server:latest
TCO & Docker Compose →