| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Git Hosting Services | 8.1 (#16) | 8.5 (#4) |
| Authentication | Authentication commonly uses sshd, and Gitolite also supports smart HTTP mode. | Supported external authentication backends include LDAP, SMTP, PAM, and HTTP header. |
| License | The software is licensed under GPL v2. | Gogs says it has been MIT-licensed since 2014, with its source code publicly available. |
| Purpose | Gitolite is an access control layer for hosting Git repositories on a central server. | Gogs is a simple, stable, extensible self-hosted Git service. |
