# Gitea alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 216 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Gitea holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/gitea/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- GitHub: 125
- GitLab: 42
- Bitbucket: 12
- Azure DevOps: 3
- GitHub Free for Organizations: 2
- Assembla: 1

## Source control hosting

**Small business**: 66 of 84 answers did not name Gitea (Gitea is #4 of 7 at 0%).

- GitHub: first choice in 45 of those 66
- Bitbucket: first choice in 8 of those 66
- GitLab: first choice in 8 of those 66
- GitHub Free for Organizations: first choice in 2 of those 66

**Mid-market**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Gitea (Gitea is #4 of 10 at 2%).

- GitHub: first choice in 38 of those 69
- GitLab: first choice in 12 of those 69
- Bitbucket: first choice in 2 of those 69
- Forgejo: first choice in 1 of those 69

**Enterprise**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Gitea (Gitea is #8 of 8 at 0%).

- GitHub: first choice in 42 of those 81
- GitLab: first choice in 22 of those 81
- Azure DevOps: first choice in 3 of those 81
- Bitbucket: first choice in 2 of those 81
- Assembla: first choice in 1 of those 81
- Atlassian Bitbucket Data Center: first choice in 1 of those 81
- GitHub Enterprise Cloud with Data Residency: first choice in 1 of those 81
- GitHub Enterprise Solutions: first choice in 1 of those 81

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