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## Purpose The goal of this project is to make the easiest, fastest, and most painless way of setting up a self-hosted Git service. Using Go, this can be done with an independent binary distribution across **all platforms** which Go supports, including Linux, macOS, and Windows on x86, amd64, ARM and PowerPC architectures. Want to try it before doing anything else? Do it [with the online demo](https://try.gitea.io/)! This project has been [forked](https://blog.gitea.io/2016/12/welcome-to-gitea/) from [Gogs](https://gogs.io) since 2016.11 but changed a lot. ## Building From the root of the source tree, run: TAGS="bindata" make build or if sqlite support is required: TAGS="bindata sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify" make build The `build` target is split into two sub-targets: - `make backend` which requires [Go 1.13](https://golang.org/dl/) or greater. - `make frontend` which requires [Node.js 12.17](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) or greater. If pre-built frontend files are present it is possible to only build the backend: TAGS="bindata" make backend Parallelism is not supported for these targets, so please don't include `-j
## Sponsors
Support this project by becoming a sponsor. Your logo will show up here with a link to your website. [[Become a sponsor](https://opencollective.com/gitea#sponsor)]
## FAQ
**How do you pronounce Gitea?**
Gitea is pronounced [/ɡɪ’ti:/](https://youtu.be/EM71-2uDAoY) as in "gi-tea" with a hard g.
**Why is this not hosted on a Gitea instance?**
We're [working on it](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/1029).
## License
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
See the [LICENSE](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/master/LICENSE) file
for the full license text.
## Screenshots
Looking for an overview of the interface? Check it out!
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