# Gitea Actions

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Gitea Actions and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a self-hosted CI system that runs GitHub Actions workflows nearly as well as GitHub Actions, without depending on GitHub.

## Why people recommend it

- Works about as well as GitHub Actions (2 comments): "based on ACT, so it's nearly identical to a GitHub action runner" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47929840)) "Gitea + Gitea Actions works approximately as well as GHA" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46292274))
- Runs GitHub workflows without GitHub (2 comments): "Community software like act and Forgejo/Gitea Actions have made it a lot easier to run GitHub Actions workflows without involving GitHub" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334044)) "I've never really experienced the issues mentioned, but I also use Gitea with Actions rather than GitHub." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46617007))
- Workflows in repo just work (2 comments): "I can store some yaml in the repo and it just works" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49916143)) "Actions that work wonderfully for my use case" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47926584))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [GitHub Actions](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-actions.md): 234 recommend
- [Jenkins](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jenkins.md): 67 recommend
- [GitLab CI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gitlab-ci.md): 56 recommend
- [Dagger](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dagger.md): 43 recommend
- [Woodpecker CI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/woodpecker-ci.md): 37 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Gitea Actions", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gitea-actions/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).