<s>
Gitea	B-Application
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
forge	B-Protocol
software	O
package	O
for	O
hosting	O
software	O
development	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
using	O
Git	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
collaborative	O
features	O
like	O
bug	B-Application
tracking	I-Application
,	O
code	O
review	O
,	O
kanban	O
boards	O
,	O
tickets	B-Application
,	O
and	O
wikis	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Gogs	O
and	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Go	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gitea	B-Application
can	O
be	O
hosted	O
on	O
all	O
platforms	O
supported	O
by	O
Go	B-Application
including	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gitea	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Lunny	O
Xiao	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
founder	O
of	O
the	O
self-hosted	O
Git	B-Application
service	O
Gogs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
Gogs	O
was	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
project	O
,	O
its	O
repository	O
was	O
under	O
the	O
control	O
of	O
a	O
single	O
maintainer	O
,	O
limiting	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
input	O
and	O
speed	O
with	O
which	O
the	O
community	O
could	O
influence	O
the	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frustrated	O
by	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
Gitea	B-Application
developers	O
began	O
Gitea	B-Application
as	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Gogs	O
in	O
November	O
2016	O
and	O
established	O
a	O
community-driven	O
model	O
for	O
its	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2022	O
Gitea	B-Application
Limited	O
was	O
formed	O
by	O
Lunny	O
Xiao	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
commercial	O
ownership	O
model	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
community/non	O
-profit	O
ownership	O
model	O
,	O
received	O
some	O
resistance	O
and	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
Forgejo	O
software	B-Application
fork	I-Application
of	O
Gitea	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
major	O
Gitea	B-Application
forge	B-Protocol
,	O
Codeberg	O
,	O
was	O
also	O
unhappy	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
model	O
and	O
switched	O
to	O
Forgejo	O
.	O
</s>
