Gitea Hosting

Open your pod URL and follow the setup or sign-in screen shown. Create your own account if registration is available, then create a repository or migrate an existing one. Check the Gitea documentation for the relevant installation and repository guide.

No. PikaPods sets up and runs Gitea for you, including OS and app updates and HTTPS. You won't touch Docker or a server. Your files and database stay accessible if you ever want to move them elsewhere.

Yes. Use the HTTPS clone URL shown by your repository with a command-line Git client or a desktop Git application. Gitea also provides a browser interface for issues, pull requests and repository files. See the usage guides.

The community edition includes repository hosting and collaboration without a Gitea Cloud account. Gitea Enterprise is a separate product. Automated builds need a separately configured Actions runner; do not assume a runner is included with your pod. See Gitea’s editions and the Actions documentation.

Set up incremental backups to S3 in your pod settings for automatic nightly snapshots, or download your files and database yourself. We keep whole-server backups for server failures, but they aren't a per-pod restore service, so your own backup is what protects your data.

You can use Gitea instead of GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket. PikaPods runs it for you, and you can move your files and database elsewhere.

Both offer repositories, pull requests, issues, wikis and project boards. GitHub adds hosted automation and a very large public network. Gitea is lighter and runs on your pod, so your repositories and team permissions stay in your own instance. Plan for CI separately, because Gitea's Actions need a runner you provide.

No. You add prepaid credit and your pods are billed by the hour from that balance, rounded up to full hours. There are no contracts or minimum terms: delete a pod anytime and billing stops. Optional automatic top-ups keep your pods running without manual payments.

You do. And you're in full control. If you ever want to download, migrate, edit or delete your data, just enable file and database access for your pod and it will be right there.