But some (like Gitea) are working on it to start hosting it on their own. Gitea will also get federation features to make contributions between independent Gite

But some (like Gitea) are working on it to start hosting it on their own. Gitea will also get federation features to make contributions between independent Gitea instances possible. But even when it starts to host, it will get GitHub OAuth2, just to keep the barrier small to receive contributions.