I wanted to self-host a git server, and because I use gitlab at work, that was my first choice. But the system requirements for gitlab were too heavy for the li

I wanted to self-host a git server, and because I use gitlab at work, that was my first choice. But the system requirements for gitlab were too heavy for the linode I was running, so I went with gitea. Linode also had a handy install-script to set everything up painlessly. I concur with your overall assessment.