> Gitea mostly rocks and in my experience runs on even that 5$ VPS, but it does not ship with any CI/CD by design. They do have a list of external services[1] t

> Gitea mostly rocks and in my experience runs on even that 5$ VPS, but it does not ship with any CI/CD by design. They do have a list of external services[1] that can provide CI that can integrate with their software, so you can have CI/CD. Personally I'd recommend Gitea if you're looking to selfhost. Currently using Gitea + Sonatype Nexus + Drone CI which has worked nicely for my own needs, after previously running self-hosted GitLab for a few years, but finding the updates to be a bit problematic: https://blog.kronis.dev/articles/goodbye-gitlab-hello-gitea-nexus-and-drone https://blog.kronis.dev/articles/goodbye-gitlab-hello-gitea-... That said, Woodpecker might be a more open CI offering, licensing wise and works similarly to Drone. But personally I wouldn't judge others for picking whatever else they are familiar with and what works for them, even if that choice would be Jenkins or something like that.