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Gitea vs superpowers-zh
Gitea has 58,048 GitHub stars, 7,153 forks, 2,455 open issues and last shipped yesterday. superpowers-zh has 8,126 stars, 758 forks, 12 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Gitea leads on adoption by 614% (58,048 vs 8,126 stars). Gitea is written in Go under MIT; superpowers-zh is written in JavaScript under MIT. Gitea has attracted 12% as many forks as stars, superpowers-zh 9%. Gitea was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Gitea | superpowers-zh | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 58K | ★ 8.1K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Go | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 7.2K | ⑂ 758 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Gitea if
- You weight community size — 58K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick superpowers-zh if
- You want the superpowers-zh feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and superpowers-zh fits your workflow better
About Gitea
Gitea is a self hosted, all in one software development service written in Go. It provides Git hosting, code review, issue tracking, project management (kanban), wiki, team collaboration, package registry, and CI/CD capabilities. The project aims to deliver a lightweight, painless alternative to larger platforms by running as a single binary across Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Windows on multiple architectures.
read the full Gitea overview →
About superpowers-zh
superpowers zh is the Chinese language community edition of the superpowers agent skills framework, packaging 20 skills — 14 translated from upstream plus 4 written for Chinese development workflows — for use across 26 AI coding tools, and it is aimed at Chinese speaking developers and teams who already drive assistants such as Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, or Gemini CLI and want those assistants to follow a disciplined engineering method instead of jumping straight into code.
read the full superpowers-zh overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Gitea or superpowers-zh more popular?
Gitea has 58,048 GitHub stars and superpowers-zh has 8,126. Gitea has the larger community by that measure.
Are Gitea and superpowers-zh free?
Both are open source. Gitea is licensed under MIT and superpowers-zh under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Gitea and superpowers-zh?
Gitea is written in Go and superpowers-zh in JavaScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Gitea or superpowers-zh?
Choose Gitea if you want the larger community (58,048 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose superpowers-zh if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.