Initial Configuration

If you run Gitea inside Docker, please read the documentation before changing any settings.

Database Settings

Gitea requires MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL or SQLite3.

MySQL
MySQL
PostgreSQL
MSSQL
SQLite3
Note to MySQL users: please use the InnoDB storage engine and if you use "utf8mb4", your InnoDB version must be greater than 5.6 .
disable
Disable
Require
Verify Full
Leave blank for database default ("public").
utf8mb4
utf8mb4
utf8
File path for the SQLite3 database.
Enter an absolute path if you run Gitea as a service.

General Settings

You can enter your company name here.
Remote Git repositories will be saved to this directory.
Files tracked by Git LFS will be stored in this directory. Leave empty to disable.
Enter the operating system username that Gitea runs as. Note that this user must have access to the repository root path.
Domain or host address for SSH clone URLs.
Port number your SSH server listens on. Leave empty to disable.
Port number the Giteas web server will listen on.
Base address for HTTP(S) clone URLs and email notifications.
Log files will be written to this directory.

Optional Settings

Email Settings
Email address Gitea will use. Enter a plain email address or use the "Name" <email@example.com> format.
Server and Third-Party Service Settings
Domain name for users with a hidden email address. For example, the username 'joe' will be logged in Git as 'joe@noreply.example.org' if the hidden email domain is set to 'noreply.example.org'.
Administrator Account Settings

Creating an administrator account is optional. The first registered user will automatically become an administrator.