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# Setup and requirements
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This document lists the tools you need to build Gitea from source and how to get
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the code. Once your environment is ready, see [development.md](development.md) for
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the build and development workflow, and [testing.md](testing.md) for running tests.
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For the contribution workflow and review process, see [CONTRIBUTING.md](../CONTRIBUTING.md).
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## Requirements
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### Go
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[Install Go](https://go.dev/doc/install) and set up your Go environment. The
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required version is the one declared in [`go.mod`](../go.mod); installing the same
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version your continuous integration uses avoids `gofmt` differences between Go
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releases.
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> [!NOTE]
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> Some `make` tasks build external Go tools on demand (for example `make
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> watch-backend`). To use them, the `"$GOPATH"/bin` directory must be on your
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> executable `PATH`; otherwise you have to manage those tools yourself.
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### Node.js and pnpm
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[Install Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) to build the JavaScript and CSS
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files. The minimum supported version is the one declared in
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[`package.json`](../package.json) (`engines.node`); the latest LTS is recommended.
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Gitea manages frontend dependencies with [pnpm](https://pnpm.io/). The `make`
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targets invoke it for you, so installing pnpm manually is only needed if you want
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to run `pnpm` commands directly.
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### Make
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Gitea uses [Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/) to drive builds, linting, and
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tests. On Windows it can be installed via [MSYS2](https://www.msys2.org/) or
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[Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/packages/make).
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### Python with uv (optional)
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Linting the templates, workflow files, and YAML requires Python tooling that Gitea
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runs through [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/). After installing uv, `make` creates
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the environment automatically (`uv sync`); you only need this if you run
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`make lint-templates`, `make lint-yaml`, or `make lint-actions` locally.
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### Git LFS
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The integration tests require [Git LFS](https://git-lfs.com/) to be installed.
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## Getting the source code
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Clone the repository:
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```bash
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git clone https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea
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```
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To contribute changes, [fork the repository](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea) on
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GitHub and add your fork as a git remote so you can push branches and open pull
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requests. See GitHub's [working with forks](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/working-with-forks)
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documentation for the details.
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## Installing dependencies
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Most build and test targets install the dependencies they need on their own. To
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fetch everything up front, run `make deps` (or the per-group `make deps-frontend`,
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`make deps-backend`, `make deps-tools`, `make deps-py`).
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