When comparing Mantis BT vs Gitea, the Slant community recommends Gitea for most people. In the question“What are the best issue tracking tools for mid sized software companies?” Gitea is ranked 4th while Mantis BT is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Gitea is:
Easy to install and setup. Can run on a VPS with 1 core CPU and 256MB RAM.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Open source
MantisBT is a free and open source bug tracker.
Pro Light
Really light and simple. Good for simple management.
Pro Light-weight
Easy to install and setup. Can run on a VPS with 1 core CPU and 256MB RAM.
Pro Open source. Maintained by community
Unlike Gogs, which is maintained primarily by its creator.
Pro Like Gogs but with faster bug fixes
If you love Gogs but were frustrated with the long wait for bugs to be fixed, this is for you.
Pro Non-memory consuming
Just like Gogs, but with new features and fixed bugs. Unlike GitLab which is enormous.
Pro Github like
Gitea has a GitHub like interface.
Pro Wiki and Issues
Like GitHub, a wiki and issues (bugtracking) can be added to a repository.
Pro Fast pace of development
New features, constantly updated.
Pro All platforms
Versions available for Linux, Mac and Windows. This is possible because Gitea is developed in the Go language which makes it compact and fast too. Only one executable is needed.
Pro Easy install with MariaDB back-end.
No problems getting to work with MariaDB.
Cons
Con Little integration
Supports little integration with code repositories, and CI servers
Con Too simple
Not powerful enough for complex management.
Con No documentation can be found in the installation files
The files that are included with the installer or the files that come out of the box after a fresh installation don't include any documentation.