# Composal vs Gitea pull requests

By Composal. Sources reviewed: 2026-10-15.

Gitea provides the source review surface and merge controls. Composal checks user journeys in a running browser environment and returns recordings, Findings, and concrete reproduction steps.

## Composal

Composal sends AI browser agents to use your running web app and check the outcomes you care about. Define journeys as plain-English Scenarios, map existing flows with Discovery, or explore for bugs with Deep Scan. Runs keep recordings and reproduction steps so your team or coding agent can investigate a Finding.

[Verify documentation](https://composal.ai/docs/verify)

## Gitea pull requests

Self-hosted Git collaboration and code review

Gitea includes pull requests, reviewer assignment, comments, approvals, and protected branch rules. It is a self-hosted Git collaboration option.

[Official product or project documentation](https://docs.gitea.com/1.23/usage/pull-request/)

## Where each fits

Choose Gitea when self-hosted Git hosting and review are the priority. Choose Composal for independent web QA on preview or release builds. They can be used together in a self-hosted development workflow.

## Try this evaluation

Open a Gitea pull request that changes onboarding, then exercise its preview with Composal. Compare reviewer comments and branch protections with observed outcomes for new users and returning users.

### Coverage

Which user outcomes must this release prove, and which specialist checks must stay in your existing stack?

### Setup

Who prepares accounts, test data, permissions and access to the deployment being tested?

### Evidence

Can the engineer reproduce a reported failure from the recording and steps, without asking the tester to investigate again?

### Ownership

Who updates the checks when the product changes, and can the team review what a passing result actually proves?

## Sources and scope

Prepared by Composal with AI-assisted research using the linked first-party product pages and documentation. These are workflow comparisons, not independent benchmarks or an exhaustive feature inventory. A documented capability is not a guarantee for every plan or environment; validate your own requirements in a trial.

- [Gitea pull requests](https://docs.gitea.com/1.23/usage/pull-request/)
- [Composal Verify](https://composal.ai/docs/verify)
- [Composal Deep Scan](https://composal.ai/product/deep-scan)

No comparative speed, price or accuracy score is claimed here. Product names belong to their respective owners.

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