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| date: "2017-04-15T14:56:00+02:00"
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| title: "Customizing Gitea"
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| slug: "customizing-gitea"
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| weight: 9
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| toc: false
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| draft: false
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| menu:
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|   sidebar:
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|     parent: "advanced"
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|     name: "Customizing Gitea"
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|     weight: 9
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|     identifier: "customizing-gitea"
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| ---
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| 
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| # Customizing Gitea
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| 
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| Customizing Gitea is typically done using the `CustomPath` folder - by default this is
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| the `custom` folder from the running directory, but may be different if your build has
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| set this differently. This is the central place to override configuration settings,
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| templates, etc. You can check the `CustomPath` using `gitea help`. You can override
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| the `CustomPath` by setting either the `GITEA_CUSTOM` environment variable or by
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| using the `--custom-path` option on the `gitea` binary. (The option will override the
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| environment variable.)
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| 
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| If Gitea is deployed from binary, all default paths will be relative to the Gitea
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| binary. If installed from a distribution, these paths will likely be modified to
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| the Linux Filesystem Standard. Gitea will attempt to create required folders, including
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| `custom/`. Distributions may provide a symlink for `custom` using `/etc/gitea/`.
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| 
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| Application settings can be found in file `CustomConf` which is by default,
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| `CustomPath/conf/app.ini` but may be different if your build has set this differently.
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| Again `gitea help` will allow you review this variable and you can override it using the
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| `--config` option on the `gitea` binary.
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| 
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| - [Quick Cheat Sheet](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/config-cheat-sheet/)
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| - [Complete List](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/master/custom/conf/app.ini.sample)
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| 
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| If the `CustomPath` folder can't be found despite checking `gitea help`, check the `GITEA_CUSTOM`
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| environment variable; this can be used to override the default path to something else.
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| `GITEA_CUSTOM` might, for example, be set by an init script.
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| 
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| - [List of Environment Variables](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/specific-variables/)
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| 
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| **Note:** Gitea must perform a full restart to see configuration changes.
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| 
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| ## Customizing /robots.txt
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| 
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| To make Gitea serve a custom `/robots.txt` (default: empty 404), create a file called
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| `robots.txt` in the `custom` folder (or `CustomPath`) with
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| [expected contents](http://www.robotstxt.org/).
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| 
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| ## Serving custom public files
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| 
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| To make Gitea serve custom public files (like pages and images), use the folder
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| `custom/public/` as the webroot. Symbolic links will be followed.
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| 
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| For example, a file `image.png` stored in `custom/public/`, can be accessed with
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| the url `http://gitea.domain.tld/image.png`.
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| 
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| ## Changing the default avatar
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| 
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| Place the png image at the following path: `custom/public/img/avatar\_default.png`
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| 
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| ## Customizing Gitea pages
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| 
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| The `custom/templates` folder allows changing every single page of Gitea. Templates
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| to override can be found in the [`templates`](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/tree/master/templates) directory of Gitea source. Override by
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| making a copy of the file under `custom/templates` using a full path structure
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| matching source.
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| 
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| Any statement contained inside `{{` and `}}` are Gitea's template syntax and
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| shouldn't be touched without fully understanding these components.
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| 
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| ### Adding links and tabs
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| 
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| If all you want is to add extra links to the top navigation bar, or extra tabs to the repository view, you can put them in `extra_links.tmpl` and `extra_tabs.tmpl` inside your `custom/templates/custom/` directory.
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| 
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| For instance, let's say you are in Germany and must add the famously legally-required "Impressum"/about page, listing who is responsible for the site's content:
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| just place it under your "custom/public/" directory (for instance `custom/public/impressum.html`) and put a link to it in `custom/templates/custom/extra_links.tmpl`.
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| 
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| To match the current style, the link should have the class name "item", and you can use `{{AppSubUrl}}` to get the base URL:
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| `<a class="item" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/impressum.html">Impressum</a>`
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| 
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| You can add new tabs in the same way, putting them in `extra_tabs.tmpl`.
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| The exact HTML needed to match the style of other tabs is in the file
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| `templates/repo/header.tmpl`
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| ([source in GitHub](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/master/templates/repo/header.tmpl))
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| 
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| ### Other additions to the page
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| 
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| Apart from `extra_links.tmpl` and `extra_tabs.tmpl`, there are other useful templates you can put in your `custom/templates/custom/` directory:
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| 
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| - `header.tmpl`, just before the end of the `<head>` tag where you can add custom CSS files for instance.
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| - `body_outer_pre.tmpl`, right after the start of `<body>`.
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| - `body_inner_pre.tmpl`, before the top navigation bar, but already inside the main container `<div class="full height">`.
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| - `body_inner_post.tmpl`, before the end of the main container.
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| - `body_outer_post.tmpl`, before the bottom `<footer>` element.
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| - `footer.tmpl`, right before the end of the `<body>` tag, a good place for additional Javascript.
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| 
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| ## Customizing Gitea mails
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| 
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| The `custom/templates/mail` folder allows changing the body of every mail of Gitea.
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| Templates to override can be found in the
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| [`templates/mail`](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/tree/master/templates/mail)
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| directory of Gitea source.
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| Override by making a copy of the file under `custom/templates/mail` using a
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| full path structure matching source.
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| 
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| Any statement contained inside `{{` and `}}` are Gitea's template
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| syntax and shouldn't be touched without fully understanding these components.
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| 
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| 
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| 
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| ## Adding Analytics to Gitea
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| 
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| Google Analytics, Matomo (previously Piwik), and other analytics services can be added to Gitea. To add the tracking code, refer to the `Other additions to the page` section of this document, and add the JavaScript to the `custom/templates/custom/header.tmpl` file.
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| 
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| ## Customizing gitignores, labels, licenses, locales, and readmes.
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| 
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| Place custom files in corresponding sub-folder under `custom/options`.
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| 
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| **NOTE:** The files should not have a file extension, e.g. `Labels` rather than `Labels.txt`
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| 
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| ### gitignores
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| 
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| To add custom .gitignore, add a file with existing [.gitignore rules](https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore) in it to `custom/options/gitignore`
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| 
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| ### Labels
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| 
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| To add a custom label set, add a file that follows the [label format](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/master/options/label/Default) to `custom/options/label`  
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| `#hex-color label name ; label description`
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| 
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| ### Licenses
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| 
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| To add a custom license, add a file with the license text to `custom/options/license`
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| 
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| ### Locales
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| 
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| Locales are managed via our [crowdin](https://crowdin.com/project/gitea).  
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| You can override a locale by placing an altered locale file in `custom/options/locale`.  
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| Gitea's default locale files can be found in  the [`options/locale`](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/tree/master/options/locale) source folder and these should be used as examples for your changes.  
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|   
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| To add a completely new locale, as well as placing the file in the above location, you will need to add the new lang and name to the `[i18n]` section in your `app.ini`. Keep in mind that Gitea will use those settings as **overrides**, so if you want to keep the other languages as well you will need to copy/paste the default values and add your own to them.
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| 
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| ```
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| [i18n]
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| LANGS = en-US,foo-BAR
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| NAMES = English,FooBar
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| ```
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| 
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| Locales may change between versions, so keeping track of your customized locales is highly encouraged.
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| 
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| ### Readmes
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| 
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| To add a custom Readme, add a markdown formatted file (without an `.md` extension) to `custom/options/readme`
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| 
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| ## Customizing the look of Gitea
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| 
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| As of version 1.6.0 Gitea has built-in themes. The two built-in themes are, the default theme `gitea`, and a dark theme `arc-green`. To change the look of your Gitea install change the value of `DEFAULT_THEME` in the [ui](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/config-cheat-sheet/#ui-ui) section of `app.ini` to another one of the available options.  
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| As of version 1.8.0 Gitea also has per-user themes. The list of themes a user can choose from can be configured with the `THEMES` value in the [ui](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/config-cheat-sheet/#ui-ui) section of `app.ini` (defaults to `gitea` and `arc-green`, light and dark respectively)
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