diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitea/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitea/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..734b9d3629c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitea/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{ stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper
+, git, coreutils, bash, gzip, openssh
+, sqliteSupport ? true
+}:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+buildGoPackage rec {
+  name = "gitea-${version}";
+  version = "1.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "go-gitea";
+    repo = "gitea";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "15zw4b6hnx4hmzn2xlsi4p7jvh6jx4g4smbdidnrzrykzyq4rmpp";
+  };
+
+  patches = [ ./static-root-path.patch ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs .
+    substituteInPlace modules/setting/setting.go --subst-var data
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  buildFlags = optionalString sqliteSupport "-tags sqlite";
+
+  outputs = [ "bin" "out" "data" ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir $data
+    cp -R $src/{public,templates} $data
+    mkdir -p $out
+    cp -R $src/options/locale $out/locale
+
+    wrapProgram $bin/bin/gitea \
+      --prefix PATH : ${makeBinPath [ bash git gzip openssh ]}
+  '';
+
+  goPackagePath = "code.gitea.io/gitea";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Git with a cup of tea";
+    homepage = http://gitea.io;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.disassembler ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitea/static-root-path.patch b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitea/static-root-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..06ce521e9e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitea/static-root-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git i/modules/setting/setting.go w/modules/setting/setting.go
+index aafe2d1b..1e4a8064 100644
+--- i/modules/setting/setting.go
++++ w/modules/setting/setting.go
+@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ func NewContext() {
+ 	LocalURL = sec.Key("LOCAL_ROOT_URL").MustString(defaultLocalURL)
+ 	OfflineMode = sec.Key("OFFLINE_MODE").MustBool()
+ 	DisableRouterLog = sec.Key("DISABLE_ROUTER_LOG").MustBool()
+-	StaticRootPath = sec.Key("STATIC_ROOT_PATH").MustString(workDir)
++	StaticRootPath = sec.Key("STATIC_ROOT_PATH").MustString("@data@")
+ 	AppDataPath = sec.Key("APP_DATA_PATH").MustString("data")
+ 	EnableGzip = sec.Key("ENABLE_GZIP").MustBool()
+ 	EnablePprof = sec.Key("ENABLE_PPROF").MustBool(false)