diff --git a/gitea/.gitignore b/gitea/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53b5da5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitea/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.certificates
+node_modules
diff --git a/gitea/.versionrc b/gitea/.versionrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37b4bcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitea/.versionrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "tagMessageInChangeLog": true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gitea/build.sh b/gitea/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f1fbc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitea/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+docker build gitea -t ${LOCAL_DOCKER_REGISTRY}gitea
diff --git a/gitea/deploy.sh b/gitea/deploy.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b88c261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitea/deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+docker stack rm gitea
+echo 'sleeping...zzz'
+sleep 60
+docker stack deploy -c docker-compose.yml gitea
diff --git a/gitea/package.json b/gitea/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0d0314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitea/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "private": true,
+  "name": "gitea",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "description": "gitea",
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "sh build.sh",
+    "deploy": "sh deploy.sh",
+    "release": "standard-version",
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://sigyl.com/git/stack/gitea"
+  },
+  "author": "Giles Bradshaw",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "standard-version": "git+https://github.com/gilesbradshaw/standard-version.git"
+  }
+}