diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_gitea/metadata.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_gitea/metadata.rb
index f842b03..d643f62 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_gitea/metadata.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_gitea/metadata.rb
@@ -10,5 +10,8 @@ chef_version '>= 14.0'
 depends "firewall"
 depends "kosmos_openresty"
 depends "kosmos_postgresql"
-depends "backup"
 depends "kosmos-dirsrv"
+depends 'kosmos-nodejs'
+depends 'git'
+depends 'golang'
+depends "backup"
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_gitea/recipes/compile_from_source.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_gitea/recipes/compile_from_source.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..488d8cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_gitea/recipes/compile_from_source.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#
+# Cookbook:: kosmos_gitea
+# Recipe:: compile_from_source
+#
+# Compiles/installs Gitea from source
+#
+
+include_recipe "git"
+
+node.override["nodejs"]["repo"] = "https://deb.nodesource.com/node_20.x"
+include_recipe 'kosmos-nodejs'
+
+node.override["golang"]["version"] = "1.23.9"
+include_recipe "golang"
+
+link "/usr/local/bin/go" do
+  to "/usr/local/go/bin/go"
+end
+
+source_dir = "/opt/gitea"
+
+git source_dir do
+  repository node["gitea"]["repo"]
+  revision node["gitea"]["revision"]
+  action :sync
+  notifies :run, "execute[npm_install]", :immediately
+end
+
+execute "npm_install" do
+  cwd source_dir
+  command "npm ci"
+  action :nothing
+  notifies :run, "bash[compile_gitea]", :immediately
+end
+
+bash "compile_gitea" do
+  cwd source_dir
+  environment "TAGS" => "bindata"
+  code "make build"
+  action :nothing
+  notifies :restart, "service[gitea]", :delayed
+end
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_gitea/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_gitea/recipes/default.rb
index afae849..ce1bc41 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_gitea/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_gitea/recipes/default.rb
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 
 version                   = node["gitea"]["version"]
 download_url              = "https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/#{version}/gitea-#{version}-linux-amd64"
+compile_from_source       = node["gitea"]["repo"] && node["gitea"]["revision"]
 working_directory         = node["gitea"]["working_directory"]
 git_home_directory        = "/home/git"
 repository_root_directory = "#{git_home_directory}/gitea-repositories"
 config_directory          = "/etc/gitea"
-gitea_binary_path         = "/usr/local/bin/gitea"
+gitea_binary_path         = compile_from_source ? "/opt/gitea/gitea" : "/usr/local/bin/gitea"
 gitea_data_bag_item       = data_bag_item("credentials", "gitea")
 smtp_credentials          = data_bag_item("credentials", "smtp")
 smtp_addr                 = smtp_credentials["relayhost"].split(":")[0]
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ jwt_secret                = gitea_data_bag_item["jwt_secret"]
 internal_token            = gitea_data_bag_item["internal_token"]
 secret_key                = gitea_data_bag_item["secret_key"]
 
-# Dependency
 package "git"
 
 user "git" do
@@ -108,11 +108,15 @@ template "#{config_directory}/app.ini" do
   notifies :restart, "service[gitea]", :delayed
 end
 
-remote_file gitea_binary_path do
-  source download_url
-  checksum node['gitea']['checksum']
-  mode "0755"
-  notifies :restart, "service[gitea]", :delayed
+if compile_from_source
+  include_recipe "kosmos_gitea::compile_from_source"
+else
+  remote_file gitea_binary_path do
+    source download_url
+    checksum node['gitea']['checksum']
+    mode "0755"
+    notifies :restart, "service[gitea]", :delayed
+  end
 end
 
 execute "systemctl daemon-reload" do