diff --git a/custom/conf/app.example.ini b/custom/conf/app.example.ini
index 38a27509f744..5adfb0546f0b 100644
--- a/custom/conf/app.example.ini
+++ b/custom/conf/app.example.ini
@@ -2048,6 +2048,16 @@ PATH =
 ;; storage type
 ;STORAGE_TYPE = local
 
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;; settings for repository archives, will override storage setting
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;[storage.repo-archive]
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;; storage type
+;STORAGE_TYPE = local
+
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;; lfs storage will override storage
diff --git a/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md b/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
index 8f1f9ce42d4b..5e976174fb19 100644
--- a/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
+++ b/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
@@ -995,6 +995,23 @@ MINIO_USE_SSL = false
 
 And used by `[attachment]`, `[lfs]` and etc. as `STORAGE_TYPE`.
 
+## Repository Archive Storage (`storage.repo-archive`)
+
+Configuration for repository archive storage. It will inherit from default `[storage]` or
+`[storage.xxx]` when set `STORAGE_TYPE` to `xxx`. The default of `PATH`
+is `data/repo-archive` and the default of `MINIO_BASE_PATH` is `repo-archive/`.
+
+- `STORAGE_TYPE`: **local**: Storage type for repo archive, `local` for local disk or `minio` for s3 compatible object storage service or other name defined with `[storage.xxx]`
+- `SERVE_DIRECT`: **false**: Allows the storage driver to redirect to authenticated URLs to serve files directly. Currently, only Minio/S3 is supported via signed URLs, local does nothing.
+- `PATH`: **./data/repo-archive**: Where to store archive files, only available when `STORAGE_TYPE` is `local`.
+- `MINIO_ENDPOINT`: **localhost:9000**: Minio endpoint to connect only available when `STORAGE_TYPE` is `minio`
+- `MINIO_ACCESS_KEY_ID`: Minio accessKeyID to connect only available when `STORAGE_TYPE` is `minio`
+- `MINIO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`: Minio secretAccessKey to connect only available when `STORAGE_TYPE is` `minio`
+- `MINIO_BUCKET`: **gitea**: Minio bucket to store the lfs only available when `STORAGE_TYPE` is `minio`
+- `MINIO_LOCATION`: **us-east-1**: Minio location to create bucket only available when `STORAGE_TYPE` is `minio`
+- `MINIO_BASE_PATH`: **repo-archive/**: Minio base path on the bucket only available when `STORAGE_TYPE` is `minio`
+- `MINIO_USE_SSL`: **false**: Minio enabled ssl only available when `STORAGE_TYPE` is `minio`
+
 ## Other (`other`)
 
 - `SHOW_FOOTER_BRANDING`: **false**: Show Gitea branding in the footer.
diff --git a/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.zh-cn.md b/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.zh-cn.md
index 79cfd94cc714..2303a631d56c 100644
--- a/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.zh-cn.md
+++ b/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.zh-cn.md
@@ -382,6 +382,21 @@ MINIO_USE_SSL = false
 
 然后你在 `[attachment]`, `[lfs]` 等中可以把这个名字用作 `STORAGE_TYPE` 的值。
 
+## Repository Archive Storage (`storage.repo-archive`)
+
+Repository archive 的存储配置。 如果 `STORAGE_TYPE` 为空，则此配置将从 `[storage]` 继承。如果不为 `local` 或者 `minio` 而为 `xxx`， 则从 `[storage.xxx]` 继承。当继承时， `PATH` 默认为 `data/repo-archive`，`MINIO_BASE_PATH` 默认为 `repo-archive/`。
+
+- `STORAGE_TYPE`: **local**: Repository archive 的存储类型，`local` 将存储到磁盘，`minio` 将存储到 s3 兼容的对象服务。
+- `SERVE_DIRECT`: **false**: 允许直接重定向到存储系统。当前，仅 Minio/S3 是支持的。
+- `PATH`: 存放 Repository archive 上传的文件的地方，默认是 `data/repo-archive`。
+- `MINIO_ENDPOINT`: **localhost:9000**: Minio 地址，仅当 `STORAGE_TYPE` 为 `minio` 时有效。
+- `MINIO_ACCESS_KEY_ID`: Minio accessKeyID，仅当 `STORAGE_TYPE` 为 `minio` 时有效。
+- `MINIO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`: Minio secretAccessKey，仅当 `STORAGE_TYPE` 为 `minio` 时有效。
+- `MINIO_BUCKET`: **gitea**: Minio bucket，仅当 `STORAGE_TYPE` 为 `minio` 时有效。
+- `MINIO_LOCATION`: **us-east-1**: Minio location ，仅当 `STORAGE_TYPE` 为 `minio` 时有效。
+- `MINIO_BASE_PATH`: **repo-archive/**: Minio base path ，仅当 `STORAGE_TYPE` 为 `minio` 时有效。
+- `MINIO_USE_SSL`: **false**: Minio 是否启用 ssl ，仅当 `STORAGE_TYPE` 为 `minio` 时有效。
+
 ## Other (`other`)
 
 - `SHOW_FOOTER_BRANDING`: 为真则在页面底部显示Gitea的字样。
diff --git a/integrations/gitea-repositories-meta/user27/repo49.git/refs/heads/test/archive b/integrations/gitea-repositories-meta/user27/repo49.git/refs/heads/test/archive
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0f13243bfd64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integrations/gitea-repositories-meta/user27/repo49.git/refs/heads/test/archive
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+aacbdfe9e1c4b47f60abe81849045fa4e96f1d75
diff --git a/models/fixtures/repo_archiver.yml b/models/fixtures/repo_archiver.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ca780a73aa0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/fixtures/repo_archiver.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[] # empty
diff --git a/models/migrations/migrations.go b/models/migrations/migrations.go
index 880f55092d36..4e17a6a2c8a2 100644
--- a/models/migrations/migrations.go
+++ b/models/migrations/migrations.go
@@ -319,6 +319,8 @@ var migrations = []Migration{
 	NewMigration("Create PushMirror table", createPushMirrorTable),
 	// v184 -> v185
 	NewMigration("Rename Task errors to message", renameTaskErrorsToMessage),
+	// v185 -> v186
+	NewMigration("Add new table repo_archiver", addRepoArchiver),
 }
 
 // GetCurrentDBVersion returns the current db version
diff --git a/models/migrations/v181.go b/models/migrations/v181.go
index 6ba4edc15595..65045593ad6f 100644
--- a/models/migrations/v181.go
+++ b/models/migrations/v181.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
diff --git a/models/migrations/v185.go b/models/migrations/v185.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..096994889703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/migrations/v185.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package migrations
+
+import (
+	"xorm.io/xorm"
+)
+
+func addRepoArchiver(x *xorm.Engine) error {
+	// RepoArchiver represents all archivers
+	type RepoArchiver struct {
+		ID          int64 `xorm:"pk autoincr"`
+		RepoID      int64 `xorm:"index unique(s)"`
+		Type        int   `xorm:"unique(s)"`
+		Status      int
+		CommitID    string `xorm:"VARCHAR(40) unique(s)"`
+		CreatedUnix int64  `xorm:"INDEX NOT NULL created"`
+	}
+	return x.Sync2(new(RepoArchiver))
+}
diff --git a/models/models.go b/models/models.go
index c325fd381159..3266be0f4ab8 100644
--- a/models/models.go
+++ b/models/models.go
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ func init() {
 		new(RepoTransfer),
 		new(IssueIndex),
 		new(PushMirror),
+		new(RepoArchiver),
 	)
 
 	gonicNames := []string{"SSL", "UID"}
diff --git a/models/repo.go b/models/repo.go
index dc4e03a28a11..2baf6e9bdd94 100644
--- a/models/repo.go
+++ b/models/repo.go
@@ -1587,6 +1587,22 @@ func DeleteRepository(doer *User, uid, repoID int64) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// Remove archives
+	var archives []*RepoArchiver
+	if err = sess.Where("repo_id=?", repoID).Find(&archives); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for _, v := range archives {
+		v.Repo = repo
+		p, _ := v.RelativePath()
+		removeStorageWithNotice(sess, storage.RepoArchives, "Delete repo archive file", p)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := sess.Delete(&RepoArchiver{RepoID: repoID}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	if repo.NumForks > 0 {
 		if _, err = sess.Exec("UPDATE `repository` SET fork_id=0,is_fork=? WHERE fork_id=?", false, repo.ID); err != nil {
 			log.Error("reset 'fork_id' and 'is_fork': %v", err)
@@ -1768,64 +1784,45 @@ func DeleteRepositoryArchives(ctx context.Context) error {
 func DeleteOldRepositoryArchives(ctx context.Context, olderThan time.Duration) error {
 	log.Trace("Doing: ArchiveCleanup")
 
-	if err := x.Where("id > 0").Iterate(new(Repository), func(idx int, bean interface{}) error {
-		return deleteOldRepositoryArchives(ctx, olderThan, idx, bean)
-	}); err != nil {
-		log.Trace("Error: ArchiveClean: %v", err)
-		return err
+	for {
+		var archivers []RepoArchiver
+		err := x.Where("created_unix < ?", time.Now().Add(-olderThan).Unix()).
+			Asc("created_unix").
+			Limit(100).
+			Find(&archivers)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Trace("Error: ArchiveClean: %v", err)
+			return err
+		}
+
+		for _, archiver := range archivers {
+			if err := deleteOldRepoArchiver(ctx, &archiver); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+		if len(archivers) < 100 {
+			break
+		}
 	}
 
 	log.Trace("Finished: ArchiveCleanup")
 	return nil
 }
 
-func deleteOldRepositoryArchives(ctx context.Context, olderThan time.Duration, idx int, bean interface{}) error {
-	repo := bean.(*Repository)
-	basePath := filepath.Join(repo.RepoPath(), "archives")
+var delRepoArchiver = new(RepoArchiver)
 
-	for _, ty := range []string{"zip", "targz"} {
-		select {
-		case <-ctx.Done():
-			return ErrCancelledf("before deleting old repository archives with filetype %s for %s", ty, repo.FullName())
-		default:
-		}
-
-		path := filepath.Join(basePath, ty)
-		file, err := os.Open(path)
-		if err != nil {
-			if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-				log.Warn("Unable to open directory %s: %v", path, err)
-				return err
-			}
-
-			// If the directory doesn't exist, that's okay.
-			continue
-		}
-
-		files, err := file.Readdir(0)
-		file.Close()
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Warn("Unable to read directory %s: %v", path, err)
-			return err
-		}
-
-		minimumOldestTime := time.Now().Add(-olderThan)
-		for _, info := range files {
-			if info.ModTime().Before(minimumOldestTime) && !info.IsDir() {
-				select {
-				case <-ctx.Done():
-					return ErrCancelledf("before deleting old repository archive file %s with filetype %s for %s", info.Name(), ty, repo.FullName())
-				default:
-				}
-				toDelete := filepath.Join(path, info.Name())
-				// This is a best-effort purge, so we do not check error codes to confirm removal.
-				if err = util.Remove(toDelete); err != nil {
-					log.Trace("Unable to delete %s, but proceeding: %v", toDelete, err)
-				}
-			}
-		}
+func deleteOldRepoArchiver(ctx context.Context, archiver *RepoArchiver) error {
+	p, err := archiver.RelativePath()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = x.ID(archiver.ID).Delete(delRepoArchiver)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := storage.RepoArchives.Delete(p); err != nil {
+		log.Error("delete repo archive file failed: %v", err)
 	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/models/repo_archiver.go b/models/repo_archiver.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..833a22ee13c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/repo_archiver.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package models
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/timeutil"
+)
+
+// RepoArchiverStatus represents repo archive status
+type RepoArchiverStatus int
+
+// enumerate all repo archive statuses
+const (
+	RepoArchiverGenerating = iota // the archiver is generating
+	RepoArchiverReady             // it's ready
+)
+
+// RepoArchiver represents all archivers
+type RepoArchiver struct {
+	ID          int64           `xorm:"pk autoincr"`
+	RepoID      int64           `xorm:"index unique(s)"`
+	Repo        *Repository     `xorm:"-"`
+	Type        git.ArchiveType `xorm:"unique(s)"`
+	Status      RepoArchiverStatus
+	CommitID    string             `xorm:"VARCHAR(40) unique(s)"`
+	CreatedUnix timeutil.TimeStamp `xorm:"INDEX NOT NULL created"`
+}
+
+// LoadRepo loads repository
+func (archiver *RepoArchiver) LoadRepo() (*Repository, error) {
+	if archiver.Repo != nil {
+		return archiver.Repo, nil
+	}
+
+	var repo Repository
+	has, err := x.ID(archiver.RepoID).Get(&repo)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if !has {
+		return nil, ErrRepoNotExist{
+			ID: archiver.RepoID,
+		}
+	}
+	return &repo, nil
+}
+
+// RelativePath returns relative path
+func (archiver *RepoArchiver) RelativePath() (string, error) {
+	repo, err := archiver.LoadRepo()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s.%s", repo.FullName(), archiver.CommitID[:2], archiver.CommitID, archiver.Type.String()), nil
+}
+
+// GetRepoArchiver get an archiver
+func GetRepoArchiver(ctx DBContext, repoID int64, tp git.ArchiveType, commitID string) (*RepoArchiver, error) {
+	var archiver RepoArchiver
+	has, err := ctx.e.Where("repo_id=?", repoID).And("`type`=?", tp).And("commit_id=?", commitID).Get(&archiver)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if has {
+		return &archiver, nil
+	}
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+// AddRepoArchiver adds an archiver
+func AddRepoArchiver(ctx DBContext, archiver *RepoArchiver) error {
+	_, err := ctx.e.Insert(archiver)
+	return err
+}
+
+// UpdateRepoArchiverStatus updates archiver's status
+func UpdateRepoArchiverStatus(ctx DBContext, archiver *RepoArchiver) error {
+	_, err := ctx.e.ID(archiver.ID).Cols("status").Update(archiver)
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/models/unit_tests.go b/models/unit_tests.go
index 5a145fa2c023..f8d681933361 100644
--- a/models/unit_tests.go
+++ b/models/unit_tests.go
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ func MainTest(m *testing.M, pathToGiteaRoot string) {
 
 	setting.RepoAvatar.Storage.Path = filepath.Join(setting.AppDataPath, "repo-avatars")
 
+	setting.RepoArchive.Storage.Path = filepath.Join(setting.AppDataPath, "repo-archive")
+
 	if err = storage.Init(); err != nil {
 		fatalTestError("storage.Init: %v\n", err)
 	}
diff --git a/modules/context/context.go b/modules/context/context.go
index 7b3fd2899acd..64f8b1208457 100644
--- a/modules/context/context.go
+++ b/modules/context/context.go
@@ -380,6 +380,21 @@ func (ctx *Context) ServeFile(file string, names ...string) {
 	http.ServeFile(ctx.Resp, ctx.Req, file)
 }
 
+// ServeStream serves file via io stream
+func (ctx *Context) ServeStream(rd io.Reader, name string) {
+	ctx.Resp.Header().Set("Content-Description", "File Transfer")
+	ctx.Resp.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")
+	ctx.Resp.Header().Set("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename="+name)
+	ctx.Resp.Header().Set("Content-Transfer-Encoding", "binary")
+	ctx.Resp.Header().Set("Expires", "0")
+	ctx.Resp.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "must-revalidate")
+	ctx.Resp.Header().Set("Pragma", "public")
+	_, err := io.Copy(ctx.Resp, rd)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.ServerError("Download file failed", err)
+	}
+}
+
 // Error returned an error to web browser
 func (ctx *Context) Error(status int, contents ...string) {
 	var v = http.StatusText(status)
diff --git a/modules/doctor/checkOldArchives.go b/modules/doctor/checkOldArchives.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a4e2ffbd1f0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/doctor/checkOldArchives.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package doctor
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/util"
+)
+
+func checkOldArchives(logger log.Logger, autofix bool) error {
+	numRepos := 0
+	numReposUpdated := 0
+	err := iterateRepositories(func(repo *models.Repository) error {
+		if repo.IsEmpty {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		p := filepath.Join(repo.RepoPath(), "archives")
+		isDir, err := util.IsDir(p)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Warn("check if %s is directory failed: %v", p, err)
+		}
+		if isDir {
+			numRepos++
+			if autofix {
+				if err := os.RemoveAll(p); err == nil {
+					numReposUpdated++
+				} else {
+					log.Warn("remove %s failed: %v", p, err)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	if autofix {
+		logger.Info("%d / %d old archives in repository deleted", numReposUpdated, numRepos)
+	} else {
+		logger.Info("%d old archives in repository need to be deleted", numRepos)
+	}
+
+	return err
+}
+
+func init() {
+	Register(&Check{
+		Title:     "Check old archives",
+		Name:      "check-old-archives",
+		IsDefault: false,
+		Run:       checkOldArchives,
+		Priority:  7,
+	})
+}
diff --git a/modules/git/commit_archive.go b/modules/git/repo_archive.go
similarity index 60%
rename from modules/git/commit_archive.go
rename to modules/git/repo_archive.go
index d075ba09115f..07003aa6b2c1 100644
--- a/modules/git/commit_archive.go
+++ b/modules/git/repo_archive.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package git
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -33,32 +34,28 @@ func (a ArchiveType) String() string {
 	return "unknown"
 }
 
-// CreateArchiveOpts represents options for creating an archive
-type CreateArchiveOpts struct {
-	Format ArchiveType
-	Prefix bool
-}
-
 // CreateArchive create archive content to the target path
-func (c *Commit) CreateArchive(ctx context.Context, target string, opts CreateArchiveOpts) error {
-	if opts.Format.String() == "unknown" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unknown format: %v", opts.Format)
+func (repo *Repository) CreateArchive(ctx context.Context, format ArchiveType, target io.Writer, usePrefix bool, commitID string) error {
+	if format.String() == "unknown" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unknown format: %v", format)
 	}
 
 	args := []string{
 		"archive",
 	}
-	if opts.Prefix {
-		args = append(args, "--prefix="+filepath.Base(strings.TrimSuffix(c.repo.Path, ".git"))+"/")
+	if usePrefix {
+		args = append(args, "--prefix="+filepath.Base(strings.TrimSuffix(repo.Path, ".git"))+"/")
 	}
 
 	args = append(args,
-		"--format="+opts.Format.String(),
-		"-o",
-		target,
-		c.ID.String(),
+		"--format="+format.String(),
+		commitID,
 	)
 
-	_, err := NewCommandContext(ctx, args...).RunInDir(c.repo.Path)
-	return err
+	var stderr strings.Builder
+	err := NewCommandContext(ctx, args...).RunInDirPipeline(repo.Path, target, &stderr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ConcatenateError(err, stderr.String())
+	}
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/modules/setting/repository.go b/modules/setting/repository.go
index a7666895e1f3..c2a6357d9462 100644
--- a/modules/setting/repository.go
+++ b/modules/setting/repository.go
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ var (
 	}
 	RepoRootPath string
 	ScriptType   = "bash"
+
+	RepoArchive = struct {
+		Storage
+	}{}
 )
 
 func newRepository() {
@@ -328,4 +332,6 @@ func newRepository() {
 	if !filepath.IsAbs(Repository.Upload.TempPath) {
 		Repository.Upload.TempPath = path.Join(AppWorkPath, Repository.Upload.TempPath)
 	}
+
+	RepoArchive.Storage = getStorage("repo-archive", "", nil)
 }
diff --git a/modules/setting/storage.go b/modules/setting/storage.go
index 3ab08d8d2a02..075152db59cd 100644
--- a/modules/setting/storage.go
+++ b/modules/setting/storage.go
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ func getStorage(name, typ string, targetSec *ini.Section) Storage {
 	sec.Key("MINIO_LOCATION").MustString("us-east-1")
 	sec.Key("MINIO_USE_SSL").MustBool(false)
 
+	if targetSec == nil {
+		targetSec, _ = Cfg.NewSection(name)
+	}
+
 	var storage Storage
 	storage.Section = targetSec
 	storage.Type = typ
diff --git a/modules/storage/storage.go b/modules/storage/storage.go
index 984f154db48b..b3708908f818 100644
--- a/modules/storage/storage.go
+++ b/modules/storage/storage.go
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ var (
 	Avatars ObjectStorage
 	// RepoAvatars represents repository avatars storage
 	RepoAvatars ObjectStorage
+
+	// RepoArchives represents repository archives storage
+	RepoArchives ObjectStorage
 )
 
 // Init init the stoarge
@@ -130,7 +133,11 @@ func Init() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return initLFS()
+	if err := initLFS(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return initRepoArchives()
 }
 
 // NewStorage takes a storage type and some config and returns an ObjectStorage or an error
@@ -169,3 +176,9 @@ func initRepoAvatars() (err error) {
 	RepoAvatars, err = NewStorage(setting.RepoAvatar.Storage.Type, &setting.RepoAvatar.Storage)
 	return
 }
+
+func initRepoArchives() (err error) {
+	log.Info("Initialising Repository Archive storage with type: %s", setting.RepoArchive.Storage.Type)
+	RepoArchives, err = NewStorage(setting.RepoArchive.Storage.Type, &setting.RepoArchive.Storage)
+	return
+}
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/repo/file.go b/routers/api/v1/repo/file.go
index 39a60df33f01..e6427ea4f4d2 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/repo/file.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/repo/file.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	api "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/structs"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/web"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/routers/common"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/routers/web/repo"
 )
 
 // GetRawFile get a file by path on a repository
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ func GetArchive(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 	ctx.Repo.GitRepo = gitRepo
 	defer gitRepo.Close()
 
-	common.Download(ctx.Context)
+	repo.Download(ctx.Context)
 }
 
 // GetEditorconfig get editor config of a repository
diff --git a/routers/common/repo.go b/routers/common/repo.go
index c61b5ec57f52..22403da09765 100644
--- a/routers/common/repo.go
+++ b/routers/common/repo.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ package common
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"net/http"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/typesniffer"
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/services/archiver"
 )
 
 // ServeBlob download a git.Blob
@@ -41,30 +39,6 @@ func ServeBlob(ctx *context.Context, blob *git.Blob) error {
 	return ServeData(ctx, ctx.Repo.TreePath, blob.Size(), dataRc)
 }
 
-// Download an archive of a repository
-func Download(ctx *context.Context) {
-	uri := ctx.Params("*")
-	aReq := archiver.DeriveRequestFrom(ctx, uri)
-
-	if aReq == nil {
-		ctx.Error(http.StatusNotFound)
-		return
-	}
-
-	downloadName := ctx.Repo.Repository.Name + "-" + aReq.GetArchiveName()
-	complete := aReq.IsComplete()
-	if !complete {
-		aReq = archiver.ArchiveRepository(aReq)
-		complete = aReq.WaitForCompletion(ctx)
-	}
-
-	if complete {
-		ctx.ServeFile(aReq.GetArchivePath(), downloadName)
-	} else {
-		ctx.Error(http.StatusNotFound)
-	}
-}
-
 // ServeData download file from io.Reader
 func ServeData(ctx *context.Context, name string, size int64, reader io.Reader) error {
 	buf := make([]byte, 1024)
diff --git a/routers/init.go b/routers/init.go
index 4c28a953955b..bbf39a3f509e 100644
--- a/routers/init.go
+++ b/routers/init.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/routers/common"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/routers/private"
 	web_routers "code.gitea.io/gitea/routers/web"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/services/archiver"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/services/auth"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/services/mailer"
 	mirror_service "code.gitea.io/gitea/services/mirror"
@@ -63,6 +64,9 @@ func NewServices() {
 	mailer.NewContext()
 	_ = cache.NewContext()
 	notification.NewContext()
+	if err := archiver.Init(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("archiver init failed: %v", err)
+	}
 }
 
 // GlobalInit is for global configuration reload-able.
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/repo.go b/routers/web/repo/repo.go
index f149e92a8b6b..919fd4620d25 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/repo.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/repo.go
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/base"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/context"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/graceful"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/storage"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/web"
 	archiver_service "code.gitea.io/gitea/services/archiver"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/services/forms"
@@ -364,25 +366,123 @@ func RedirectDownload(ctx *context.Context) {
 	ctx.Error(http.StatusNotFound)
 }
 
-// InitiateDownload will enqueue an archival request, as needed.  It may submit
-// a request that's already in-progress, but the archiver service will just
-// kind of drop it on the floor if this is the case.
-func InitiateDownload(ctx *context.Context) {
+// Download an archive of a repository
+func Download(ctx *context.Context) {
 	uri := ctx.Params("*")
-	aReq := archiver_service.DeriveRequestFrom(ctx, uri)
-
+	aReq, err := archiver_service.NewRequest(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.Repo.GitRepo, uri)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.ServerError("archiver_service.NewRequest", err)
+		return
+	}
 	if aReq == nil {
 		ctx.Error(http.StatusNotFound)
 		return
 	}
 
-	complete := aReq.IsComplete()
-	if !complete {
-		aReq = archiver_service.ArchiveRepository(aReq)
-		complete, _ = aReq.TimedWaitForCompletion(ctx, 2*time.Second)
+	archiver, err := models.GetRepoArchiver(models.DefaultDBContext(), aReq.RepoID, aReq.Type, aReq.CommitID)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.ServerError("models.GetRepoArchiver", err)
+		return
+	}
+	if archiver != nil && archiver.Status == models.RepoArchiverReady {
+		download(ctx, aReq.GetArchiveName(), archiver)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := archiver_service.StartArchive(aReq); err != nil {
+		ctx.ServerError("archiver_service.StartArchive", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	var times int
+	var t = time.NewTicker(time.Second * 1)
+	defer t.Stop()
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-graceful.GetManager().HammerContext().Done():
+			log.Warn("exit archive download because system stop")
+			return
+		case <-t.C:
+			if times > 20 {
+				ctx.ServerError("wait download timeout", nil)
+				return
+			}
+			times++
+			archiver, err = models.GetRepoArchiver(models.DefaultDBContext(), aReq.RepoID, aReq.Type, aReq.CommitID)
+			if err != nil {
+				ctx.ServerError("archiver_service.StartArchive", err)
+				return
+			}
+			if archiver != nil && archiver.Status == models.RepoArchiverReady {
+				download(ctx, aReq.GetArchiveName(), archiver)
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func download(ctx *context.Context, archiveName string, archiver *models.RepoArchiver) {
+	downloadName := ctx.Repo.Repository.Name + "-" + archiveName
+
+	rPath, err := archiver.RelativePath()
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.ServerError("archiver.RelativePath", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if setting.RepoArchive.ServeDirect {
+		//If we have a signed url (S3, object storage), redirect to this directly.
+		u, err := storage.RepoArchives.URL(rPath, downloadName)
+		if u != nil && err == nil {
+			ctx.Redirect(u.String())
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	//If we have matched and access to release or issue
+	fr, err := storage.RepoArchives.Open(rPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.ServerError("Open", err)
+		return
+	}
+	defer fr.Close()
+	ctx.ServeStream(fr, downloadName)
+}
+
+// InitiateDownload will enqueue an archival request, as needed.  It may submit
+// a request that's already in-progress, but the archiver service will just
+// kind of drop it on the floor if this is the case.
+func InitiateDownload(ctx *context.Context) {
+	uri := ctx.Params("*")
+	aReq, err := archiver_service.NewRequest(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.Repo.GitRepo, uri)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.ServerError("archiver_service.NewRequest", err)
+		return
+	}
+	if aReq == nil {
+		ctx.Error(http.StatusNotFound)
+		return
+	}
+
+	archiver, err := models.GetRepoArchiver(models.DefaultDBContext(), aReq.RepoID, aReq.Type, aReq.CommitID)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.ServerError("archiver_service.StartArchive", err)
+		return
+	}
+	if archiver == nil || archiver.Status != models.RepoArchiverReady {
+		if err := archiver_service.StartArchive(aReq); err != nil {
+			ctx.ServerError("archiver_service.StartArchive", err)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	var completed bool
+	if archiver != nil && archiver.Status == models.RepoArchiverReady {
+		completed = true
 	}
 
 	ctx.JSON(http.StatusOK, map[string]interface{}{
-		"complete": complete,
+		"complete": completed,
 	})
 }
diff --git a/routers/web/web.go b/routers/web/web.go
index 2c8a6411a1d1..883213479c86 100644
--- a/routers/web/web.go
+++ b/routers/web/web.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/validation"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/web"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/routers/api/v1/misc"
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/routers/common"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/routers/web/admin"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/routers/web/dev"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/routers/web/events"
@@ -888,7 +887,7 @@ func RegisterRoutes(m *web.Route) {
 		}, context.RepoRef(), repo.MustBeNotEmpty, context.RequireRepoReaderOr(models.UnitTypeCode))
 
 		m.Group("/archive", func() {
-			m.Get("/*", common.Download)
+			m.Get("/*", repo.Download)
 			m.Post("/*", repo.InitiateDownload)
 		}, repo.MustBeNotEmpty, reqRepoCodeReader)
 
diff --git a/services/archiver/archiver.go b/services/archiver/archiver.go
index dfa6334d9536..00c028130681 100644
--- a/services/archiver/archiver.go
+++ b/services/archiver/archiver.go
@@ -6,22 +6,20 @@
 package archiver
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
-	"path"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
-	"time"
 
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/base"
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/context"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/graceful"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/queue"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/util"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/storage"
 )
 
 // ArchiveRequest defines the parameters of an archive request, which notably
@@ -30,223 +28,174 @@ import (
 // This is entirely opaque to external entities, though, and mostly used as a
 // handle elsewhere.
 type ArchiveRequest struct {
-	uri             string
-	repo            *git.Repository
-	refName         string
-	ext             string
-	archivePath     string
-	archiveType     git.ArchiveType
-	archiveComplete bool
-	commit          *git.Commit
-	cchan           chan struct{}
+	RepoID   int64
+	refName  string
+	Type     git.ArchiveType
+	CommitID string
 }
 
-var archiveInProgress []*ArchiveRequest
-var archiveMutex sync.Mutex
-
 // SHA1 hashes will only go up to 40 characters, but SHA256 hashes will go all
 // the way to 64.
 var shaRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^[0-9a-f]{4,64}$`)
 
-// These facilitate testing, by allowing the unit tests to control (to some extent)
-// the goroutine used for processing the queue.
-var archiveQueueMutex *sync.Mutex
-var archiveQueueStartCond *sync.Cond
-var archiveQueueReleaseCond *sync.Cond
+// NewRequest creates an archival request, based on the URI.  The
+// resulting ArchiveRequest is suitable for being passed to ArchiveRepository()
+// if it's determined that the request still needs to be satisfied.
+func NewRequest(repoID int64, repo *git.Repository, uri string) (*ArchiveRequest, error) {
+	r := &ArchiveRequest{
+		RepoID: repoID,
+	}
 
-// GetArchivePath returns the path from which we can serve this archive.
-func (aReq *ArchiveRequest) GetArchivePath() string {
-	return aReq.archivePath
+	var ext string
+	switch {
+	case strings.HasSuffix(uri, ".zip"):
+		ext = ".zip"
+		r.Type = git.ZIP
+	case strings.HasSuffix(uri, ".tar.gz"):
+		ext = ".tar.gz"
+		r.Type = git.TARGZ
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unknown format: %s", uri)
+	}
+
+	r.refName = strings.TrimSuffix(uri, ext)
+
+	var err error
+	// Get corresponding commit.
+	if repo.IsBranchExist(r.refName) {
+		r.CommitID, err = repo.GetBranchCommitID(r.refName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	} else if repo.IsTagExist(r.refName) {
+		r.CommitID, err = repo.GetTagCommitID(r.refName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	} else if shaRegex.MatchString(r.refName) {
+		if repo.IsCommitExist(r.refName) {
+			r.CommitID = r.refName
+		} else {
+			return nil, git.ErrNotExist{
+				ID: r.refName,
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unknow ref %s type", r.refName)
+	}
+
+	return r, nil
 }
 
 // GetArchiveName returns the name of the caller, based on the ref used by the
 // caller to create this request.
 func (aReq *ArchiveRequest) GetArchiveName() string {
-	return aReq.refName + aReq.ext
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(aReq.refName, "/", "-") + "." + aReq.Type.String()
 }
 
-// IsComplete returns the completion status of this request.
-func (aReq *ArchiveRequest) IsComplete() bool {
-	return aReq.archiveComplete
-}
-
-// WaitForCompletion will wait for this request to complete, with no timeout.
-// It returns whether the archive was actually completed, as the channel could
-// have also been closed due to an error.
-func (aReq *ArchiveRequest) WaitForCompletion(ctx *context.Context) bool {
-	select {
-	case <-aReq.cchan:
-	case <-ctx.Done():
-	}
-
-	return aReq.IsComplete()
-}
-
-// TimedWaitForCompletion will wait for this request to complete, with timeout
-// happening after the specified Duration.  It returns whether the archive is
-// now complete and whether we hit the timeout or not.  The latter may not be
-// useful if the request is complete or we started to shutdown.
-func (aReq *ArchiveRequest) TimedWaitForCompletion(ctx *context.Context, dur time.Duration) (bool, bool) {
-	timeout := false
-	select {
-	case <-time.After(dur):
-		timeout = true
-	case <-aReq.cchan:
-	case <-ctx.Done():
-	}
-
-	return aReq.IsComplete(), timeout
-}
-
-// The caller must hold the archiveMutex across calls to getArchiveRequest.
-func getArchiveRequest(repo *git.Repository, commit *git.Commit, archiveType git.ArchiveType) *ArchiveRequest {
-	for _, r := range archiveInProgress {
-		// Need to be referring to the same repository.
-		if r.repo.Path == repo.Path && r.commit.ID == commit.ID && r.archiveType == archiveType {
-			return r
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// DeriveRequestFrom creates an archival request, based on the URI.  The
-// resulting ArchiveRequest is suitable for being passed to ArchiveRepository()
-// if it's determined that the request still needs to be satisfied.
-func DeriveRequestFrom(ctx *context.Context, uri string) *ArchiveRequest {
-	if ctx.Repo == nil || ctx.Repo.GitRepo == nil {
-		log.Trace("Repo not initialized")
-		return nil
-	}
-	r := &ArchiveRequest{
-		uri:  uri,
-		repo: ctx.Repo.GitRepo,
-	}
-
-	switch {
-	case strings.HasSuffix(uri, ".zip"):
-		r.ext = ".zip"
-		r.archivePath = path.Join(r.repo.Path, "archives/zip")
-		r.archiveType = git.ZIP
-	case strings.HasSuffix(uri, ".tar.gz"):
-		r.ext = ".tar.gz"
-		r.archivePath = path.Join(r.repo.Path, "archives/targz")
-		r.archiveType = git.TARGZ
-	default:
-		log.Trace("Unknown format: %s", uri)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	r.refName = strings.TrimSuffix(r.uri, r.ext)
-	isDir, err := util.IsDir(r.archivePath)
+func doArchive(r *ArchiveRequest) (*models.RepoArchiver, error) {
+	ctx, commiter, err := models.TxDBContext()
 	if err != nil {
-		ctx.ServerError("Download -> util.IsDir(archivePath)", err)
-		return nil
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	if !isDir {
-		if err := os.MkdirAll(r.archivePath, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-			ctx.ServerError("Download -> os.MkdirAll(archivePath)", err)
-			return nil
-		}
+	defer commiter.Close()
+
+	archiver, err := models.GetRepoArchiver(ctx, r.RepoID, r.Type, r.CommitID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// Get corresponding commit.
-	if r.repo.IsBranchExist(r.refName) {
-		r.commit, err = r.repo.GetBranchCommit(r.refName)
-		if err != nil {
-			ctx.ServerError("GetBranchCommit", err)
-			return nil
-		}
-	} else if r.repo.IsTagExist(r.refName) {
-		r.commit, err = r.repo.GetTagCommit(r.refName)
-		if err != nil {
-			ctx.ServerError("GetTagCommit", err)
-			return nil
-		}
-	} else if shaRegex.MatchString(r.refName) {
-		r.commit, err = r.repo.GetCommit(r.refName)
-		if err != nil {
-			ctx.NotFound("GetCommit", nil)
-			return nil
+	if archiver != nil {
+		// FIXME: If another process are generating it, we think it's not ready and just return
+		// Or we should wait until the archive generated.
+		if archiver.Status == models.RepoArchiverGenerating {
+			return nil, nil
 		}
 	} else {
-		ctx.NotFound("DeriveRequestFrom", nil)
-		return nil
+		archiver = &models.RepoArchiver{
+			RepoID:   r.RepoID,
+			Type:     r.Type,
+			CommitID: r.CommitID,
+			Status:   models.RepoArchiverGenerating,
+		}
+		if err := models.AddRepoArchiver(ctx, archiver); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
-	archiveMutex.Lock()
-	defer archiveMutex.Unlock()
-	if rExisting := getArchiveRequest(r.repo, r.commit, r.archiveType); rExisting != nil {
-		return rExisting
-	}
-
-	r.archivePath = path.Join(r.archivePath, base.ShortSha(r.commit.ID.String())+r.ext)
-	r.archiveComplete, err = util.IsFile(r.archivePath)
+	rPath, err := archiver.RelativePath()
 	if err != nil {
-		ctx.ServerError("util.IsFile", err)
-		return nil
-	}
-	return r
-}
-
-func doArchive(r *ArchiveRequest) {
-	var (
-		err         error
-		tmpArchive  *os.File
-		destArchive *os.File
-	)
-
-	// Close the channel to indicate to potential waiters that this request
-	// has finished.
-	defer close(r.cchan)
-
-	// It could have happened that we enqueued two archival requests, due to
-	// race conditions and difficulties in locking.  Do one last check that
-	// the archive we're referring to doesn't already exist.  If it does exist,
-	// then just mark the request as complete and move on.
-	isFile, err := util.IsFile(r.archivePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("Unable to check if %s util.IsFile: %v. Will ignore and recreate.", r.archivePath, err)
-	}
-	if isFile {
-		r.archiveComplete = true
-		return
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// Create a temporary file to use while the archive is being built.  We
-	// will then copy it into place (r.archivePath) once it's fully
-	// constructed.
-	tmpArchive, err = ioutil.TempFile("", "archive")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("Unable to create a temporary archive file! Error: %v", err)
-		return
+	_, err = storage.RepoArchives.Stat(rPath)
+	if err == nil {
+		if archiver.Status == models.RepoArchiverGenerating {
+			archiver.Status = models.RepoArchiverReady
+			return archiver, models.UpdateRepoArchiverStatus(ctx, archiver)
+		}
+		return archiver, nil
 	}
+
+	if !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to stat archive: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	rd, w := io.Pipe()
 	defer func() {
-		tmpArchive.Close()
-		os.Remove(tmpArchive.Name())
+		w.Close()
+		rd.Close()
 	}()
-
-	if err = r.commit.CreateArchive(graceful.GetManager().ShutdownContext(), tmpArchive.Name(), git.CreateArchiveOpts{
-		Format: r.archiveType,
-		Prefix: setting.Repository.PrefixArchiveFiles,
-	}); err != nil {
-		log.Error("Download -> CreateArchive "+tmpArchive.Name(), err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Now we copy it into place
-	if destArchive, err = os.Create(r.archivePath); err != nil {
-		log.Error("Unable to open archive " + r.archivePath)
-		return
-	}
-	_, err = io.Copy(destArchive, tmpArchive)
-	destArchive.Close()
+	var done = make(chan error)
+	repo, err := archiver.LoadRepo()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("Unable to write archive " + r.archivePath)
-		return
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("archiver.LoadRepo failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// Block any attempt to finalize creating a new request if we're marking
-	r.archiveComplete = true
+	gitRepo, err := git.OpenRepository(repo.RepoPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer gitRepo.Close()
+
+	go func(done chan error, w *io.PipeWriter, archiver *models.RepoArchiver, gitRepo *git.Repository) {
+		defer func() {
+			if r := recover(); r != nil {
+				done <- fmt.Errorf("%v", r)
+			}
+		}()
+
+		err = gitRepo.CreateArchive(
+			graceful.GetManager().ShutdownContext(),
+			archiver.Type,
+			w,
+			setting.Repository.PrefixArchiveFiles,
+			archiver.CommitID,
+		)
+		_ = w.CloseWithError(err)
+		done <- err
+	}(done, w, archiver, gitRepo)
+
+	// TODO: add lfs data to zip
+	// TODO: add submodule data to zip
+
+	if _, err := storage.RepoArchives.Save(rPath, rd, -1); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to write archive: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	err = <-done
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if archiver.Status == models.RepoArchiverGenerating {
+		archiver.Status = models.RepoArchiverReady
+		if err = models.UpdateRepoArchiverStatus(ctx, archiver); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return archiver, commiter.Commit()
 }
 
 // ArchiveRepository satisfies the ArchiveRequest being passed in.  Processing
@@ -255,65 +204,46 @@ func doArchive(r *ArchiveRequest) {
 // anything.  In all cases, the caller should be examining the *ArchiveRequest
 // being returned for completion, as it may be different than the one they passed
 // in.
-func ArchiveRepository(request *ArchiveRequest) *ArchiveRequest {
-	// We'll return the request that's already been enqueued if it has been
-	// enqueued, or we'll immediately enqueue it if it has not been enqueued
-	// and it is not marked complete.
-	archiveMutex.Lock()
-	defer archiveMutex.Unlock()
-	if rExisting := getArchiveRequest(request.repo, request.commit, request.archiveType); rExisting != nil {
-		return rExisting
-	}
-	if request.archiveComplete {
-		return request
-	}
+func ArchiveRepository(request *ArchiveRequest) (*models.RepoArchiver, error) {
+	return doArchive(request)
+}
 
-	request.cchan = make(chan struct{})
-	archiveInProgress = append(archiveInProgress, request)
-	go func() {
-		// Wait to start, if we have the Cond for it.  This is currently only
-		// useful for testing, so that the start and release of queued entries
-		// can be controlled to examine the queue.
-		if archiveQueueStartCond != nil {
-			archiveQueueMutex.Lock()
-			archiveQueueStartCond.Wait()
-			archiveQueueMutex.Unlock()
-		}
+var archiverQueue queue.UniqueQueue
 
-		// Drop the mutex while we process the request.  This may take a long
-		// time, and it's not necessary now that we've added the reequest to
-		// archiveInProgress.
-		doArchive(request)
-
-		if archiveQueueReleaseCond != nil {
-			archiveQueueMutex.Lock()
-			archiveQueueReleaseCond.Wait()
-			archiveQueueMutex.Unlock()
-		}
-
-		// Purge this request from the list.  To do so, we'll just take the
-		// index at which we ended up at and swap the final element into that
-		// position, then chop off the now-redundant final element.  The slice
-		// may have change in between these two segments and we may have moved,
-		// so we search for it here.  We could perhaps avoid this search
-		// entirely if len(archiveInProgress) == 1, but we should verify
-		// correctness.
-		archiveMutex.Lock()
-		defer archiveMutex.Unlock()
-
-		idx := -1
-		for _idx, req := range archiveInProgress {
-			if req == request {
-				idx = _idx
-				break
+// Init initlize archive
+func Init() error {
+	handler := func(data ...queue.Data) {
+		for _, datum := range data {
+			archiveReq, ok := datum.(*ArchiveRequest)
+			if !ok {
+				log.Error("Unable to process provided datum: %v - not possible to cast to IndexerData", datum)
+				continue
+			}
+			log.Trace("ArchiverData Process: %#v", archiveReq)
+			if _, err := doArchive(archiveReq); err != nil {
+				log.Error("Archive %v faild: %v", datum, err)
 			}
 		}
-		if idx == -1 {
-			log.Error("ArchiveRepository: Failed to find request for removal.")
-			return
-		}
-		archiveInProgress = append(archiveInProgress[:idx], archiveInProgress[idx+1:]...)
-	}()
+	}
 
-	return request
+	archiverQueue = queue.CreateUniqueQueue("repo-archive", handler, new(ArchiveRequest))
+	if archiverQueue == nil {
+		return errors.New("unable to create codes indexer queue")
+	}
+
+	go graceful.GetManager().RunWithShutdownFns(archiverQueue.Run)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// StartArchive push the archive request to the queue
+func StartArchive(request *ArchiveRequest) error {
+	has, err := archiverQueue.Has(request)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if has {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return archiverQueue.Push(request)
 }
diff --git a/services/archiver/archiver_test.go b/services/archiver/archiver_test.go
index 6dcd942bf5ef..3f3f369987b5 100644
--- a/services/archiver/archiver_test.go
+++ b/services/archiver/archiver_test.go
@@ -6,108 +6,75 @@ package archiver
 
 import (
 	"path/filepath"
-	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/test"
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/util"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-var queueMutex sync.Mutex
-
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	models.MainTest(m, filepath.Join("..", ".."))
 }
 
 func waitForCount(t *testing.T, num int) {
-	var numQueued int
 
-	// Wait for up to 10 seconds for the queue to be impacted.
-	timeout := time.Now().Add(10 * time.Second)
-	for {
-		numQueued = len(archiveInProgress)
-		if numQueued == num || time.Now().After(timeout) {
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	assert.Len(t, archiveInProgress, num)
-}
-
-func releaseOneEntry(t *testing.T, inFlight []*ArchiveRequest) {
-	var nowQueued, numQueued int
-
-	numQueued = len(archiveInProgress)
-
-	// Release one, then wait up to 10 seconds for it to complete.
-	queueMutex.Lock()
-	archiveQueueReleaseCond.Signal()
-	queueMutex.Unlock()
-	timeout := time.Now().Add(10 * time.Second)
-	for {
-		nowQueued = len(archiveInProgress)
-		if nowQueued != numQueued || time.Now().After(timeout) {
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Make sure we didn't just timeout.
-	assert.NotEqual(t, numQueued, nowQueued)
-
-	// Also make sure that we released only one.
-	assert.Equal(t, numQueued-1, nowQueued)
 }
 
 func TestArchive_Basic(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, models.PrepareTestDatabase())
 
-	archiveQueueMutex = &queueMutex
-	archiveQueueStartCond = sync.NewCond(&queueMutex)
-	archiveQueueReleaseCond = sync.NewCond(&queueMutex)
-	defer func() {
-		archiveQueueMutex = nil
-		archiveQueueStartCond = nil
-		archiveQueueReleaseCond = nil
-	}()
-
 	ctx := test.MockContext(t, "user27/repo49")
 	firstCommit, secondCommit := "51f84af23134", "aacbdfe9e1c4"
 
-	bogusReq := DeriveRequestFrom(ctx, firstCommit+".zip")
-	assert.Nil(t, bogusReq)
-
 	test.LoadRepo(t, ctx, 49)
-	bogusReq = DeriveRequestFrom(ctx, firstCommit+".zip")
-	assert.Nil(t, bogusReq)
-
 	test.LoadGitRepo(t, ctx)
 	defer ctx.Repo.GitRepo.Close()
 
+	bogusReq, err := NewRequest(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.Repo.GitRepo, firstCommit+".zip")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, bogusReq)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, firstCommit+".zip", bogusReq.GetArchiveName())
+
 	// Check a series of bogus requests.
 	// Step 1, valid commit with a bad extension.
-	bogusReq = DeriveRequestFrom(ctx, firstCommit+".dilbert")
+	bogusReq, err = NewRequest(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.Repo.GitRepo, firstCommit+".dilbert")
+	assert.Error(t, err)
 	assert.Nil(t, bogusReq)
 
 	// Step 2, missing commit.
-	bogusReq = DeriveRequestFrom(ctx, "dbffff.zip")
+	bogusReq, err = NewRequest(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.Repo.GitRepo, "dbffff.zip")
+	assert.Error(t, err)
 	assert.Nil(t, bogusReq)
 
 	// Step 3, doesn't look like branch/tag/commit.
-	bogusReq = DeriveRequestFrom(ctx, "db.zip")
+	bogusReq, err = NewRequest(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.Repo.GitRepo, "db.zip")
+	assert.Error(t, err)
 	assert.Nil(t, bogusReq)
 
+	bogusReq, err = NewRequest(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.Repo.GitRepo, "master.zip")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, bogusReq)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, "master.zip", bogusReq.GetArchiveName())
+
+	bogusReq, err = NewRequest(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.Repo.GitRepo, "test/archive.zip")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, bogusReq)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, "test-archive.zip", bogusReq.GetArchiveName())
+
 	// Now two valid requests, firstCommit with valid extensions.
-	zipReq := DeriveRequestFrom(ctx, firstCommit+".zip")
+	zipReq, err := NewRequest(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.Repo.GitRepo, firstCommit+".zip")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.NotNil(t, zipReq)
 
-	tgzReq := DeriveRequestFrom(ctx, firstCommit+".tar.gz")
+	tgzReq, err := NewRequest(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.Repo.GitRepo, firstCommit+".tar.gz")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.NotNil(t, tgzReq)
 
-	secondReq := DeriveRequestFrom(ctx, secondCommit+".zip")
+	secondReq, err := NewRequest(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.Repo.GitRepo, secondCommit+".zip")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.NotNil(t, secondReq)
 
 	inFlight := make([]*ArchiveRequest, 3)
@@ -128,41 +95,9 @@ func TestArchive_Basic(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Sleep two seconds to make sure the queue doesn't change.
 	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
-	assert.Len(t, archiveInProgress, 3)
 
-	// Release them all, they'll then stall at the archiveQueueReleaseCond while
-	// we examine the queue state.
-	queueMutex.Lock()
-	archiveQueueStartCond.Broadcast()
-	queueMutex.Unlock()
-
-	// Iterate through all of the in-flight requests and wait for their
-	// completion.
-	for _, req := range inFlight {
-		req.WaitForCompletion(ctx)
-	}
-
-	for _, req := range inFlight {
-		assert.True(t, req.IsComplete())
-		exist, err := util.IsExist(req.GetArchivePath())
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.True(t, exist)
-	}
-
-	arbitraryReq := inFlight[0]
-	// Reopen the channel so we don't double-close, mark it incomplete.  We're
-	// going to run it back through the archiver, and it should get marked
-	// complete again.
-	arbitraryReq.cchan = make(chan struct{})
-	arbitraryReq.archiveComplete = false
-	doArchive(arbitraryReq)
-	assert.True(t, arbitraryReq.IsComplete())
-
-	// Queues should not have drained yet, because we haven't released them.
-	// Do so now.
-	assert.Len(t, archiveInProgress, 3)
-
-	zipReq2 := DeriveRequestFrom(ctx, firstCommit+".zip")
+	zipReq2, err := NewRequest(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.Repo.GitRepo, firstCommit+".zip")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	// This zipReq should match what's sitting in the queue, as we haven't
 	// let it release yet.  From the consumer's point of view, this looks like
 	// a long-running archive task.
@@ -173,46 +108,22 @@ func TestArchive_Basic(t *testing.T) {
 	// predecessor has cleared out of the queue.
 	ArchiveRepository(zipReq2)
 
-	// Make sure the queue hasn't grown any.
-	assert.Len(t, archiveInProgress, 3)
-
-	// Make sure the queue drains properly
-	releaseOneEntry(t, inFlight)
-	assert.Len(t, archiveInProgress, 2)
-	releaseOneEntry(t, inFlight)
-	assert.Len(t, archiveInProgress, 1)
-	releaseOneEntry(t, inFlight)
-	assert.Empty(t, archiveInProgress)
-
 	// Now we'll submit a request and TimedWaitForCompletion twice, before and
 	// after we release it.  We should trigger both the timeout and non-timeout
 	// cases.
-	var completed, timedout bool
-	timedReq := DeriveRequestFrom(ctx, secondCommit+".tar.gz")
+	timedReq, err := NewRequest(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.Repo.GitRepo, secondCommit+".tar.gz")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.NotNil(t, timedReq)
 	ArchiveRepository(timedReq)
 
-	// Guaranteed to timeout; we haven't signalled the request to start..
-	completed, timedout = timedReq.TimedWaitForCompletion(ctx, 2*time.Second)
-	assert.False(t, completed)
-	assert.True(t, timedout)
-
-	queueMutex.Lock()
-	archiveQueueStartCond.Broadcast()
-	queueMutex.Unlock()
-
-	// Shouldn't timeout, we've now signalled it and it's a small request.
-	completed, timedout = timedReq.TimedWaitForCompletion(ctx, 15*time.Second)
-	assert.True(t, completed)
-	assert.False(t, timedout)
-
-	zipReq2 = DeriveRequestFrom(ctx, firstCommit+".zip")
+	zipReq2, err = NewRequest(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.Repo.GitRepo, firstCommit+".zip")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	// Now, we're guaranteed to have released the original zipReq from the queue.
 	// Ensure that we don't get handed back the released entry somehow, but they
 	// should remain functionally equivalent in all fields.  The exception here
 	// is zipReq.cchan, which will be non-nil because it's a completed request.
 	// It's fine to go ahead and set it to nil now.
-	zipReq.cchan = nil
+
 	assert.Equal(t, zipReq, zipReq2)
 	assert.False(t, zipReq == zipReq2)