Codeberg
A free Git source code hosting service with the objective to give the open-source code that is running our world a safe and friendly home, and to ensure that code remains free and secure forever.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
EUPlatforms
- Online
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
- Privacy focused
Features
Git Support- Non profit
- Issue Tracking
- Web-Based
- No Tracking
- Ad-free
- Wiki
- Dark Mode
- Support for MarkDown
- CI/CD
- Team Collaboration
- Kanban Board
- Support for @mentions
- Two-factor Authentication
- Distributed
- Syntax Highlighting
- Private repositories
- File Versioning
- Heatmap
- Passkey Support
- FIDO U2F (2FA) support
IFTTT Integration
Codeberg News & Activities
Recent News
- Maoholguin published news article about Codeberg
Codeberg has decided to ban predominantly AI-generated repositories after a community voteCodeberg has introduced a policy banning repositories that mostly consist of code generated by AI t...
Recent activities
- sentipulse liked Codeberg
- ourari liked Codeberg
- Myrano liked Codeberg
- delta_nyx liked Codeberg
- PublicNewsWorld liked Codeberg
Stenn-Kool added Codeberg as alternative to GitBuild.dev- very_unfortunate liked Codeberg
Restrictive about AI use and forces open source code, so it isn't ideal, but if you respect these rules then it's a good platform.
For an alternative (heavy AI use or some proprietary stuff), Disroot's git is nice.
Featured in Lists
The ultimate list of apps/services for better Security, Privacy & Anonymity; Defense against Surveillance. What...
This guide is designed for anyone looking to take greater control of their digital life by choosing open-source...
Hi how are things? Today I bring you this list of open source websites that yes or yes, you should visit So enjoy...
What is Codeberg?
Codeberg is founded as a non-profit and non-government organization, with the objective to give the Open-Source code that is running our world a safe and friendly home, and to ensure that free code remains free and secure forever.
Dependencies on commercial, external, or proprietary services for the operation of the platform are thus decidedly avoided, in order to guarantee independence and reliability.
The mission of the Codeberg e.V. is to build and maintain a free collaboration platform for researching, creating, archiving, and preserving knowledge, code, and to document its development process.
We invite you to join our society as an active or supporting member, in order to shape and guarantee the future of Open-Source development. Read our mission statement on blog.codeberg.org .
Codeberg vs. Forgejo
Forgejo is self-hostable free software for software development, built on top of Git.
Codeberg is powered by Forgejo, which is in turn a hard-fork of 
Gitea.
Compared to Codeberg, Forgejo is not one service, but free software to help you build your own.
Everyone can install their own Forgejo instance to host their own projects.
There are also public Forgejo instances as well as Codeberg you can use, but make sure you find a site that is actively
maintained and updated, and that you trust the provider.
The codebase history of Forgejo and its predecessors predates Codeberg. However, since 2022, Codeberg is backing the development of Forgejo as an umbrella organization.
People are often asking why they should use Codeberg over other Forgejo instances. The most important reasons are:
- a vivid, vibrant community to collaborate with and ask for help
- active maintenance through the community and shared effort to provide an awesome experience
- you are able to take part in operation and decisions, and ideally donate
- we add additional services like Codeberg Pages, hosted CI and Weblate for localization of your software
Codeberg Videos
Codeberg information
Developed by
Codeberg e. V. Licensing
Open Source and Free product.Rating
Average rating of 4.9Alternatives
56 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
Non-profit git services for free/libre/open-source software projects. Familiar interface, works well, and easy to migrate from GitHub and other forges. Keep in mind that they only host FOSS projects, so you'll want to look elsewhere to host proprietary projects.
Restrictive about AI use and forces open source code, so it isn't ideal, but if you respect these rules then it's a good platform.
For an alternative (heavy AI use or some proprietary stuff), Disroot's git is nice.
Essentially the flagship instance of the wonderful, actually FOSS git forge, Forgejo. Donations to Codeberg fund the developement of Forgejo
Codeberg is a great service that I really like, but it's important to note that there's a content restriction: its use is limited to the creation and development of free content and free and open-source software. Corresponding restrictions apply to private repositories.
Open Source and EU hosted
powered by forgejo
Free and Open Source alternative to Github while maintaining a similar UI and workflow