Codeberg
by Codeberg · Non-profit Git hosting for free and open-source projects
40.8 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Overview
Codeberg is a non-profit, community-led service that hosts free and open-source projects. It provides Git hosting using Forgejo, along with Codeberg Pages, Woodpecker CI/CD and a Weblate instance (Codeberg Translate). It is maintained by the association Codeberg e.V. in Berlin and runs on servers the organisation controls in Europe, with no tracking or third-party cookies.
- Best for
- Free and open-source projects wanting non-profit Git hosting, CI/CD and translation, hosted in Europe.
- Pricing
- No prices are shown: the page states Codeberg does not charge users money and relies on optional donations and Codeberg e.V. memberships instead.
- Runs on
- Self-hosted
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Non-profit, run by Codeberg e.V. in Berlin, Germany
- No tracking, no third-party cookies, no data selling
- Git hosting (Forgejo) plus Pages, CI/CD and a Weblate instance
- No charge to users; 658,496 projects and 398,271 users listed
Trade-offs
- Aimed at free and open-source projects, not general commercial hosting
- Cryptocurrency projects are no longer allowed under the Terms of Use
- LLM-generated content is restricted
- Funded by optional donations rather than paid plans
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 80 out of 100
- API quality
- 10 out of 100
- Documentation
- 45 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 18 out of 100
- Customer sentiment
- 81 out of 100
- Changelog
- 0 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 45 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 25 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 25 out of 100
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