Comparison

Codeberg vs GitHub

On the evidence we track, GitHub leads this comparison with a composite score of 67/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Codeberg full profile →GitHub full profile →

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Codeberg58

★GitHub67

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Codeberg	GitHubLeader
Vioscale score	58 / 100low · 44%updating	67 / 100medium · 73%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	free	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	3	24
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ DE	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Codeberg58 / 100low · 44%updating

GitHub67 / 100medium · 73%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Codeberg✓

GitHub✓

Model

Codebergfree

GitHubfreemium

Price level

Codebergfree

GitHublow

Transparent

Codeberg✓

GitHub✓

Integrations

Count

Codeberg3

GitHub24

Security

Disclosure policy

Codeberg✓

GitHub✓

Gdpr

Codeberg✓

GitHub✓

Iso27001

Codeberg–

GitHub✓

Soc2

Codeberg–

GitHub✓

Reliability

Status page

Codeberg✓

GitHub✓

Market

Availability

CodebergAvailable worldwide · HQ DE

GitHubAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for version control. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Version Control
Capability	Codeberg	GitHub
Model
VCS model	Distributed	Distributed
Underlying VCS supported (Git / Mercurial / SVN / Perforce / multiple)	Git	Git
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud only	Cloud + self-hosted
Review
Code review	PR / MR	PR / MR
Storage
Large-file / binary handling	-	-
Scale
Monorepo scale (partial clone / sparse / VFS)	-	-
DevOps
Built-in CI	✓	✓
Access
Access control granularity	-	Branch
Federation
Federation / decentralisation (ActivityPub / email)	-	-
Licensing
Open-source core	Open-source	Closed
Self-managed license model	Free	Seat-priced EE
Integration
API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks)	-	REST, GraphQL, Webhooks
Enterprise
SSO / SAML / SCIM	-	-
Security
Signed commits / supply-chain (GPG / SSH / sigstore)	-	-

Model

VCS model

CodebergDistributed

GitHubDistributed

Underlying VCS supported (Git / Mercurial / SVN / Perforce / multiple)

CodebergGit

GitHubGit

Deployment

Hosting

CodebergCloud only

GitHubCloud + self-hosted

Review

Code review

CodebergPR / MR

GitHubPR / MR

Storage

Large-file / binary handling

Codeberg-

GitHub-

Scale

Monorepo scale (partial clone / sparse / VFS)

Codeberg-

GitHub-

DevOps

Built-in CI

Codeberg✓

GitHub✓

Access

Access control granularity

Codeberg-

GitHubBranch

Federation

Federation / decentralisation (ActivityPub / email)

Codeberg-

GitHub-

Licensing

Open-source core

CodebergOpen-source

GitHubClosed

Self-managed license model

CodebergFree

GitHubSeat-priced EE

Integration

API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks)

Codeberg-

GitHubREST, GraphQL, Webhooks

Enterprise

SSO / SAML / SCIM

Codeberg-

GitHub-

Security

Signed commits / supply-chain (GPG / SSH / sigstore)

Codeberg-

GitHub-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Codeberg

A volunteer-run platform offering free infrastructure services—including code repositories, CI/CD pipelines, and project hosting—exclusively for free and open-source software projects.

Independently observed

GitHub

Leader

A comprehensive platform for hosting repositories, reviewing code changes, automating deployments, managing dependencies, scanning for vulnerabilities, and facilitating team collaboration on software projects.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Codeberg

FreeFree tier

Completely free for all free and open-source software projects

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

GitHub

Leader

from $4/moSubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

Free tier available. Team $4/user/month. Enterprise from $21/user/month. 30-day free trial for enterprise features.

FreeFree
- Unlimited public/private repositories
- Dependabot security and version updates
- 2,000 CI/CD minutes/month (public repos)
- 500MB Packages storage (public repos)
- Issues & Projects
- +1 more
Team$4/user/month
- All Free features
- GitHub Codespaces
- Repository rules
- Multiple reviewers in pull requests
- Draft pull requests
- +7 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- All Team features
- Advanced security and compliance
- Flexible deployment options

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Codeberg	GitHub
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Codeberg✓

GitHub✓

CLI

Codeberg✗

GitHub✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Codeberg✓

GitHub✓

Self-hosted

Codeberg✗

GitHub✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Codeberg

3 total

Forgejo
Woodpecker CI
Weblate

Independently observed

GitHub

Leader

24 total

Render
Linear Code
OpenCode
CodeRabbit
Codemagic
CircleCI
Imgbot
CodeFactor
Rewind Backups
Azure Pipelines
Codacy
Codecov
Zenhub
Zube
Percy
Argos
AccessLint
PullRequest
Crowdin
WakaTime
Coveralls
CodeScene
TestQuality
Slack

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.