Comparison

Codeberg vs Gogs

On the evidence we track, Codeberg leads this comparison with a composite score of 56/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Codeberg56
Gogs42
Score
vioscaleAI score
Codeberg56 / 100low · 44%
Gogs42 / 100medium · 51%
Pricing
Free tier
Codeberg✓
Gogs✓
Model
Codebergfree
Price level
Codebergfree
Gogsfree
Transparent
Codeberg✓
Gogs–
Integrations
Count
Codeberg3
Gogs9
Reliability
Status page
Codeberg✓
Gogs–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Codeberg–
Gogs55
Github stars
Codeberg–
Gogs47,864
Package downloads weekly
Codeberg–
Gogs3,624
Activity
Commits last 30d
Codeberg–
Gogs3
Release
History
Codeberg–
License
Spdx
Codeberg–
GogsMIT
Language
Primary
Codeberg–
GogsGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Codeberg7 items

Capabilities

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

Model
VCS model
CodebergDistributed
GogsCentralized
Underlying VCS supported (Git / Mercurial / SVN / Perforce / multiple)
CodebergGit
GogsGit
Deployment
Hosting
CodebergCloud only
GogsSelf-hosted only
Review
Code review
CodebergPR / MR
GogsPR / MR
Storage
Large-file / binary handling
Codeberg-
GogsGit LFS
Scale
Monorepo scale (partial clone / sparse / VFS)
Codeberg-
Gogs-
DevOps
Built-in CI
Codeberg✓
Gogs-
Access
Access control granularity
Codeberg-
GogsRepo
Federation
Federation / decentralisation (ActivityPub / email)
Codeberg-
Gogs-
Licensing
Open-source core
CodebergOpen-source
GogsOpen-source
Self-managed license model
CodebergFree
GogsFree
Integration
API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks)
Codeberg-
GogsREST
Enterprise
SSO / SAML / SCIM
Codeberg-
Gogs-
Security
Signed commits / supply-chain (GPG / SSH / sigstore)
Codeberg-
Gogs-

What each one is

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

Codeberg

Leader

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

Gogs

A lightweight Git hosting solution designed for self-hosted deployment with minimal resource requirements and cross-platform support.

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

Leader
FreeFree tier

Completely free for all free and open-source software projects

as of verify ↗

Gogs

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Codeberg✓
Gogs✓
macOS
Codeberg✗
Gogs✓
Windows
Codeberg✗
Gogs✓
Linux
Codeberg✗
Gogs✓
CLI
Codeberg✗
Gogs✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Codeberg✓
Gogs✓
Self-hosted
Codeberg✗
Gogs✓
On-premise
Codeberg✗
Gogs✓

Integrations

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

Codeberg

Leader
3 total
  • Forgejo
  • Woodpecker CI
  • Weblate
Independently observed

Gogs

9 total
  • Slack
  • Discord
  • Dingtalk
  • GitHub
  • GitHub Enterprise
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MariaDB
  • SQLite3
Independently observed
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