Comparison

Codeberg vs Sapling

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
Sapling48
Score
vioscaleAI score
Codeberg56 / 100low · 44%
Sapling48 / 100medium · 61%
Pricing
Free tier
Codeberg✓
Sapling✓
Model
Codebergfree
Price level
Codebergfree
Saplingfree
Transparent
Codeberg✓
Sapling✓
Integrations
Count
Codeberg3
Sapling5
Security
Disclosure policy
Codeberg✓
Sapling–
Gdpr
Codeberg✓
Sapling–
Scorecard
Codeberg–
Sapling5.6
Reliability
Status page
Codeberg✓
Sapling✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Codeberg–
Sapling7
Github stars
Codeberg–
Sapling7,032
Activity
Commits last 30d
Codeberg–
Sapling100
Release
Cadence days
Codeberg–
Sapling34
History
Codeberg–
Sapling20 items
License
Spdx
Codeberg–
SaplingGPL-2.0
Language
Primary
Codeberg–
SaplingRust
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Codeberg7 items
Sapling5 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

Sapling

An open-source version control system built for Git compatibility and developer productivity that scales to millions of files. It provides an intuitive work-stacking model for code review and iteration, plus a virtual filesystem for performance optimization in large codebases.

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 ↗

Sapling

Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

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

Sapling

5 total
  • GitHub
  • VS Code
  • Git
  • Visual Studio
  • ReviewStack
Independently observed
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