Comparison

Codeberg vs Sapling

On the evidence we track, Codeberg leads this comparison with a composite score of 58/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Codeberg58

Sapling50

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	CodebergLeader	Sapling
Vioscale score	58 / 100low · 44%	50 / 100low · 46%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	free	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	3	1
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	5.8
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=cargo&package_name=esl01-minibytes&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	7
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	6,993
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	34
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	GPL-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Rust
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ DE	-

Score

Vioscale score

Codeberg58 / 100low · 44%

Sapling50 / 100low · 46%

Pricing

Free tier

Codeberg✓

Sapling✓

Model

Codebergfree

Saplingopen_source

Price level

Codebergfree

Saplingfree

Transparent

Codeberg✓

Sapling✓

Integrations

Count

Codeberg3

Sapling1

Security

Disclosure policy

Codeberg✓

Sapling–

Gdpr

Codeberg✓

Sapling–

Scorecard

Codeberg–

Sapling5.8

Vulnerabilities

Codeberg–

SaplingCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=cargo&package_name=esl01-minibytes&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Codeberg✓

Sapling✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Codeberg–

Sapling7

Github stars

Codeberg–

Sapling6,993

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

CodebergAvailable worldwide · HQ DE

Sapling–

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Version Control
Capability	Codeberg	Sapling
Model
VCS model	Distributed	Distributed
Underlying VCS supported (Git / Mercurial / SVN / Perforce / multiple)	Git	Git
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud only	Self-hosted only
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	-	-
Federation
Federation / decentralisation (ActivityPub / email)	-	-
Licensing
Open-source core	Open-source	Open-source
Self-managed license model	Free	-
Integration
API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks)	-	CLI, webhooks
Enterprise
SSO / SAML / SCIM	-	-
Security
Signed commits / supply-chain (GPG / SSH / sigstore)	-	-

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 from Meta designed to work with Git repositories, offering both command-line and web-based interfaces for managing code and code review workflows.

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 2026-08-13verify ↗

Sapling

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

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	Sapling
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

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

1 total

GitHub

Independently observed

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