Comparison

Forgejo vs Sapling

No clear leader: Sapling (49.6) and Forgejo (45.8) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Forgejo46
Sapling50
Score
Vioscale score
Forgejo46 / 100low · 8%
Sapling50 / 100low · 46%
Pricing
Free tier
Forgejo
Sapling
Model
Price level
Forgejofree
Saplingfree
Transparent
Forgejo
Sapling
Integrations
Count
Forgejo
Sapling1
Security
Disclosure policy
Forgejo
Sapling
Scorecard
Forgejo
Sapling5.8
Reliability
Status page
Forgejo
Sapling
Adoption
Dependent repos
Forgejo
Sapling7
Github stars
Forgejo
Sapling6,993
Activity
Commits last 30d
Forgejo
Sapling100
Release
Cadence days
Forgejo
Sapling34
History
Forgejo
Sapling20 items
License
Spdx
Forgejo
SaplingGPL-2.0
Language
Primary
Forgejo
SaplingRust
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Forgejo

Open-source platform for managing software projects and collaborative development. Can be deployed as a cloud-hosted instance or self-hosted, offering a GitHub-like experience with lower resource requirements and built-in federation support.

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.

Forgejo

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source. Use hosted instances or self-host at no cost.

as of verify ↗

Sapling

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
Forgejo
Sapling
macOS
Forgejo
Sapling
Windows
Forgejo
Sapling
Linux
Forgejo
Sapling
CLI
Forgejo
Sapling
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Forgejo
Sapling
Self-hosted
Forgejo
Sapling
Hybrid
Forgejo
Sapling

Integrations

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

Forgejo

Not documented yet.

Sapling

1 total
  • GitHub
Independently observed

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