Comparison

Gogs vs Sapling

On the evidence we track, Sapling leads this comparison with a composite score of 48/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Gogs42
★Sapling48
Score
vioscaleAI score
Gogs42 / 100medium · 51%
Sapling48 / 100medium · 61%
Pricing
Free tier
Gogs✓
Sapling✓
Model
Price level
Gogsfree
Saplingfree
Transparent
Gogs–
Sapling✓
Integrations
Count
Gogs9
Sapling5
Reliability
Status page
Gogs–
Sapling✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Gogs55
Sapling7
Github stars
Gogs47,864
Sapling7,032
Package downloads weekly
Gogs3,624
Sapling–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Gogs3
Sapling100
Release
Cadence days
Gogs–
Sapling34
History
Sapling20 items
License
Spdx
GogsMIT
SaplingGPL-2.0
Language
Primary
GogsGo
SaplingRust
Content
Faq
Sapling5 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Gogs

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

Independently observed

Sapling

Leader

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.

Gogs

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Sapling

Leader
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
Gogs✓
Sapling✓
macOS
Gogs✓
Sapling✓
Windows
Gogs✓
Sapling✓
Linux
Gogs✓
Sapling✓
CLI
Gogs✓
Sapling✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Gogs✓
Sapling✗
Self-hosted
Gogs✓
Sapling✓
On-premise
Gogs✓
Sapling✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • GitHub

Gogs

9 total - 8 not shared
  • Slack
  • Discord
  • Dingtalk
  • GitHub Enterprise
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MariaDB
  • SQLite3
Independently observed

Sapling

Leader
5 total - 4 not shared
  • VS Code
  • Git
  • Visual Studio
  • ReviewStack
Independently observed
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