Comparison

Gogs vs Sapling

No clear leader: Sapling (49.6) and Gogs (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
Gogs46
Sapling50
Score
Vioscale score
Gogs46 / 100low · 44%
Sapling50 / 100low · 46%
Pricing
Free tier
Gogs
Sapling
Model
Price level
Gogsfree
Saplingfree
Transparent
Gogs
Sapling
Integrations
Count
Gogs
Sapling1
Reliability
Status page
Gogs
Sapling
Adoption
Dependent repos
Gogs55
Sapling7
Github stars
Gogs47,774
Sapling6,993
Package downloads weekly
Gogs8,330
Sapling
Activity
Commits last 30d
Gogs10
Sapling100
Release
Cadence days
Gogs
Sapling34
History
Sapling20 items
License
Spdx
GogsMIT
SaplingGPL-2.0
Language
Primary
GogsGo
SaplingRust

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
Gogs-
SaplingPR / MR
Storage
Large-file / binary handling
Gogs-
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

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.

Gogs

Open sourceFree tier
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
Gogs
Sapling
macOS
Gogs
Sapling
Windows
Gogs
Sapling
Linux
Gogs
Sapling
CLI
Gogs
Sapling
Deployment
Self-hosted
Gogs
Sapling

Integrations

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

Gogs

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.