Sapling

Name: Sapling
Author: Meta Platforms, Inc.

Vendor: Meta Platforms, Inc.
Also known as: sapling

What is 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

Sapling pricing

We don't have Sapling's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.

What Sapling does

The capabilities that matter for version control, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Model

VCS model: Distributed
Underlying VCS supported (Git / Mercurial / SVN / Perforce / multiple): Git

Deployment

Hosting: Self-hosted only

Review

Code review: 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
Self-managed license model: -

Integration

API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks): CLI, webhooks

Enterprise

SSO / SAML / SCIM: -

Security

Signed commits / supply-chain (GPG / SSH / sigstore): -

Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed

Platforms

CLI
macOS
Web
Linux
Windows

Deployment

Self-hosted

Integrations (2)

Independently observed

GitHub
VS Code•

Security & compliance

Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality

Sapling FAQ

Common questions about Sapling, answered from independent, dated evidence.

What is 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. It is indexed under Version Control.

Source: https://sapling-scm.com/

Is Sapling free to use?

Sapling is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the GPL-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.

Source: https://sapling-scm.com/

What platforms does Sapling support?

Sapling supports the web, Windows, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.

Source: https://sapling-scm.com/

Can Sapling be self-hosted?

Yes. Sapling can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.

Source: https://sapling-scm.com/

Is Sapling open source?

Yes. Sapling is published under the GPL-2.0 licence, a copyleft licence, so check its terms before embedding it in a closed-source product. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.

Source: https://github.com/facebook/sapling

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Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Sapling, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 50 / 100

low · 46%

Signal contributions to the composite score
Signal	Score	Weight	Contribution	Evidence
Development activity	63	0.12	7.6	✓
Release cadence	81	0.07	5.4	✓
Security score	57	0.05	3.0	✓
Stars	73	0.03	2.4	✓
Dependent projects	15	0.08	1.2	✓
Integrations	14	0.05	0.7	✓
Capabilities	0	0.08	0.0	-
Security posture	0	0.09	0.0	-
Package downloads	0	0.17	0.0	-
Developer Q&A activity	0	0.08	0.0	-

Computed 2026-09-10. Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.

All data & sourcesshow ↓

Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 65%

Adoption

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Github starsadoption.github_stars	7,010	highsource · 2026-09-10 · 90%
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	7	highsource · 2026-09-10 · 85%

Content

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Faqcontent.faq	5 items	mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 67%

Features

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Capabilitiesfeatures.capabilities	Hosting: self · Vcs model: distributed · Api surface: CLI, webhooks · Code review: pr_mr · Underlying vcs: Git · Open source core: open_source	mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60%

Integrations

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Countintegrations.count	2	mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60%

Language

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Primarylanguage.primary	Rust	highsource · 2026-09-10 · 90%

License

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Spdxlicense.spdx	GPL-2.0	highsource · 2026-09-10 · 95%

Pricing

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Modelpricing.model	open_source	mediumsource · 2026-08-13 · 60%
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	mediumsource · 2026-08-13 · 60%
Free tierpricing.free_tier	Yes	mediumsource · 2026-08-13 · 60%
Transparentpricing.transparent	Yes	mediumsource · 2026-08-13 · 60%

Release

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	34	mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 70%
Historyrelease.history	20 items	mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 70%

Reliability

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Status pagereliability.status_page	Yes	mediumsource · 2026-08-13 · 60%

Security

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.7	highsource · 2026-09-10 · 90%
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=cargo&package_name=esl01-minibytes&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	highsource · 2026-09-10 · 90%

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