What Codeberg does

Codeberg is a Berlin-based non-profit association (Codeberg e.V., registered as VR36929 at Amtsgericht Charlottenburg) that operates a free, community-led Git hosting and software collaboration platform aimed at free and open-source software projects. Founded in 2018 and granted tax-exempt non-profit status by German tax authorities in June 2020, the organization serves individual developers, hobbyists, academics, and open-source organizations that reject commercial platforms on privacy, tracking, or AI-policy grounds. Its platform is built on a customized fork of Forgejo (itself a fork of Gitea), with Codeberg-specific themes, landing page, footer, and operational optimizations applied to support large-scale instance operation.

The platform offers four integrated services: Git repository hosting (issues, pull requests, wikis, organizations), Codeberg Pages for static website hosting, a self-hosted Woodpecker CI instance for continuous integration, and a Weblate-based translation service called Codeberg Translate. A REST API with OAuth-based sign-on (GitHub, GitLab compatible) is exposed, and the platform supports OAuth-based single sign-on for users migrating from other hosts. Notable hosted projects include Gentoo Linux (migrated from GitHub in February 2026 over Copilot policy concerns), CoMaps, FreeBSD (mirrored ports tree), and Haiku's WebKit project. Anubis proof-of-work anti-bot protection is deployed to deter AI scraping.

Codeberg's revenue model is donation- and membership-funded, not transactional. The platform is free for all users with no usage limits and no paid enterprise tier. The only direct revenue consists of voluntary donations and Codeberg e.V. association membership fees (minimum €24/year for individuals, €12 reduced rate, €100/year for legal entities). As of the latest disclosed data, the platform hosts approximately 617,839 projects, serves 375,045 registered users, and counts 1,700+ association members. Distribution is entirely self-serve through codeberg.org with no app stores, no resellers, and no enterprise sales function; marketing relies on the official blog, documentation, Mastodon, and Matrix community channels with no paid advertising.

Name

Codeberg

Legal name

Codeberg e.V.

Website

https://codeberg.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Codeberg is a Berlin-based non-profit (Codeberg e.V.) operating a free, community-led Git hosting and collaboration platform for open-source software projects. Built on a customized Forgejo fork, it serves developers and open-source organizations seeking privacy-respecting, non-commercial alternatives to GitHub.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Source Code Management / Developer Collaboration Platform

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Open-Source & Developer Communities (BPAMABAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Code & Repository Security (Git Security, Code Integrity) (HDADACAG)

Keywords

• Git hosting platform
• Open source forge
• Source code management
• Developer collaboration tools
• Nonprofit code hosting

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Donations: Codeberg accepts voluntary donations from users and supporters to fund operations and improvements. Donations are fully optional but greatly appreciated.
2. Membership Fees (Codeberg e.V.): Annual membership fees for Codeberg e.V. association members: minimum 24 euros/year for natural persons, 100 euros/year for legal entities. Discounted rate of 12 euros/year for members with limited financial means.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Codeberg provides free Git hosting and open-source software project collaboration services, including repositories, issue tracking, code review, static site hosting (Codeberg Pages), and continuous integration. It is operated by the non-profit association Codeberg e.V. in Berlin and serves individual developers and open-source communities.

Product overview

Codeberg is a non-profit, community-led Git hosting platform that provides free and open-source software development services. Built on Forgejo, the platform offers a unified suite of developer tools including Git repository hosting with collaboration features (issues, pull requests, wikis), Codeberg Pages for static website hosting, Woodpecker CI for continuous integration, and Codeberg Translate powered by Weblate for localization. All services are provided without tracking, third-party cookies, or data monetization, running on servers controlled by the Codeberg e.V. non-profit organization based in Berlin, Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Codeberg Pages: Static website hosting service provided by Codeberg for hosted repositories
• Codeberg Translate
• Woodpecker CI

Products and services

• Codeberg Git Hosting Free Git repository hosting with issue tracking, pull requests, and code review, built on a modified Forgejo platform and intended for individual developers and open-source communities.
• Codeberg Pages Static site hosting service for projects hosted on Codeberg, allowing users to publish websites directly from Git repositories.
• Woodpecker CI on Codeberg Continuous integration service used to build, test, and deploy code from Codeberg repositories.
• Codeberg e.V. Association Membership Paid membership in Codeberg e.V. that supports the non-profit's operation of the platform; members gain a direct role in sustaining the community-governed hosting service.
• Codeberg Translate Translation workflow tool that helps open-source project maintainers localize their software and documentation through community contributions.

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ForgejocoreTechnology or IntegrationCodeberg is built on and runs a customized fork of Forgejo (a self-hosted lightweight software forge). Codeberg maintains their own modifications to Forgejo including custom themes, landing page, footer, and operational optimizations. The two projects work together while remaining separate.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SourceHut: A non-commercial, open-source software-as-a-service platform offering Git hosting, CI (builds.sr.ht), mailing lists, and paste services. The closest direct competitor to Codeberg in the non-profit, ethics-focused, open-source developer tooling space.
• Notabug: A free, non-commercial Git hosting platform powered by Gitea. Positions itself similarly to Codeberg as a community-owned alternative to GitHub with no tracking, competing for the same privacy-conscious OSS developer audience.
• Gitea: A self-hosted lightweight Git service that is the upstream ancestor of Forgejo (which was forked from Gitea). Gitea and Codeberg serve overlapping developer communities, with Gitea typically self-hosted by individual organizations while Codeberg offers a hosted multi-tenant service.
• Forgejo: A self-hosted lightweight software forge forked from Gitea. Codeberg is itself built on and operates a customized fork of Forgejo, making them deeply intertwined: Forgejo provides the upstream platform, while Codeberg runs one of its largest public-facing instances.
• Launchpad: Canonical-operated software collaboration platform hosting Ubuntu and other open-source projects, offering code hosting, bug tracking, and translations. Like Codeberg, it serves as a non-commercial hosting alternative, though with a strong focus on the Ubuntu/distro ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• GitLab: Comprehensive DevOps platform offering Git hosting, CI/CD, security scanning, and project management. Competes with Codeberg on Git hosting and CI/CD (Woodpecker CI is a direct competitor to GitLab CI), but with a much broader enterprise-oriented feature portfolio.
• Bitbucket: Atlassian-owned Git hosting service integrated with Jira and the broader Atlassian ecosystem. Targets enterprise teams; overlaps with Codeberg on Git hosting but with a fundamentally different commercial, enterprise-focused go-to-market.
• GitHub: The dominant commercial Git hosting platform owned by Microsoft. Codeberg explicitly positions itself as a non-profit, privacy-first alternative to GitHub, with Gentoo's migration explicitly driven by GitHub Copilot policies. Overlap is direct on repository hosting, issues, pull requests, and CI/CD.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/codeberg-ev

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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