Codeberg

Codeberg is a German non-profit code hosting platform founded in 2019 by the registered association Codeberg e.V. in Berlin. Built as a community-led alternative to commercial platforms like GitHub, Codeberg provides free Git hosting for open-source and free software projects without advertising, tracking, or corporate interests. The platform runs on Forgejo, a community-governed open-source software forge that is a fork of Gitea, ensuring that the hosting infrastructure itself is transparent and open.

The platform offers Git repository hosting, pull requests, issue tracking, wikis, and organization management for collaborative projects. Codeberg provides CI/CD capabilities through Woodpecker CI and Forgejo Actions, static site hosting via Codeberg Pages, and a package registry for distributing software artifacts. The non-profit governance model means that decisions about the platform are made by the community rather than by investors seeking returns, giving users confidence that the service will remain aligned with the values of free and open-source software.

All Codeberg infrastructure is hosted exclusively in Germany, providing strong European data protection guarantees and full GDPR compliance. The service is entirely free to use with no paid tiers, funded through donations and membership fees from the Codeberg e.V. association. Codeberg has become an increasingly popular home for open-source projects that want to be hosted on infrastructure that shares their values of transparency, community governance, and independence from large technology corporations.