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Codeberg PagesIndie

FOSS Gitea-based hosting, community-funded

[01] Verdict

Codeberg is a German non-profit running Forgejo (a Gitea fork) with a free Pages service for any public repo. Custom domains and Let's Encrypt SSL work. There's no formal storage or bandwidth ceiling — just a fair-use expectation backed by community donations.

The entire stack is FOSS. No telemetry, no metrics-harvesting, no Microsoft. Funded by membership dues (€24/year suggested) and grants. The project's stated mission is to provide non-corporate Git infrastructure for the libre software ecosystem.

The trade-offs are honest: Forgejo's Actions equivalent is younger and less ecosystem-rich than GitHub Actions, the user count is small (~150k), and there's no commercial SLA. If your project is FOSS-aligned and you'd rather your dependencies not be Microsoft's, this is the obvious pick.

[02]

What works, what doesn't.

8 findings
+ Pros
  • Truly FOSS stack, no corporate parent
  • Free for public repos, fair-use bandwidth
  • Custom domain + Let's Encrypt SSL
  • Funded by community membership
– Cons
  • Forgejo Actions ecosystem still maturing
  • Smaller community than GitHub/GitLab
  • No commercial SLA
  • Donate to keep it sustainable
[03]

Pricing receipts.

Published rate
Monthly
Free/ mo
Intro price
Yearly
Free/ yr
First-year intro
[04]

What's being said.

9 mentions · May 17
Community sentiment
positive
Reddit, Hacker News, Trustpilot. Not used to score the provider — see methodology.
Redditpositive
r/Codeberg - Reddit

"Codeberg is a fantastic, free, and open-source alternative to proprietary code hosting platforms, built on Gitea."

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Redditpositive
Codeberg, Sourcehut, or Other : r/foss - Reddit

"Sourcehut sometimes delete projects they don't like and the interface isn't the greatest. Codeberg is a lot better. It's also more stable."

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Redditpositive
The Zig language repository is migrating from Github to Codeberg

"Codeberg opens instantly for me, even in private tabs or with the dev tools open and caching disabled."

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Blogpositive
Codeberg Pros and Cons (2026) - Is It Worth It?

"Codeberg is rated as having excellent privacy practices, making it a solid choice for privacy-conscious users. Codeberg offers a free tier, letting you get started without any upfront costs."

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Redditmixed
I've looked for a GitHub alternative, and CodeBerg seems to not fit

"Codeberg is perfectly fine if you're ok with mostly public repos. I'm using it for a few projects without problems."

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Redditmixed
Anyone use Codeberg? : r/opensource - Reddit

"Overall, it is fine. It is not as responsive as GitHub or GitLab, but it seems to do the job, despite being completely free."

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Hacker Newsmixed
Codeberg Pages is now in maintenance mode | Hacker News

"Good. There were people requesting bugfixes to allow script tags in .md. People arguing that routes and names should be case-insensitive."

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Redditmixed
Anybody tried this? codeberg.org: free non-profit gitea-based github ...

"The experience with codeberg is OK - but not exciting. The codeberg association itself has some weird views on the value of their services."

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Blogmixed
Moving to Codeberg - Just for Fun | Albert Akhmetov

"Codeberg doesn’t play nice with `#` in URLs. My existing tags like `c#` and `.net` worked fine on GitHub - or at least the URLs didn’t break - but on Codeberg, they caused problems."

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