Codeberg key facts
Last updated- Legal entity
- Codeberg e.V.
- Headquarters
- Germany (DE)
- Ownership
- Independent
- Data hosting
- EU (any EU region)
- Infrastructure
- Self-hosted
- Deployment
- Self-hosted, SaaS
- Open source
- Yes
- US Cloud Act exposure
- Low (no US parent)
- Replaces
- GitHub
About Codeberg
Codeberg is a community-driven Git hosting service maintained by the non-profit organization Codeberg e.V., based in Berlin, Germany. It emphasizes user sovereignty and the commons, operating as an independent, member-supported platform powered by Free Software (Forgejo). The service highlights privacy and control: no tracking, no third‑party cookies, no data selling, and all infrastructure is run on servers they control. Codeberg states that it is hosted in Europe and welcomes a global user base. The organization encourages contributions, donations, and membership to sustain and govern the project collectively.
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