Codeberg
{{Short description|Open-source software development services organization}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Codeberg e.V.
| logo = Codeberg logo horizontal.svg
| logo_size =
| logo_alt = A centered iceberg in front of a blue circle, with the organization's name at the bottom.
| type = Eingetragener Verein
| headquarters = Berlin, Germany
| website = {{URL|https://codeberg.org}}
| services = {{Plain list|
- Software forge (Forgejo)
- Static page hosting (Codeberg Pages)
- Collaborative translation (Weblate)
- CI/CD (Woodpecker)
}}
}}
Codeberg e.V. is a German nonprofit organization specialized in open-source software development services.
Services
Codeberg provides an online collaborative software development environment with Forgejo, static page hosting with Codeberg Pages, a collaborative translation web platform with Weblate and CI/CD with Woodpecker CI.
Development of the Gitea-fork Forgejo also takes place on Codeberg.{{Cite web |last=Brockmeier |first=Joe |title=Forgejo makes a full break from Gitea |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/963095/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=LWN.net |language=en}}
History
After Microsoft's 2018 purchase of GitHub, developers Holger Wächtler, Thomas Boerger, and David Schneiderbauer forked software forge software Gitea with a project called TeaHub.{{Cite news |date=2018-06-15 |title=Neue Entwickler-Plattform TeaHub will GitHub beerben |trans-title=New developer platform TeaHub wants to replace GitHub |url=https://www.heise.de/news/Neue-Entwickler-Plattform-TeaHub-will-Github-beerben-4078811.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630121028/https://www.heise.de/news/Neue-Entwickler-Plattform-TeaHub-will-Github-beerben-4078811.html |archive-date=2023-06-30 |access-date=2023-06-30 |work=Heise |language=de}}{{Cite web |date=July 2018 |title=TeaHub - a non-profit code hosting service based on Gitea |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/8vapkh/teahub_a_nonprofit_code_hosting_service_based_on/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630121028/https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/8vapkh/teahub_a_nonprofit_code_hosting_service_based_on/ |archive-date=2023-06-30 |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=Reddit r/opensource}}{{cite web |title=TeaHub |url=https://teahub.io/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701225445/https://teahub.io/ |archive-date=2018-07-01 |website=TeaHub}}
In January 2019, Codeberg e.V. launched with an initial 25 members and began publishing monthly newsletters on the status of its main project Codeberg.org.{{cite web |date=8 February 2019 |title=Monthly Report January 2019 |url=https://blog.codeberg.org/monthly-report-january-2019.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116074610/https://blog.codeberg.org/monthly-report-january-2019.html |archive-date=16 January 2024 |access-date=16 January 2024 |website=Codeberg.org |publisher=Codeberg e.V.}} The organization selected the European Union for their headquarters and computer infrastructure, due to members' concerns that a software project repository hosted in the United States could be removed if a malicious actor made bad faith copyright claims under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.{{Cite web |last=Shimokawa |first=Andreas |date=2019-11-15 |title=Codeberg: A free home for free projects |url=https://www.sfscon.it/talks/codeberg-a-free-home-for-free-projects/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116031607/https://www.sfscon.it/talks/codeberg-a-free-home-for-free-projects/ |archive-date=2024-01-16 |access-date=2024-01-15 |publisher=South Tyrol Free Software Conference (SFSCON)}} After one month, the Codeberg e.V. organization had 25 members, and Codeberg.org hosted 333 repositories with 379 users.{{cite web |title=Monthly Report January 2019 |url=https://blog.codeberg.org/monthly-report-january-2019.html |website=Codeberg.org |publisher=Codeberg e.V. |access-date=16 January 2024 |date=8 February 2019 |archive-date=16 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116074610/https://blog.codeberg.org/monthly-report-january-2019.html |url-status=live }}
As of February 2024, Codeberg has 117000 projects and 95000 users.
See also
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