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Codeberg vs Gitea

Codeberg scores higher on the AgentReady, 55/100 against 51/100. They differ on 6 of the 41 signals. Which ones decides whether an agent can adopt them without a person watching.

What each one is

Codeberg. Codeberg is a non-profit Git hosting platform maintained by Codeberg e.V., based in Berlin, Germany.

Gitea. A self-hosted DevOps platform and all-in-one software development service that includes Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry, and CI/CD.

Where Codeberg is ahead

Codeberg passes search discoverable, and Gitea does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

It also holds adopt: agent-compatible signup flow, fast time to first request and copyable quickstart. Gitea misses those.

Where Gitea is ahead

Gitea passes official typescript sdk and official python sdk, and Codeberg does not. That is adopt, whether an agent can get a key and make its first successful call without a human in the loop.

What neither does

Both fail clear canonical domain, llms.txt published, llms-full.txt / full agent docs, machine-readable metadata, structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented, no mandatory sales call, programmatic credential creation, structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable. If your agent needs any of those, you will be building it yourself either way.

Score, pillar by pillar

The AgentReady splits into four pillars, scored separately, because a product can be easy to find and still impossible to adopt.

Discover is whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists. Codeberg leads 73 to 60. Codeberg misses clear canonical domain, llms.txt published, llms-full.txt / full agent docs, machine-readable metadata; Gitea misses search discoverable, clear canonical domain, llms.txt published, llms-full.txt / full agent docs, machine-readable metadata.

Understand. Both sit at 31/100 here. Codeberg misses structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented; Gitea misses structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented.

Adopt. Codeberg leads 62 to 60. Codeberg misses no mandatory sales call, programmatic credential creation, official typescript sdk, official python sdk; Gitea misses no mandatory sales call, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, fast time to first request, copyable quickstart.

Operate. Both sit at 53/100 here. Codeberg misses structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable; Gitea misses structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable.

Pricing

Codeberg does not publish a machine-readable starting price and has a free tier. Gitea starts at $9.5/user/month and has a free tier.

Signal by signal

Which to pick

Codeberg clears more of the signals an agent needs, so it is the safer default for unattended use. Full profiles: Codeberg and Gitea. Alternatives to each: Codeberg, Gitea.

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