Git hosting built on open source
Codebahn runs Forgejo, community-governed free software licensed under the GPL-3.0. Your data exports in standard format, one click, any time. Easy to leave because the format is open and the upstream is free.
What "built on open source" means
Forgejo is a self-hosted Git forge maintained by a community under Codeberg e.V., a German non-profit. It handles repos, issues, pull requests, registries, and CI. Thousands of organizations run it.
Codebahn maintains a fork that adds the layers between open-source project and managed product: billing, ephemeral CI provisioning, multi-tenant isolation, and defaults that prioritize safety over configuration.
The fork is not open source. The foundation is. We are honest about the distinction.
Why this matters for you
You are not betting that Codebahn lasts forever. You are betting that if it doesn't, you walk away with everything, in one click, the same as any ordinary day.
Your data exports in the standard Forgejo format. Repos, issues, pull requests, CI configuration. If Codebahn disappears, you stand up a Forgejo on Hetzner in an hour and import the export. That is a smaller bet than the one you are making right now, on terms you can't export and an exit you have never tested.
Why not self-host?
You can. Forgejo on a Hetzner CX22 is about €4/month. We link the self-hosting guide.
For €19/month you stop maintaining it yourself. Security patches applied promptly instead of whenever you remember. Daily encrypted backups to a separate EU region instead of same-host snapshots you hope work. Container registry, CI minutes, TLS management, email deliverability, monitoring.
Your weekends, your call.
Codeberg for open source
Open-source projects go on Codeberg. Private and commercial work goes here. Same foundation, different jobs.