# Codeberg L1 · Needs a person Codeberg is a free home for source code. **Can an AI agent use Codeberg? No, its robots.txt says no.** Codeberg's robots.txt disallows AI agents on sign-up, so our agent didn't sign up on its own. Category: Source control · Connects by: API · Agent payments: None found · Driven: 28 Oct 2026 **How to connect** - CLI install: `pipx install codeberg-cli` (documented). Source: https://pypi.org/project/codeberg-cli/ - Docs page: `https://docs.codeberg.org/` (tested in our drive). Source: https://docs.codeberg.org/ **Level 1: Needs a person.** Agents can't get in on their own. - Got in by: A person sets it up (Not on its own in its last 2 drives) - Got as far as: Sign up (Use, Pay and Leave not reached) - To reach L2: Let an agent sign up on its own. 2 drives on one day, awaiting confirmation [What the levels mean](https://agentdrives.com/method/levels?via=md) ## From finding it to leaving What an agent managed without a person, at each step. 1. **Find**: On its own. Docs it can act on: an OpenAPI. 77 doc pages read. 2. **Get in**: Stopped. Can't sign up. Robots.txt closes the whole site to AI agents acting for a user. Stopped here. 3. **Use**: Not reached. Tasks need an account. 4. **Pay**: Nothing to do. No plan to buy. 5. **Leave**: Not reached. Nothing to cancel or delete. ## Getting in None of the 2 ways in got our agent in on its own; one got partway. Where it stopped: **Email and password**. Robots.txt closes the whole site to AI agents acting for a user. - Both kinds of agent (On a server, or in its own browser): No. Stops at sign-up: its robots.txt disallows AI agents there. - Signed agent: Not checked. Not checked: its robots.txt asks crawlers to stay off the sign-up page. | Way in | What happened | |---|---| | Runs locally, no account | Partway | | Email and password | Stopped by robots.txt | - Crawlers: **robots.txt disallows AI agents on sign-up.** To let agents sign up, remove the rule that names them. ## What an agent can do with Codeberg No task was tried: our agent couldn't get into Codeberg. Core tasks Codeberg offers an agent: - Create a code repository (API) - Push commits to a repository (CLI) - Open and merge a pull request (API) - Review a pull request (API) - Create a task or issue (API) - Run a CI/CD workflow (Web app) - Publish a website (Web app) What it can't do, and why: - Read the API description on codeberg.org: Robots.txt disallows it for all user agents. - Publish a website with Codeberg Pages: It needs a codeberg.org account and is not in the self-hosted software. 19 more tasks it offers: - Deploy a serverless function (Web app) - Create a repository wiki page (API, CLI) - Publish a release (API) - Store large files with Git LFS (API, CLI) - Create a user group (API) - Create a workspace (API) - Set a member's role or permissions (API) - Invite a member (API) - Register a webhook (API) - Migrate a repository from another host (API) - Create an API key (API) - Enable two-factor authentication (Web app) - Add a self-hosted CI agent (CLI) - Resolve merge conflicts (CLI) - Connect a custom domain to a Pages site (Web app) - Search a product directory (API) - Translate a project's strings (Web app) - Set repository and profile visibility (API) - Change account settings (API) **Surface audit:** 521 documented operations, 0 run, 0 passed, 458 blocked (sandbox or plan limits), 63 left out to stay safe. ### Self-hosted edition L4 · Runs on its own. Codeberg also ships an edition you run yourself. Our agent installed it on its own server in about 3 minutes and drove it the same way, doing 86% of the core work. ## How an agent connects API found. Agent surfaces: API documented · MCP none found · CLI documented · SDK none found · Docs tested · Agent payments none found. Issues found: 1. - **MCP server**: None found. - **API**: Listed, not tested. Forgejo REST API (/api/v1), robots-closed on codeberg.org. (512 operations across its docs) - **OpenAPI**: Unknown. - **CLI**: Listed, not tested. (5 commands across its docs) - **SDK**: None found. - **llms.txt**: None found. - **Agent payments**: None found. The checkout wasn't reached. - **Docs**: Some gaps. Covers getting started, auth and code examples. Errors only mentioned in passing. https://docs.codeberg.org/ (77 of 82 pages read) [The standards](https://agentdrives.com/standard) ## Tips for agent builders - On codeberg.org, respect robots.txt: there is no way in for a named agent. Run Forgejo yourself: image data.forgejo.org/forgejo/forgejo:-rootless with FORGEJO__security__INSTALL_LOCK=true and sqlite3 - Get a Forgejo token with POST /api/v1/users/{user}/tokens (basic auth; add X-Forgejo-OTP once 2FA is on); scopes like read:repository are enforced - Register CI runners with a token from GET /api/v1/user/actions/runners/registration-token: a repo-level runner ignores your other repos - Approving your own PR is refused (422); submit a COMMENT review instead ## How Codeberg compares In Source control: 1 of the 5 products we drove in Source control is higher; 3 others share L1. - [Graphite](https://agentdrives.com/tools/graphite.md?via=md): L2, Gets in on its own - [Bitbucket](https://agentdrives.com/tools/bitbucket.md?via=md): L1, Can't sign up on its own - **Codeberg** (this page): L1, Can't sign up on its own - [Gitea](https://agentdrives.com/tools/gitea.md?via=md): L1, Can't sign up on its own - [GitHub](https://agentdrives.com/tools/github.md?via=md): L1, Can't sign up on its own [All 5 in Source control](https://agentdrives.com/categories/source-control?via=md) Sorted by level, then work done, then time to the first call. [How we rank](https://agentdrives.com/method?via=md#order) On our standard (12 criteria: against other source control products where we measured 5 or more, otherwise against every product we measured): - [Errors say what to do next](https://agentdrives.com/standard#err-03): **Ahead of most** 81 of 103 others (every product) lower, 22 the same. - [Pages fit one fetch](https://agentdrives.com/standard#docs-08): **Ahead of most** 88 of 141 others (every product) lower, 53 the same. - [The best way in is built for agents](https://agentdrives.com/standard#in-12): **In the middle** 2 of 4 others (source control products) lower, 2 the same. - [WebMCP tools on the web app](https://agentdrives.com/standard#proto-02): **The same as all** 4 others (source control products). - [Docs an agent can navigate](https://agentdrives.com/standard#docs-11): **Level with most** 87 of 141 others (every product) the same, 10 lower, 44 higher. - [Every way in works for an agent](https://agentdrives.com/standard#in-11): **Level with most** 3 of 4 others (source control products) the same, 1 higher. - [All validation problems at once](https://agentdrives.com/standard#err-04): **Level with most** 23 of 35 others (every product) the same, 12 higher. - [Limits known before they hit](https://agentdrives.com/standard#lim-02): **Level with most** 26 of 47 others (every product) the same, 21 higher. - [Export before leaving](https://agentdrives.com/standard#leave-03): **Behind most** 89 of 144 others (every product) higher, 55 the same. - [Errors a program can read](https://agentdrives.com/standard#err-02): **Behind most** 65 of 104 others (every product) higher, 39 the same. - [A request id on every answer](https://agentdrives.com/standard#err-07): **Behind most** 70 of 103 others (every product) higher, 33 the same. - [A path written for agents](https://agentdrives.com/standard#docs-10): **Behind most** 103 of 141 others (every product) higher, 38 the same. [How each criterion is graded](https://agentdrives.com/standard) ## For the team behind Codeberg **4 things to fix for agents.** Agent blockers: 1 found · Agent surfaces: no issues found. Safety review: no issues found. Agents get stuck at Get in. Prove Codeberg is yours, then see where each issue is, read your safety findings and ask for a free drive after a fix. How to fix each one comes with the Audit. - Find: Clear - Get in: Blocks agents - Use: Not reached - Pay: Clear - Leave: Not reached [Claim Codeberg, free](https://agentdrives.com/app/products?add=codeberg.org&ref=listing) · [What a drive covers](https://agentdrives.com/method?via=md) ## Where Codeberg fits - Category: [Developer platform](https://agentdrives.com/categories/developer?via=md), [Source control](https://agentdrives.com/categories/source-control?via=md) - Steps: [Find](https://agentdrives.com/access/find), [Get in](https://agentdrives.com/access/get-in) (stopped here), [Use](https://agentdrives.com/access/use), [Pay](https://agentdrives.com/access/pay), [Leave](https://agentdrives.com/access/leave) - Rivals: [Bitbucket](https://agentdrives.com/tools/bitbucket?via=md) (L1), [Gitea](https://agentdrives.com/tools/gitea?via=md) (L1), [GitHub](https://agentdrives.com/tools/github?via=md) (L1) Data: [JSON](https://agentdrives.com/api/tools/codeberg.json?via=md) · [Markdown](https://agentdrives.com/tools/codeberg.md?via=md) · [History](https://agentdrives.com/tools/codeberg/history?via=md) · [Atom](https://agentdrives.com/feeds/tools/codeberg.atom) · [JSON Feed](https://agentdrives.com/feeds/tools/codeberg.json) · licence [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) **Found an error?** [Tell us on this page](https://agentdrives.com/tools/codeberg?via=md#correct) or read [how corrections work](https://agentdrives.com/corrections?via=md).