codeberg-cli 0.4.0

A Forgejo CLI — works with Codeberg and any Forgejo instance

cb — A Codeberg CLI

cb is a CLI for Codeberg (a Forgejo instance) — think gh for Codeberg. It also works with any Forgejo instance. Built with Xclif.

# One-time setup
cb auth login

# Work with repos, issues, PRs, releases
cb repo list
cb issue create --title "Fix the thing"
cb pr create --base main --head fix
cb release create v0.2.0

Install

pip install codeberg-cli  # or: uv tool install codeberg-cli

Or from source:

git clone https://codeberg.org/ThatXliner/codeberg-cli.git
cd cb
uv tool install .

Quickstart

# Authenticate (tokens at https://codeberg.org/user/settings/applications)
cb auth login

# Who am I?
cb auth whoami

# List your repos
cb repo list

# Clone one
cb repo clone ThatXliner/cb

# Open an issue
cb issue create --title "suggestion" --body "what about..."

# See everything you can do
cb --help

Config

Token stored in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/codeberg-cli/config.toml (managed by cb auth login / cb auth logout).

View or change config:

cb config path  # Show config file location
cb config get   # Print all config values
cb config set base_url "https://codeberg.org/api/v1"     # Codeberg (default)
cb config set base_url "https://git.example.com/api/v1"  # Self-hosted Forgejo

Comparison

Here's how cb stacks up against other Forgejo CLI tools. Last updated: May 2026.

	cb (this)	fj (forgejo-cli)	berg (codeberg-cli)	tea (gitea/tea)	gcli
Language	Python	Rust	Rust	Go	C
Version	v0.2.0	v0.5.0	v0.5.1	v0.13.0	v2.11.0
Install	pip install codeberg-cli	prebuilt binaries/Cargo	cargo install codeberg-cli	brew install tea	brew install gcli
Multi-instance	cb config set base_url	-H <instance>	BERG_BASE_URL	tea login add	-t forgejo

Issues

	cb	fj	berg	tea	gcli
Create	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
List	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
View	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Close	✅	✅	✅	✅	—
Reopen	✅	—	✅	✅	—
Comment	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Edit	✅	—	✅	✅	—
Delete	✅	—	—	—	—
Pin/Unpin	✅	—	—	✅	—
Search	✅	✅	—	✅	—
Attachments	—	—	—	✅	—
Labels (manage on issue)	✅	—	—	✅	—
Reactions	—	—	—	—	—
Subscriptions	✅	—	—	✅	—
Tracked times	✅	—	—	—	✅
Dependencies	—	—	—	—	—
Deadline	—	—	—	✅	—
Templates	—	✅	—	—	—

Pull Requests

	cb	fj	berg	tea	gcli
Create	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
List	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
View	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Merge	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Close	✅	—	✅	✅	—
Reopen	✅	—	✅	✅	—
Comment	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Edit	✅	—	✅	✅	—
Checkout	✅	—	✅	✅	✅
Commits	✅	—	—	✅	—
Files/changed	✅	—	—	✅	—
Reviews	—	✅	—	✅	✅
Diff/Patch	✅	—	—	✅	—
Update branch	✅	—	—	✅	—
AGit (no-fork)	—	✅	—	—	—
CI status	—	✅	—	—	—
Templates	—	✅	—	—	—
Auto-merge	—	—	—	✅	—

Releases

	cb	fj	berg	tea	gcli
Create	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
List	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
View	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Upload assets	✅	—	✅	—	✅
Delete	✅	—	—	✅	✅
Edit	✅	—	—	✅	—
Latest	✅	—	—	✅	—
By tag	✅	—	—	✅	—

Repositories

	cb	fj	berg	tea	gcli
Create	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
List	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
View	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Clone	✅	—	✅	✅	—
Fork	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Delete	✅	—	✅	✅	—
Star	✅	✅	✅	✅	—
Unstar	✅	—	✅	✅	—
Watch/Unwatch	✅	✅	—	✅	—
Edit	✅	✅	—	✅	—
Migrate/Mirror	✅	✅	—	✅	—
Branches	✅	—	—	✅	—
Topics	✅	—	—	✅	—
Languages	✅	—	—	—	—
Hooks	—	—	—	✅	—
Archive	✅	—	—	✅	—
Commits	✅	—	—	—	—
Contents	✅	—	—	✅	—
Collaborators	✅	—	—	✅	—
Transfer	✅	—	—	✅	—
Wikis	—	—	—	✅	—
Push mirrors	—	—	—	✅	—
Search	✅	—	—	✅	—

Labels

	cb	fj	berg	tea	gcli
Create	✅	—	✅	✅	✅
List	✅	—	✅	✅	✅
Delete	✅	—	✅	✅	—
Edit	✅	—	—	✅	—

Milestones

	cb	fj	berg	tea	gcli
Create	✅	—	✅	✅	—
List	✅	—	✅	✅	✅
View	✅	—	—	✅	—
Delete	✅	—	—	✅	—
Edit	✅	—	—	✅	—

Notifications

	cb	fj	berg	tea	gcli
List	✅	—	✅	✅	✅
Mark read	—	—	—	✅	—
Thread details	—	—	—	✅	—
Per-repo	—	—	—	✅	—

Extra

	cb	fj	berg	tea	gcli
Raw API	✅	—	✅	—	✅
User profiles	✅	✅	—	—	—
SSH keys	—	✅	—	✅	✅
GPG keys	—	✅	—	—	—
Org/team mgmt	✅	✅	—	✅	—
Forgejo Actions	✅	✅	—	—	—
Shell completions	✅ (auto via xclif)	✅	✅	✅	—
JSON output	✅ (via --json)	—	✅	✅	—
Non-interactive	auto (no prompts)	—	✅	✅	—
Config management	✅	—	✅	—	—
Web browser flag	on view commands	—	—	✅	—

cb is the most feature-complete Forgejo CLI — by a wide margin. It dominates on repo management (branches, topics, languages, tags, commits, contents, collaborators, search, archive, transfer, watch/unwatch, sync-fork, migrate), issues (delete, pin, labels, search, subscribe, tracked times), PRs (diff, commits, files, reopen, update), releases (delete, edit, latest, by-tag), and extras (Actions, org/team management, --json on every command, raw API, release uploads). Built in Python with Xclif for a clean, hackable codebase. If something's missing, open an issue!

License

MIT