+Hi there! Tired of big platforms playing monopoly?
+Providing Git hosting for your project, friends, company or community?
+**Forgejo** (/for'd͡ʒe.jo/ inspired by forĝejo – the Esperanto word for *forge*) has you covered with its intuitive interface,
+light and easy hosting and a lot of builtin functionality.
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+Forgejo was [created in 2022](https://forgejo.org/2022-12-15-hello-forgejo/)
+because we think that the project should be owned by an independent community.
+If you second that, then Forgejo is for you!
+Our promise: **Independent Free/Libre Software forever!**
-## Purpose
+## What does Forgejo offer?
-The goal of this project is to make the easiest, fastest, and most
-painless way of setting up a self-hosted Git service.
-Using Go, this can be done with an independent binary distribution across
-**all platforms** which Go supports, including Linux, macOS, and Windows
-on x86, amd64, ARM and PowerPC architectures.
-Want to try it before doing anything else?
-Do it [with the online demo](https://try.gitea.io/)!
-This project has been
-[forked](https://blog.gitea.io/2016/12/welcome-to-gitea/) from
-[Gogs](https://gogs.io) since 2016.11 but changed a lot.
+
-## Building
+If you like any of the following, Forgejo is literally meant for you:
-From the root of the source tree, run:
+- Lightweight: Forgejo can easily be hosted on nearly **every machine**.
+ Running on a Raspberry? Small cloud instance? No problem!
+- Project management: Besides Git hosting, Forgejo offers issues,
+ pull requests, wikis, kanban boards and much more to **coordinate with your team**.
+- Publishing: Have something to share? Use **releases** to host your software for download,
+ or use the **package registry** to publish it for docker, npm and many other package managers.
+- Customizable: Want to change your look? Change some settings?
+ There are many **config switches** to make Forgejo work exactly like you want.
+- Powerful: Organizations & team permissions, CI integration, Code Search, LDAP, OAuth and much more.
+ If you have **advanced needs**, Forgejo has you covered.
+- Privacy: From update checker to default settings: Forgejo is built to be **privacy first** for you and your crew.
+- Federation: (WIP) We are actively working to connect software forges with each other through **ActivityPub**,
+ and create a collaborative network of personal instances.
+ Interested? [Read more](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/CONTRIBUTING/WORKFLOW.md#federation-https-codeberg-org-forgejo-forgejo-issues-labels-79349)
- TAGS="bindata" make build
+## Learn more
-or if SQLite support is required:
+Subscribe to releases and blog post on [our website](https://forgejo.org), find us on the Fediverse or hop into [our Matrix room](https://matrix.to/#/#forgejo-chat:matrix.org) if you have any questions or want to get involved.
- TAGS="bindata sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify" make build
-The `build` target is split into two sub-targets:
+## Get involved
-- `make backend` which requires [Go Stable](https://go.dev/dl/), required version is defined in [go.mod](/go.mod).
-- `make frontend` which requires [Node.js LTS](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) or greater and Internet connectivity to download npm dependencies.
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-When building from the official source tarballs which include pre-built frontend files, the `frontend` target will not be triggered, making it possible to build without Node.js and Internet connectivity.
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-Parallelism (`make -j `) is not supported.
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-More info: https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/install-from-source/
-
-## Using
-
- ./gitea web
-
-NOTE: If you're interested in using our APIs, we have experimental
-support with [documentation](https://try.gitea.io/api/swagger).
-
-## Contributing
-
-Expected workflow is: Fork -> Patch -> Push -> Pull Request
-
-NOTES:
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-1. **YOU MUST READ THE [CONTRIBUTORS GUIDE](CONTRIBUTING.md) BEFORE STARTING TO WORK ON A PULL REQUEST.**
-2. If you have found a vulnerability in the project, please write privately to **security@gitea.io**. Thanks!
-
-## Translating
-
-Translations are done through Crowdin. If you want to translate to a new language ask one of the managers in the Crowdin project to add a new language there.
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-You can also just create an issue for adding a language or ask on discord on the #translation channel. If you need context or find some translation issues, you can leave a comment on the string or ask on Discord. For general translation questions there is a section in the docs. Currently a bit empty but we hope fo fill it as questions pop up.
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-https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/translation-guidelines/
-
-[![Crowdin](https://badges.crowdin.net/gitea/localized.svg)](https://crowdin.com/project/gitea)
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-## Further information
-
-For more information and instructions about how to install Gitea, please look at our [documentation](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/).
-If you have questions that are not covered by the documentation, you can get in contact with us on our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/Gitea) or create a post in the [discourse forum](https://discourse.gitea.io/).
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-We maintain a list of Gitea-related projects at [gitea/awesome-gitea](https://gitea.com/gitea/awesome-gitea).
-The hugo-based documentation theme is hosted at [gitea/theme](https://gitea.com/gitea/theme).
-The official Gitea CLI is developed at [gitea/tea](https://gitea.com/gitea/tea).
-
-## Authors
-
-* [Maintainers](https://github.com/orgs/go-gitea/people)
-* [Contributors](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/graphs/contributors)
-* [Translators](options/locale/TRANSLATORS)
-
-## Backers
-
-Thank you to all our backers! 🙏 [[Become a backer](https://opencollective.com/gitea#backer)]
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-## Sponsors
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-Support this project by becoming a sponsor. Your logo will show up here with a link to your website. [[Become a sponsor](https://opencollective.com/gitea#sponsor)]
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-## FAQ
-
-**How do you pronounce Gitea?**
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-Gitea is pronounced [/ɡɪ’ti:/](https://youtu.be/EM71-2uDAoY) as in "gi-tea" with a hard g.
-
-**Why is this not hosted on a Gitea instance?**
-
-We're [working on it](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/1029).
-
-## License
-
-This project is licensed under the MIT License.
-See the [LICENSE](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/LICENSE) file
-for the full license text.
-
-## Screenshots
-Looking for an overview of the interface? Check it out!
-
-|![Dashboard](https://dl.gitea.io/screenshots/home_timeline.png)|![User Profile](https://dl.gitea.io/screenshots/user_profile.png)|![Global Issues](https://dl.gitea.io/screenshots/global_issues.png)|
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-|![Branches](https://dl.gitea.io/screenshots/branches.png)|![Web Editor](https://dl.gitea.io/screenshots/web_editor.png)|![Activity](https://dl.gitea.io/screenshots/activity.png)|
-|![New Migration](https://dl.gitea.io/screenshots/migration.png)|![Migrating](https://dl.gitea.io/screenshots/migration.gif)|![Pull Request View](https://image.ibb.co/e02dSb/6.png)
-![Pull Request Dark](https://dl.gitea.io/screenshots/pull_requests_dark.png)|![Diff Review Dark](https://dl.gitea.io/screenshots/review_dark.png)|![Diff Dark](https://dl.gitea.io/screenshots/diff_dark.png)|
+If you are interested in making Forgejo better, either by reporting a bug or by changing the governance, please [take a look at the contribution guide](CONTRIBUTING.md).
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