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+<div align="center">
+    <img src="https://codeberg.org/forgejo/meta/raw/branch/readme/logo/forgejo.svg" alt="" width="192" align="center" />
+    <h1 align="center">Welcome to Forgejo</h1>
+</div>
+
+Hi there! Tired of big platforms playing monopoly?
+Providing Git hosting for your project, friends, company or community?
+**Forgejo** (/for'd&#865;ʒe.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.
+
+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!**
+
+## What does Forgejo offer?
+
+<!-- If you want to know what Forgejo is like,
+you can check out public instances,
+e.g. [Codeberg.org](https://codeberg.org).
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+
+If you like any of the following, Forgejo is literally meant for you:
+
+- 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)
+
+## Learn more
+
+Subscribe to releases and blog post on [our website](https://forgejo.org), <a href="https://floss.social/@forgejo" rel="me">find us on the Fediverse</a> or hop into [our Matrix room](https://matrix.to/#/#forgejo-chat:matrix.org) if you have any questions or want to get involved.
+
+
+## Get involved
+
+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).