I don't think Codeberg wants to be a GitHub alternative. In particular, I don't think they want to support the use cases of someone hosting a bunch of private repos, or someone hosting commercialized code.

I'll preface this with a statement that as a European I want European alternatives to succeed, and MS-owned GitHub to shrivel and disappear.

But in case anyone from Codeberg reads this, IMO landing and signup pages need a lot of improvements:

> Codeberg is a non-profit, community-led effort that provides services to free and open-source projects, such as Git hosting (using Forgejo)

OK, so do I register for Codeberg or Forgejo? Do I need to click through to Forgejo (it's a hyperlink)? Do I care it's Forgejo?

"Software development, but free!" Free is the biggest selling point? Well GitHub is free too. WHY should I sign up?

Why is there no signup email address on the homepage like GitHub?

Why is the Register CTA off to the side, looking like a header instead of a button?

Why no screenshots of the Codeberg (Forgejo?) UI / wowing me with features? (None on the Forgejo homepage either)

Why is the signup behind that Anubis anime girl AND I need to enter a CAPTCHA after passing that?

> Confirm Password

That's extra friction and AIUI an outdated UI practice.

> We are planning to drop the captcha by improving moderation and spam detection. (state: March 2025).

OK...it's been over a year.

> Using Codeberg to spread SEO spam, malware, links to IPTV services ("tvbox") or pirated content will result in an immediate ban with no prior warning.

Too many words, pushing the "Register" button even further down. Just put it in the Terms of Service

Just copy these things from GitHub, it's not that hard. Right now it looks like a conference registration landing page or something