Post by @Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de

The first thing that people see when visiting https://codeberg.org is the following: "Software development, but free!"

However, projects hosted on Codeberg are not necessarily by developers of software—on the other hand, deciding on a new slogan can be difficult and contentious, as first impressions really matter (and there's not a lot of space there).

So, one of the people controlling the social media account decided to ask the fediverse: Any good ideas?

Cropped screenshot of the Codeberg homepage, but the header "Software development, but free!" has been replaced with "insert another catchy slogan here", modified using Firefox's Inspect Element feature. The screenshot intends to illustrate where such a new slogan would go.

The description beneath the header, "Codeberg is a non-profit, community-led effort that provides services to free and open-source projects, such as Git hosting (using Forgejo), Pages, CI/CD and a Weblate instance.", has not been modified. — Cropped screenshot of the Codeberg homepage, but the header "Software development, but free!" has been replaced with "insert another catchy slogan here", modified using Firefox's Inspect Element feature. The screenshot intends to illustrate where such a new slogan would go. The description beneath the header, "Codeberg is a non-profit, community-led effort that provides services to free and open-source projects, such as Git hosting (using Forgejo), Pages, CI/CD and a Weblate instance.", has not been modified.

qeef

@[email protected] · 5 months ago

@Codeberg You are welcome to contribute!

njsg

@[email protected] · 5 months ago

@Codeberg "Insert another catchy slogan here" (not my own work, though, saw it somewhere else)

username-generic

@[email protected] · 5 months ago

@Codeberg [1/2] How about "a friendly shelter for everything libre"?

When I think of a mountain, I think of a journey, a great feat - something to be intimidated by.

I feel as if it would be more appropriate to look at Codeberg as a safe place, and not the focal point of a creation. Shelters are places where people of similar goals meet and organize, which sounds pretty accurate.

Shaadra

@[email protected] · 5 months ago

@Codeberg
Share and collaborate freely

Michael Newton

@mavnn · 5 months ago

@[email protected] it feels like the only common point across everyone using Codeberg will be version control and the usage restrictions set by server policy. "Shared history for open projects"?

Jan Lehnardt :couchdb:

@[email protected] · 5 months ago

@Codeberg Software. For Everyone.

Codeberg

@[email protected] · 5 months ago

Keep in mind that this is explicitly not a public vote, but rather a "call for inspiration", if we may. We'd rather avoid a Boaty McBoatface (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface) type of situation, but humorous suggestions remain nevertheless welcome! 😉

Boaty McBoatface - Wikipedia

Codeberg

@[email protected] · 5 months ago

Tip: A bunch of ideas we have gotten so far involve the themes "mountain"/"summit", "unlike the 'rest of the Internet'", "retreat", "iceberg", "cool"... there miiiight be something behind those, but we also welcome out-of-the-box suggestions. :)

Codeberg

@[email protected] · 5 months ago

Woah, those are nearly 200 (good/humorous/useful) suggestions! Nearly all of them do provide insights on what each of you thinks is the most important thing about Codeberg in a sentence, which is very useful for us to know as well! 😄

(No matter if we came up with a tagline, adjusted one of yours or chose "the best one" as-is, we'd have to discuss amongst ourselves anyway. There won't be any changes on there for a while, but maybe elsewhere!)

Thanks for playing along, "Cody McCodeface" out! ~n

Jan Lehnardt :couchdb:

@[email protected] · 5 months ago

@Codeberg you could rotate from a pool, like NPM does :)