gitdxd-theme/templates/home_forgejo.tmpl

<section class="dxd-section dxd-manifesto" id="manifesto">
  <div class="dxd-sec-bar">
    <span class="dxd-sec-idx">03 // MANIFESTO</span>
    <span class="dxd-sec-line"></span>
    <span class="dxd-sec-tag">DOING OUR OWN THING</span>
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  <div class="dxd-section-head dxd-manifesto-head">
    <div>
      <h2>Why not just use <span>GitHub</span>?</h2>
      <p>Fair question. Here is the unfiltered answer.</p>
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    <div class="dxd-manifesto-badge">
      <span class="dot"></span>
      100% Microsoft-Free Zone
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  <div class="dxd-manifesto-grid">
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    <article class="dxd-mcard" data-tone="amber">
      <div class="dxd-mcard-top">
        <span class="dxd-mcard-num">01</span>
        <span class="dxd-mcard-pill">BAIT &amp; SWITCH</span>
        <div class="dxd-mcard-icon"><img src="/assets/img/money.svg" alt=""></div>
      </div>
      <h3>GitHub is greedy</h3>
      <p>
        GitHub gave students cool stuff, then slowly removes them and
        moves features into more expensive plans. I am tired of depending
        on free perks that can disappear whenever they feel like it —
        Copilot Education/Pro for students had every good model stripped
        out, making it practically worthless. Fuck GitHub.
      </p>
    </article>

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    <article class="dxd-mcard" data-tone="coral">
      <div class="dxd-mcard-top">
        <span class="dxd-mcard-num">02</span>
        <span class="dxd-mcard-pill">CORPORATE LOCK-IN</span>
        <div class="dxd-mcard-icon"><img src="/assets/img/microsoft.svg" alt=""></div>
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      <h3>It is owned by Microsoft</h3>
      <p>
        GitHub is owned by Microsoft. That alone is enough for me to hate it.
        I do not want all of open source software sitting in the hands of a
        giant company that makes closed-source software and loves locking
        people into its ecosystem. I also despise Windows, but that is irrelevant.
      </p>
    </article>

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    <article class="dxd-mcard" data-tone="violet">
      <div class="dxd-mcard-top">
        <span class="dxd-mcard-num">03</span>
        <span class="dxd-mcard-pill">NO BLOAT</span>
        <div class="dxd-mcard-icon"><img src="/assets/img/ai.svg" alt=""></div>
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      <h3>AI slop everywhere</h3>
      <p>
        GitHub keeps pushing Copilot and AI into every corner. I do not want my
        code host to constantly shove AI in my face. I just want somewhere to put
        my repositories without feeling like everything is being turned into
        training data or another Microsoft product.
      </p>
    </article>

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    <article class="dxd-mcard" data-tone="emerald">
      <div class="dxd-mcard-top">
        <span class="dxd-mcard-num">04</span>
        <span class="dxd-mcard-pill">ZERO TELEMETRY</span>
        <div class="dxd-mcard-icon"><img src="/assets/img/privacy.svg" alt=""></div>
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      <h3>Privacy</h3>
      <p>
        This server is run by me, a random student, so you do not have to blindly
        trust me either. But at least I am not a massive company trying to track you,
        sell AI tools, or measure everything you do for profit. If that is not enough,
        GitLab or Codeberg are still better than the alternative.
      </p>
    </article>

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    <article class="dxd-mcard" data-tone="cyan">
      <div class="dxd-mcard-top">
        <span class="dxd-mcard-num">05</span>
        <span class="dxd-mcard-pill">ANTI-MONOPOLY</span>
        <div class="dxd-mcard-icon"><img src="/assets/img/monopoly.svg" alt=""></div>
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      <h3>GitHub is a monopoly</h3>
      <p>
        Everyone puts everything on GitHub now: code, issues, releases, docs, packages,
        websites, actions, discussions, everything. That is way too much power for one
        website owned by one company — especially when that company is Microsoft.
      </p>
    </article>

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    <article class="dxd-mcard" data-tone="teal">
      <div class="dxd-mcard-top">
        <span class="dxd-mcard-num">06</span>
        <span class="dxd-mcard-pill">OWN YOUR IRON</span>
        <div class="dxd-mcard-icon"><img src="/assets/img/selfhost.svg" alt=""></div>
      </div>
      <h3>Self-hosting is better</h3>
      <p>
        This place exists because I wanted my own git host. No giant platform, no
        corporate branding, no pretending this is the future of software. Just my own
        little forge on my own domain, because running your own stuff is cool. Want your
        own? Look up <a href="https://forgejo.org" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Forgejo</a> — it is great.
      </p>
    </article>
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  <div class="dxd-compare">
    <div class="dxd-compare-head">
      <span class="dxd-compare-title">REALITY CHECK // PLATFORM COMPARISON</span>
      <span class="dxd-compare-sub">Why independent forges matter in 2026</span>
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    <div class="dxd-compare-table-wrap">
      <table class="dxd-compare-table">
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          <tr>
            <th>Capability</th>
            <th class="is-dxd">GitDXD (Forgejo)</th>
            <th>GitHub (Microsoft)</th>
            <th>GitLab SaaS</th>
          </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
          <tr>
            <td>Ownership &amp; Governance</td>
            <td class="is-dxd"><span class="yes">✓</span> Independent &amp; GPLv3 Libre</td>
            <td><span class="no">✕</span> Proprietary Microsoft subsidiary</td>
            <td><span class="warn">~</span> Open-core corporate SaaS</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>AI Popups &amp; Upsells in UI</td>
            <td class="is-dxd"><span class="yes">✓</span> Zero — pure code &amp; git</td>
            <td><span class="no">✕</span> Injected into every button &amp; PR</td>
            <td><span class="warn">~</span> Duo upsells on enterprise tiers</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>Telemetry &amp; Behavioral Tracking</td>
            <td class="is-dxd"><span class="yes">✓</span> None (self-hosted box)</td>
            <td><span class="no">✕</span> Extensive analytics &amp; profiling</td>
            <td><span class="warn">~</span> SaaS analytics &amp; tier limits</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>Resource Footprint</td>
            <td class="is-dxd"><span class="yes">✓</span> Single Go binary, snappy UI</td>
            <td><span class="no">✕</span> Heavy hydrated React bundles</td>
            <td><span class="no">✕</span> Heavy multi-gigabyte stack</td>
          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>
    </div>
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