I use gitea for my personal projects, though if you’re not already using it, forgejo (a fork) may be better (I don’t know).

Feels like a lot of “not inventing the wheel” - which is good? There are plenty of good wheels out there.

Network effects are quite difficult to overcome. Lemmy’s largest influxes of users have been when Reddit does something unpopular enough to warrant people looking for other places. Same was true when Reddit became popular because Digg made bad decisions, or Facebook when MySpace did.

The answer is that Lemmy almost assuredly will never be as popular, but at least its future is not dictated by the profits of a company, or censorship imposed by or on that company.

The best we can do is make Lemmy a viable alternative (it is) and ensure it is of a high quality.

The Brave Little Toaster.

Yeah, I know. But the AC unit dying freaked me out.

Dr. Pepper

Coke Zero