Ah, the Codeberg Drama (gagliardoni.net)

The best thing I've seen in 2026. Thank you codeberg.

Ah, I was waiting for the inevitable AI pusher "you're sticking your head in the sand this is INEVITABLE" argument pushed by OpenAI and others.

Carry on, nothing to see here.

> I notice that both PRs were filed after the assembly and after the ballots went out

At least in Switzerland, you can not vote (well, you can but it does not have any effect) on things that are not mentioned within the agenda published and sent to members with the invitation. So IMHO these votes will not have any effect itself, just serve as an "indication".

IANAL.

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Banning LLM or crypto currency related projects is very bad. I think it's better to flag them or mark them, but let them be.

> unbridled hatred for AI and Web3 reeks of neo-Luddism

> distrust in other areas, such as quantum computing

you haven't even begun getting to the point and already lost me

> fear of the unknown

Unknown what, lol?

"we don't like X, Y Z for A, B, C reasons"

"Luddites, fear of quantum computing.. oh no I'm confused, they're so afraid of the future."

That is like someone mumbling at their shoes that someone is afraid of something. No notes.

At any rate: Are you afraid of a control group? Are you afraid of a surface not covered in slop, so it may keep slop knowable? Are you afraid to sink alone?

You are simply not the target audience of Codeberg. That's okay.

If you are on Arch, you can do this simple fix (instructions are similar for other distros):

  sudo pacman -S forgejo
  sudo systemctl enable --now forgejo

So who are you actually angry at? There was a vote, by people, in a democratic process, and Codeberg are adhering to it. Why is it Codeberg's problem that they don't defy the will of their members? Are you angry at them because the members put a motion against your particular special interests? If so, go make a new motion to reinstate them.

Time will tell whether Codeberg's approach of Valetudo-like community-building will work out.

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Whilst I think that criticism of such heavy-handed decision making is valid, I can't help but feel this blog post is littered with unhelpful and snide culture war remarks, and a smug attitude that this is the definitive end of Codeberg. If Codeberg truly has gone woke, people who espouse 'anti-censorship at any cost', like the author, will leave. But many others will remain.

Unironic use of "web3": article ignored

Had to read this one twice: “Projects "written and maintained with heavy use of LLMs".”

Isn’t that almost everything these days? If you’re using vscode or codex or Claude CLI you’re in that category.

I don't want to host my code on a platform that has activist goals beyond open source advocacy, but I'm glad it exists because it's a useful filter, like the X/Bluesky divide.

Stop complaining and get Claude or whatever to one-shot a competing service that only hosts AI and crypto with blackjack and hookers.

If AI is inevitable then it's guaranteed infinity money.

Show the lowly morlocks how it's done.

Someone will always be upset about not getting for free what they wanted to get for free. Tough luck. I recommend a stiff upper lip.

I wasn't that interested in Codeberg until now, but this actually looks like a wise decision.

I want to ask this in good faith

Why do the very vocal "AI people" online have this thing where they are simultaneously:

- proclaiming their thing to be inevitable and massive and a bulldozer of productivity;

- responding to any negative reaction like they are almost like a persecuted group

It seems paradoxical to me. If your LLM-written project is so amazing, who cares about the critics?

Let them have their corner of the internet. There are plenty of other sites that will host your project.

Perhaps if you are a heavy codeberg user it is annoying to move onto Forgejo. I get that. But ultimately Codeberg has the right to decide these things

Can Gitlab be an alternative?

Related:

Codeberg bans vibe coded projects

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49003386

Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015588

Protecting our FLOSS commons from LLMs

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015635

I regret migrating to Codeberg

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49021856

To whom it may concern: codeberg is explicitly _not_ for private repo and your ai game pet project. It's aim is to host FOSS tools and libraries.

To me, this is a good decision. I already got burned by an Asdf 'clone' that was in rust and allegedly lightweight. Never again I will install on my computer a rust-written tool written in a month that merge 5 pr per day. I know what to look for now, but IMHO having a platform where those kind of projects are forbidden is great. If an AI generated tool is so great and wonderful I cannot miss it, I will get it from word of mouth.

I'm baffled by people who are getting upset at this. Let it go. There's way too much AI slop out there, to have at least one island free of it would be lovely enough.

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