February 17, 2026
Forks & feelings: beyond the Hub
Gentoo on Codeberg
Fans cheer the “Great Uncoupling” as Gentoo tests life beyond GitHub
TLDR: Gentoo opened a Codeberg mirror to accept contributions—part of a slow move away from GitHub—while still hosting its own code. The community split: cheerleaders hail a “Great Uncoupling” from Big Hub and praise Codeberg’s speed, while skeptics worry about losing GitHub’s huge developer crowd and low‑friction collaboration.
Open‑source drama alert: Gentoo just set up shop on Codeberg, a community‑run platform in Berlin, and the comments are serving heat. It’s not a total breakup—this is a mirror for contributions, with Gentoo still hosting its own repos—but it’s part of a slow drift away from GitHub, and the crowd can feel the tectonic plates moving.
The loudest cheer? “The Great Uncoupling” of the web from one giant platform. One fan said this shift means a “less monocultural Internet,” and the vibe is very indie renaissance. Performance gripes poured gasoline on the fire: a longtime user ranted that reviewing big pull requests on GitHub is “nearly impossible,” calling the interface “an absolute mess” and—chef’s kiss—“vibe‑coded.” Meanwhile, Codeberg boosters went full caps‑lock, shouting it’s “AMAZING,” “VERY VERY fast,” and “EASY TO USE.”
But it wasn’t all confetti. Skeptics warned about the classic network‑effect trap: GitHub has the people, and that’s why random drive‑by fixes were so easy. Others argued the real power move isn’t picking a new platform—it’s strengthening open foundations so newcomers can actually compete.
For contributors, Gentoo pitched a simple path: use a space‑saving method called AGit (basically a way to send changes without making your own copy). You push once with a topic, and a pull request pops open automatically. Bottom line: decentralization vs convenience is the headline fight, and Gentoo just made it spicy.
Key Points
- •Gentoo has launched a repository mirror on Codeberg at https://codeberg.org/gentoo/gentoo for contributions.
- •The Codeberg initiative is part of Gentoo’s gradual mirror migration away from GitHub, as noted in the 2025 end-of-year review.
- •Gentoo will eventually make additional git repositories available under its Codeberg organization.
- •Mirrors are provided for convenience; Gentoo continues to host its own repositories independently.
- •Gentoo recommends the AGit approach for Codeberg PRs, with steps to clone upstream, add a Codeberg remote, push to refs/for/master with a topic, and use a force-push option for amended commits.