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The Trouble with Forking Mastodon (wedistribute.org)
submitted 6 months ago by deadsuperhero@lemmy.ml to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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A lot of people have talked about the possibility of forking Mastodon to get the many improvements their communities need. Making such an effort successful is another discussion entirely.

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[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

What did nextcloud fork?

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 8 points 6 months ago

The original project was called Owncloud and was made largely by the same people, but they split over a disagreement in management.

[–] deadsuperhero@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago

Nextcloud is a fork of Owncloud. IMO, as a product Nextcloud is superior in every way.

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 6 points 6 months ago

Owncloud