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 Hi there! Tired of big platforms playing monopoly?
 Providing Git hosting for your project, friends, company or community?
-**Forgejo** (inspired by forĝejo \ˈfor.d͡ʒe.jo\ – the Esperanto word for *forge*) has you covered with its intuitive interface,
+**Forgejo** (inspired by forĝejo /ˈfor.d͡ʒe.jo/ – the Esperanto word for *forge*) has you covered with its intuitive interface,
 light and easy hosting and a lot of builtin functionality.
 
 Forgejo was forked from the well-known [Gitea](https://gitea.io) project in 2022,