Forgejo forked Gitea IIRC because of problems in the Gitea governance of the Gitea trademark, a limited company was founded by some Gitea contributors, without consent of the larger group of Gitea developers.
So I only find it natural that a group of people who split off of Gitea took extra care to set up some kind of governance model.
Those who dislike the idea of a code of conduct can of course also contribute to Gitea or Gogs, or fork Forgejo, etc. This is free software after all.
With 23 open and 1.381 closed PR forgejo seems like an active project, it's in use at codeberg.org which means it isn't a random fork.
So I only find it natural that a group of people who split off of Gitea took extra care to set up some kind of governance model.
Those who dislike the idea of a code of conduct can of course also contribute to Gitea or Gogs, or fork Forgejo, etc. This is free software after all.
With 23 open and 1.381 closed PR forgejo seems like an active project, it's in use at codeberg.org which means it isn't a random fork.