diff --git a/custom/templates/home.tmpl b/custom/templates/home.tmpl
index 33a0b7d..61a77d7 100644
--- a/custom/templates/home.tmpl
+++ b/custom/templates/home.tmpl
@@ -9,10 +9,56 @@
 				<h1 class="ui icon header title">
 					Friendica
 				</h1>
+
+{{if eq .Lang "de-DE"}}
+				<h2>Sammlung der git Repositories des <a href='https://fridni.ca' target='_new'>Friendica</a> Projekts.</h2>
+{{else}}
 				<h2>Collection of the git repositories of the <a href='https://friendi.ca' target='_new'>Friendica</a> project.</h2>
+{{end}}
+
 			</div>
 		</div>
 	</div>
+
+{{if eq .Lang "de-DE"}}
+		<div class="ui stackable middle very relaxed page grid">
+			<div class="eight wide center column">
+				<h1 class="hero ui icon header">
+					<i class="octicon octicon-rocket"></i> Einfach zu installieren
+				</h1>
+				<p class="large">
+				    Alles was du für die Installation benötigst ist PHP und eine MySQL Datenbank. Installieren kannst du Friendica entweder per Datei-Upload, git oder docker.
+				</p>
+			</div>
+			<div class="eight wide center column">
+				<h1 class="hero ui icon header">
+					<i class="octicon octicon-code"></i> Freie Software
+				</h1>
+				<p class="large">
+					Friendica ist Freie Software, lizensiert unter der AGPLv3 (oder neuere Versionen). Der gesammte Quellcode kann unter <a href='https://git.friendi.ca/friendica/friendica'>git.friendi.ca</a> eingesehen werden. Wenn du magst kannst du uns gerne dabei unterstützen das Friendica noch besser zu machen. <a href='https://git.friendi.ca/friendica/friendica/src/branch/develop/doc/Developers-Intro.md'>Trau dich</a>!
+				</p>
+			</div>
+		</div>
+		<div class="ui stackable middle very relaxed page grid">
+			<div class="eight wide center column">
+				<h1 class="hero ui icon header">
+					<i class="octicon octicon-globe"></i> Dezentral
+				</h1>
+				<p class="large">
+				    Decentralized architecture with no central authority or ownership. Relationships can be made across any compatible system, creating a network of Internet scale made up of smaller sites. Seamless wall-to-wall posts and remote comments, even across different network nodes.
+				</p>
+			</div>
+			<div class="eight wide center column">
+				<h1 class="hero ui icon header">
+					<i class="octicon octicon-organization"></i> Interoperabel
+				</h1>
+				<p class="large">
+					Friendica unterstützt das OStatus (z.B. GNU social und Mastodon) und das diaspora* (z.B. diaspora*, Hubzilla und Socialhome) Protokoll. Mit Erweiterungen können Brücken zu weiteren Netzwerken wie pump.io, Twitter und anderen geschlagen werden.
+				</p>
+			</div>
+		</div>
+
+{{else}}
 		<div class="ui stackable middle very relaxed page grid">
 			<div class="eight wide center column">
 				<h1 class="hero ui icon header">
@@ -49,5 +95,7 @@
 				</p>
 			</div>
 		</div>
+
+{{end}}
 </div>
 {{template "base/footer" .}}
diff --git a/lang/de-DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo b/lang/de-DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cd3cb0
Binary files /dev/null and b/lang/de-DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo differ
diff --git a/lang/de-DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.pot b/lang/de-DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.pot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f8afd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/de-DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.pot
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
+# Copyright (C) YEAR ORGANIZATION
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+# 
+# Translators:
+# Tobias Diekershoff <tobias.diekershoff@gmx.net>, 2018
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-06-06 09:52+CEST\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: Tobias Diekershoff <tobias.diekershoff@gmx.net>, 2018\n"
+"Language-Team: German (https://www.transifex.com/Friendica/teams/12172/de/)\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: ENCODING\n"
+"Generated-By: pygettext.py 1.5\n"
+"Language: de\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
+
+#: generate_home_tmpl.py:16
+msgid ""
+"Collection of the git repositories of the <a href='https://friendi.ca' "
+"target='_new'>Friendica</a> project."
+msgstr ""
+"Sammlung der git Repositories des <a href='https://fridni.ca' "
+"target='_new'>Friendica</a> Projekts."
+
+#: generate_home_tmpl.py:17
+msgid "Easy to install"
+msgstr "Einfach zu installieren"
+
+#: generate_home_tmpl.py:18
+msgid ""
+"All you need is PHP and a MySQL database. Installation can be done via file "
+"upload, git or docker."
+msgstr ""
+"Alles was du für die Installation benötigst ist PHP und eine MySQL "
+"Datenbank. Installieren kannst du Friendica entweder per Datei-Upload, git "
+"oder docker."
+
+#: generate_home_tmpl.py:19
+msgid "Free Software"
+msgstr "Freie Software"
+
+#: generate_home_tmpl.py:20
+msgid ""
+"Friendica is Free Software, licensed under the terms of the AGPLv3 (or "
+"later). The entire source code is hosted at <a "
+"href='https://git.friendi.ca/friendica/friendica'>git.friendi.ca</a>. Join "
+"us by contributing to make this project even better. Don't be shy to <a "
+"href='https://git.friendi.ca/friendica/friendica/src/branch/develop/doc"
+"/Developers-Intro.md'>be a contributor</a>!"
+msgstr ""
+"Friendica ist Freie Software, lizensiert unter der AGPLv3 (oder neuere "
+"Versionen). Der gesammte Quellcode kann unter <a "
+"href='https://git.friendi.ca/friendica/friendica'>git.friendi.ca</a> "
+"eingesehen werden. Wenn du magst kannst du uns gerne dabei unterstützen das "
+"Friendica noch besser zu machen. <a "
+"href='https://git.friendi.ca/friendica/friendica/src/branch/develop/doc"
+"/Developers-Intro.md'>Trau dich</a>!"
+
+#: generate_home_tmpl.py:21
+msgid "Decentralization"
+msgstr "Dezentral"
+
+#: generate_home_tmpl.py:22
+msgid ""
+"Decentralized architecture with no central authority or ownership. "
+"Relationships can be made across any compatible system, creating a network "
+"of Internet scale made up of smaller sites. Seamless wall-to-wall posts and "
+"remote comments, even across different network nodes."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: generate_home_tmpl.py:23
+msgid "Interoperability"
+msgstr "Interoperabel"
+
+#: generate_home_tmpl.py:24
+msgid ""
+"Friendica has build in support for the OStatus (e.g. GNU social and "
+"Mastodon) and diaspora* (e.g. diaspora*, Hubzilla and Socialhome) protocol. "
+"With additional addons you can bridge to more networks like pump.io, Twitter"
+" and others."
+msgstr ""
+"Friendica unterstützt das OStatus (z.B. GNU social und Mastodon) und das "
+"diaspora* (z.B. diaspora*, Hubzilla und Socialhome) Protokoll. Mit "
+"Erweiterungen können Brücken zu weiteren Netzwerken wie pump.io, Twitter und"
+" anderen geschlagen werden."