If you ask me to make an account before I can see your content (even if it looks interesting) that's a turn off and I'll go somewhere else. Maybe have a button at the top that says "explore as guest" or something like that?
Also you should advertise that this is an open-source project on the landing page, as that may cause more people to be interested in trying it out.
Also you should advertise that this is an open-source project on the landing page, as that may cause more people to be interested in trying it out.