Just mentioning a few things I stumbled over along the way when testing Uhuru.
This topic was mentioned a while back on the Github page. Would be nice to get the instructions updated.
Also the “demo” button on the bottom of the page https://uhuru.me/ links to https://uhuru.me/# instead of https://beta.uhuru.me/
The “Wiki” button also falsely points to https://uhuru.me/#
Thanks for raising this. I tried running my own Uhuru deployment a while ago, ran into some trouble, and never got back to it. I’ll update the issue with my current observations.
As for the uhuru.me website, I don’t think it’s meant to be fully functional. Those links are just placeholders.
Update here. I found this issue, which explains what happened here. There’s meant to be a placeholder {{username}} in both places where you would add your own name. However, the system rendering the website is removing it because it’s the same syntax used for templating. I’ve added a note that the issue is ongoing.
Thank you for looking in to this Scott! 
It is an exciting project.