A source code repository is a file archive and web hosting facility where a large amount of source code, for software or for web pages, is kept, either publicly or privately. They are often used by open-source software projects and other multi-developer projects to handle various versions. They help developers submit patches of code in an organized fashion. Often these web sites support version control, bug tracking, release management, mailing lists, and wiki-based documentation.
People who write software retain their copyright when their software is posted to any code hosting facilities, including the "non-gnu" section of GNU Savannah--with the exception of contributors to Free Software Foundation (FSF)-copyrighted programs at GNU Savannah.
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General information
Maps Comparison of source code hosting facilities
Features
Version control systems
Popularity
Discountinued: CodePlex, Gna!, Google Code.
Specialized hosting facilities
The following are open-source software hosting facilities that only serve a specific narrowly focused community or technology.
Former hosting facilities
- BerliOS - abandoned in April 2014
- Google Code - closed in January 2016, all projects archived. See http://code.google.com/archive/ .
- JavaForge - ceased operations in March 2016.
- Gna! Gna.org shutdown 2017.
- CodePlex CodePlex shut down in December 2017.
- Alioth_(Debian) In 2018, Alioth has been replaced by a GitLab based solution hosted on salsa.debian.org. Alioth has been finally switched off in June 2018.
See also
- Comparison of version control software
- Distributed version control
- Forge (software)
- List of free software project directories
- List of version control software
- Source code escrow for closed source software
- Version control (source code management systems)
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References
External links
- Project Hosting at Curlie (based on DMOZ)
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