A source-code-hosting facility (also known as forge) is a file archive and web hosting facility for source code of software, documentation, web pages, and other works, accessible either publicly or privately. They are often used by open-source software projects and other multi-developer projects to maintain revision and version history, or version control. Many repositories provide a bug tracking system, and offer release management, mailing lists, and wiki-based project documentation. Software authors generally retain their copyright when software is posted to a code hosting facilities.
Contents
1General information
2Features
3Version control systems
4Popularity
5Specialized hosting facilities
6Former hosting facilities
7See also
8Notes
9References
10External links
General information
Name
Developer
Initial release
Free server?
Free client?
Associated collaborative development environment
Notes
Assembla
Assembla, Inc.
2005
No
Unknown
Unknown
Azure DevOps Services
Microsoft
2012[1]
No
No
Azure DevOps Services
Microsoft Visual Studio
Most features are free for open source projects or teams of 5 members or less[2]
Bitbucket
Atlassian
2008
No
No
Atlassian BitBucket Server, JIRA and Confluence
Denies service to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria[3]
CloudForge
CollabNet
2012
No
Unknown
Unknown
Gitea
Gitea organization (open source community)[4]
2016-12[5]
Yes
Yes
Gitea
Gitea is an open-source software tool funded on Open Collective that is designed for self-hosting, but also provides a free first-party instance.
GForge
The GForge Group, Inc.[6]
2006
Partial
Yes
Cloud version – free up to 5 users. On-premises version – free up to 5 users.
GForge is free for open source projects.
GitHub
GitHub, Inc. (A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation)
2008-04
No
No
Unknown
Denies service to Crimea, North Korea, Sudan, Syria[7]
Denies service to Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria[11]
GNU Savannah
Free Software Foundation
2001-01
Yes
Yes
Savane
For use by projects with GPL compatible licenses, subject to staff approval.
Code access review.[12]
Helix TeamHub
Perforce Software
1995
No
No
Cloud version – free up to 5 users. On-premises version requires a license.
Free cloud version has no limits on projects within 5gb storage limit.
On-premises version has DevOps pipeline technology and free replicas.
Launchpad
Canonical
2004
Yes
No
Launchpad
Supports Bazaar and Git for version-controlled repository hosting.[13][14]
OSDN
OSDN K.K.
2002–04
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
For open-source projects only.[15] Ad-supported.
Ourproject.org
Comunes Collective
2002
Yes
Yes
FusionForge
For free software, free culture and free content projects.
OW2
OW2
2008
No
No
GitLab
Oriented on middleware technology.
Phabricator
Phacility, Inc.
2010
Yes
Yes
Phabricator
End of life.[16]
SEUL
Unknown
1997-05
Unknown
No
Unknown
SourceForge
Slashdot Media
1999-11
Yes[17][18]
Yes
Apache Allura
For use by open-source projects.[19] Ad-supported. Subject to American export restrictions, so denies service to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria.[20]
Name
Manager
Established
Server side: all free software
Client side: all-free JS code
Developed or used CDE
Notes
Features
Name
Code review
Bug tracking
Web hosting
Wiki
Translation system
Shell server
Mailing list
Forum
Personal repository
Private repository
Announce
Build system
Team
Release binaries
Self-hosting
Assembla
Yes[21]
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes[22]
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Azure DevOps Services
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Commercially (Azure DevOps Server)
Bitbucket
Yes[23]
Yes[lower-alpha 1]
Yes[24]
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes[lower-alpha 2]
No
Yes[25]
Yes
No[26]
Commercially (Bitbucket Server formerly Stash)[lower-alpha 3]
Buddy
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes[lower-alpha 4]
Yes
Yes
Yes
CloudForge
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
GForge
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Gitea
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes[27]
Yes
Yes
Yes
GitHub
Yes[28]
Yes[29][lower-alpha 5]
Yes[30]
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes[31]
Yes
Yes
Commercially (GitHub Enterprise)
GitLab
Yes[32]
Yes
Yes[33]
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes[34]
Yes
Yes[35]
Yes[lower-alpha 6]
GNU Savannah
Yes[36]
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No[37]
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Helix TeamHub
Yes[38]
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes, with hooks. Jenkins, TeamCity, etc.
No
Yes
Yes
Kallithea
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Launchpad
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes[lower-alpha 7]
Yes
Yes[lower-alpha 8]
Yes
Unknown
Yes
OSDN
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Ourproject.org
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Phabricator
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
RhodeCode
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
SourceForge
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes[lower-alpha 9]
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Name
Code review
Bug tracking
Web hosting
Wiki
Translation system
Shell server
Mailing list
Forum
Personal repository
Private repository
Announce
Build system
Team
Release binaries
Self-hosting
Version control systems
Name
CVS
Git
Hg
SVN
BZR
TFVC
Arch
Perforce
Fossil
Assembla
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Azure DevOps Services
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Bitbucket
No
Yes
Until Feb 2020[lower-alpha 3]
No
No
No
No
No
No
Buddy
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
CloudForge
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
GForge
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Gitea
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
GitHub
No
Yes
No
Partial, until Jan 2024[39][40]
No
No
No
No
No
GitLab
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
GNU Savannah
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes[41]
No
Yes
No
No
Kallithea
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
Launchpad
Import only
Yes[14][42]
Import only[43]
Import only
Yes
No
No
No
Unknown
OSDN
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Ourproject.org
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
OW2
Dropped[44]
Yes
No
Dropped[44]
No
No
No
No
No
Helix TeamHub
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Phabricator
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
RhodeCode
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
SEUL.org
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
SourceForge
Dropped[45]
Yes
Yes
Yes
Dropped[46]
No
No
Unknown
No[47]
Name
CVS
Git
Hg
SVN
BZR
TFVC
Arch
Perforce
Fossil
Popularity
Name
Users
Projects
Assembla
Unknown
526,581+[48]
Bitbucket
5,000,000[49]
Unknown
Buddy
Unknown
Unknown
CloudForge
Unknown
Unknown
Gitea
Unknown
Unknown
GitHub
94,000,000[50]
330,000,000[50]
GitLab
31,190,000[51]
546,000[52][lower-alpha 10]
GNU Savannah
93,346[53]
3,848[53]
Launchpad
3,965,288[54]
40,881[55]
OSDN
54,826[56]
6,294[56]
Ourproject.org
6,353[57]
1,846[57]
OW2
Unknown
Unknown
SEUL
Unknown
Unknown
SourceForge
3,700,000[58]
500,000[58]
Name
Users
Projects
Discontinued: 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.
Name
Ad-free
CVS
Git
SVN
Arch
Notes
Drupal
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Only for Drupal related projects.
freedesktop.org
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Only for interoperability and shared base technology for free software desktop environments on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems, including the X Window System (X11) and cairo (graphics).
mozdev.org
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Only for Mozilla-related projects. Defunct as of July 2020.
Name
Ad-free
CVS
Git
SVN
Arch
Notes
Former hosting facilities
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.
BerliOS – abandoned in April 2014[59]
Betavine – abandoned somewhere in 2015.
CodeHaus – shut down in May 2015[60]
CodePlex – shut down in December 2017.
Fedora Hosted – closed in March 2017[61]
Gitorious – shut down in June 2015.
Gna! – shut down in 2017.
Google Code – closed in January 2016, all projects archived. See http://code.google.com/archive/.
java.net – Java.net and kenai.com hosting closed April 2017.
Phabricator – wound down operations 1 June 2021, all projects continued to be hosted with very limited support after 31 August 2021.[16]
Tigris.org – shut down in July 2020.[62]
Mozdev.org - shut down in July 2020.
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)
Notes
↑Anyone can submit Bug Reports without logging in.
↑Limited to 5 users on free plan (see Pricing – bitbucket.org)
↑ 3.03.1Self hosted version is known as BitBucket Server and only supports Git repositories
↑Builds are run in Docker containers
↑Requires one to log in to report a Bug.
↑Has an open source FOSS edition and commercial Enterprise Edition
↑Currently only available for security vulnerability updates
↑Ubuntu
↑Private repositories can be used to set up a project before going live. However, SourceForge requires that the project remains open source. See SourceForge Support.
↑GitLab is not fundamentally organized by projects, so the count is somewhat difficult.
References
↑Somasegar, S. (2012-10-31). "Team Foundation Service is Released". http://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/somasegar/2012/10/31/team-foundation-service-is-released/.
↑"Pricing for Azure DevOps Services". https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/devops/azure-devops-services/.
↑"GitLab 8.2 released". 22 November 2015. https://about.gitlab.com/2015/11/22/gitlab-8-2-released/.
↑"Savannah's Maintenance Docs: How To Get Your Project Approved Quickly". http://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/HowToGetYourProjectApprovedQuickly. "The review we do can be lengthy and difficult for both the submitter and the reviewer. Be sure to follow these steps; if your project doesn't comply with our requirements, we will ask you to make changes to your project or register again. This ensures a level of quality for projects hosted at Savannah, and even more important, raises awareness of these legal and philosophical issues related to free software."
↑"Savannah Administration – In Depth Guide [Savannah]". http://savannah.nongnu.org/userguide/?file=ch03s02.html#id2469729.
↑"Code Repository Tools for Seamless Collaboration". https://www.perforce.com/products/helix-teamhub.
↑Collaborating on GitHub with Subversion. Github.com (26 June 2012). Retrieved 2015-04-01.
↑"SourceForge Support / Documentation / CVS". https://sourceforge.net/p/forge/documentation/CVS/.
↑SourceForge docs for bazaar, Bazaar is no longer available for new projects, they only offer limited support for Bazaar for projects previously using it on the Classic SourceForge system (1 July 2013).
↑Feature Request: Fossil Repositories
↑"Assembla Keeps Code, Tasks, and Teams Happily Together". http://assembla.com/home.
↑"Bitbucket Cloud: 5 million developers and 900,000 teams". 7 September 2016. https://blog.bitbucket.org/2016/09/07/bitbucket-cloud-5-million-developers-900000-teams/.
↑ 50.050.1"About". https://github.com/about.
↑"Is it any good?" (in en). GitLab. https://about.gitlab.com/is-it-any-good/#gitlab-is-the-most-used-devops-tool.
↑"2015 was a great year at GitLab!". GitLab Inc.. 2016-02-11. https://about.gitlab.com/2016/02/11/gitlab-retrospective/. "564k January 2016"
↑People and teams in Launchpad. launchpad.net. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
↑Projects registered in Launchpad. launchpad.net. Retrieved 2017-10-18
↑ 56.056.1"OSDN Site top". https://osdn.net/.
↑ 57.057.1"Welcome". http://ourproject.org.
↑ 58.058.1"About". http://sourceforge.net/about.
↑"BerliOS Developer: New berliOS portal launched". http://developer.berlios.de/forum/forum.php?forum_id=39220.
↑"Codehaus: The once great house of code has fallen". 2 March 2015. https://www.javaworld.com/article/2892227/codehaus-the-once-great-house-of-code-has-fallen.html.
↑"Tigris.org: Shut down on 1-July-2020". http://www.tigris.org/.
External links
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Version control software
Years, where available, indicate the date of first stable release. Systems with names in italics are no longer maintained or have planned end-of-life dates.
Local only
Free/open-source
RCS (1982)
SCCS (1972)
Proprietary
PVCS (1985)
QVCS (1991)
Client–server
Free/open-source
CVS (1986, 1990 in C)
CVSNT (1998)
QVCS Enterprise (1998)
Subversion (2000)
Proprietary
AccuRev SCM (2002)
Azure DevOps
Server (via TFVC) (2005)
Services (via TFVC) (2014)
ClearCase (1992)
CMVC (1994)
Dimensions CM (1980s)
DSEE (1984)
Endevor (1980s)
Integrity (2001)
Panvalet (1970s)
Perforce Helix (1995)
SCLM (1980s?)
Software Change Manager (1970s)
StarTeam (1995)
Surround SCM (2002)
Synergy (1990)
Team Concert (2008)
Vault (2003)
Visual SourceSafe (1994)
Distributed
Free/open-source
ArX (2003)
BitKeeper (2000)
Codeville (2005)
Darcs (2002)
DCVS (2002)
Fossil (2007)
Git (2005)
GNU arch (2001)
GNU Bazaar (2005)
Mercurial (2005)
Monotone (2003)
Veracity (2010)
Proprietary
Azure DevOps
Server (via Git) (2013)
Services (via Git) (2014)
TeamWare (1992)
Code Co-op (1997)
Plastic SCM (2006)
Concepts
Baseline
Branch
Changeset
Commit
Data comparison
Delta compression
Fork
Gated commit
Interleaved deltas
Merge
Monorepo
Repository
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