Freecode
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Freecode, formerly Freshmeat, was a website owned by BIZX, Inc., hosting mainly open-source software for programmers and developers. Among other things, the site also hosted user reviews and discussions. While a majority of the software covered is open source for Unix-like systems, Freecode also covered releases of closed-source, commercial and cross-platform software on and handhelds. Freecode was notable for its age, having started in 1997 as the first web-based aggregator of software releases.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Freecode is referenced by 110 other articles, and connects out to English language, Website and macOS.
It sits within the topics Defunct websites and Geeknet.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Website.logo
- Freecode logo.png
- Website.commercial
- Yes
- Website.type
- Software
- Website.registration
- Optional
- Website.language
- English only
- Website.owner
- BIZX, LLC
- Website.author
- Patrick Lenz (scoop)
- Website.name
- Freecode
- Website.current_status
- Inactive
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Website
- Owned by
- Geeknet
- Official website
- freecode.com
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- language of work or name
- English language
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Freecode, formerly Freshmeat, was a website owned by BIZX, Inc., hosting mainly open-source software for programmers and developers. Among other things, the site also hosted user reviews and discussions. While a majority of the software covered is open source for Unix-like systems, Freecode also covered releases of closed-source, commercial and cross-platform software on and handhelds. Freecode was notable for its age, having started in 1997 as the first web-based aggregator of software releases.
The site was renamed from "Freshmeat" to "Freecode" on October 29, 2011, and in September 2012, Dice Holdings acquired the website from Geeknet.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Freecode” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.