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Also known as SF, sf.net, Source Forge

SourceForge is a web service founded by Tony Guntharp, Uriah Welcome, Tim Perdue, and Drew Streib in November 1999. It provides a centralized software discovery platform, including an online platform for managing and hosting open-source software projects, and a directory for comparing and reviewing B2B software that lists over 104,500 business software titles. It provides source code repository hosting, bug tracking, mirroring of downloads for load balancing, a wiki for documentation, developer and user mailing lists, user-support forums, user-written reviews and ratings, a news bulletin, micr

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Website.name
SourceForge
Website.logo
SourceForge logo transparent.svg
Website.logo_caption
SourceForge logo since 2018
Website.commercial
Yes
Website.ipv6
Yes
Website.type
Software discovery platform for free hosting for open-source software project management and B2B software review & comparison directory
Website.registration
Optional (required for creating and joining projects)
Website.owner
Slashdot Media (2019–present)BIZX, LLC (2016–2019)DHI Group, Inc. (2012–2016)Geeknet, Inc. (1999–2012)
Website.author
VA Software
Website.current_status
Online
Website.key_people
Logan Abbott (President)

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Official website
sourceforge.net
Motto
Breaking Down the Barriers to Open Source Development
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Commons category
SourceForge
inception
1999-11-17
Alexa rank
349
official blog URL
sourceforge.net/blog
social media followers
295
announcement date
2000-01-00
IRC channel URL
irc://irc.linux.com#sourceforge
source code repository URL
sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=1
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SourceForge.net is een website voor opensourcesoftware. De site is eigendom van Slashdot Media, dat op zijn beurt onderdeel is van . De site was daarvoor eigendom van . SourceForge.net is 's werelds grootste verzamelplaats voor opensourcesoftware. De ontwikkeling van de software, de homepage en het downloaden van de software wordt beheerd door de site. Van de software is de broncode openbaar. Van sommige software die nog in ontwikkeling is, wordt alleen de broncode openbaar gemaakt, zodat zelf een uitvoerbaar programma gecompileerd kan worden. De software is niet beperkt tot een bepaald besturingssysteem. Sinds 2013 wordt SourceForge beschuldigd van het onethisch monetariseren van projecten die SourceForge.net gebruiken als downloadmirror.

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