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{{See also|Collaborative development environment|Comparison of version-control software}}

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A '''source-code-hosting facility''' (also known as [[Forge (software)|forge]] software) is a file archive and web hosting facility for [[source code]] of software, documentation, [[web page]]s, 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 [[Repository (version control)|repositories]] provide a [[bug tracking system]], and offer [[release management]], [[mailing list]]s, and [[wiki]]-based project documentation. Software authors generally retain their copyright when software is posted to a code hosting facilities.

A '''source-code-hosting facility''' (also known a

==General information==

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| 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/somasegar/2012/10/31/team-foundation-service-is-released/ |title=Team Foundation Service is Released |date=2012-10-31 |first=S. |last=Somasegar |website=blogs.MSDN.Microsoft.com}}</ref>

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| For use by projects with [[GPL compatibility|GPL compatible]] licenses, subject to staff approval.

Code access review.<ref>[http://savannah.gnu.org/register/requirements.php Hosting requirements [Savannah&#93;]. Savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved 2015-04-01.</ref>

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| For open-source projects only.<ref>{{cite web |title=About OSDN |url=https://osdn.net/projects/docs-en/wiki/About_OSDN |website=[[OSDN]] |access-date=2017-05-22}}</ref> [[Online advertising|Ad-supported]]. Defunct as of April 9, 2025.

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==Features==

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| {{partial|Commercially ([[Bitbucket Server]] formerly Stash){{efn|name=BitBucSer|Self hosted version is known as [https://bitbucket.org/product/server BitBucket Server] and only supports Git repositories}}}}

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== Former hosting facilities ==

* [[Alioth (Debian)]] – In 2018, Alioth has been replaced by a GitLab based solution hosted on [https://salsa.debian.org/ salsa.debian.org]. Alioth has been finally switched off in June 2018.

* [[BerliOS]] – abandoned in April 2014<ref>{{cite web |url = http://developer.berlios.de/forum/forum.php?forum_id=39220 |title = BerliOS Developer: New berliOS portal launched |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140407013438/http://developer.berlios.de/forum/forum.php?forum_id=39220 |archive-date = 2014-04-07 }}</ref>

* [[Betavine]] – abandoned somewhere in 2015.

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* [[Google code|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.

* [[OSDN]] - shut down in April 2025. <ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/2503/17/news113.html |title = OSCHINA、スラドと OSDN の受け入れ先募集を打ち切ってサービス終了へ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250317005650/https://srad.jp/story/25/03/14/1844223/ |archive-date = 2025-03-17 }}</ref>

* [[Phabricator]] – wound down operations 1 June 2021, all projects continued to be hosted with very limited support after 31 August 2021.<ref name="phacility-blog-j11">{{cite web |url=https://admin.phacility.com/phame/post/view/11/phacility_is_winding_down_operations/ |title=Phacility is Winding Down Operations |website=Phacility |access-date=2021-07-13}}</ref>

* Tigris.org – shut down in July 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.tigris.org/ |title = Tigris.org: Shut down on 1-July-2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200701011330/http://www.tigris.org/ |archive-date = 2020-07-01 }}</ref>