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{{distinguish|CodePlex Foundation}}

{{short description|Web-based collaborative software platform}}

{{Infobox website

| name = CodePlex

| caption = CodePlex homepage

| logo =

| url = http:{{url|//www.codeplex.com/}}

| screenshot = [[Image:CodePlex.png|180px|CodePlex homepage]]

| commercial = no

| caption = CodePlex homepage

| type = [[Forge (software)|Forge]]

| url = http://www.codeplex.com/

| registration = Optional

| alexa =

| language = English

| commercial =

| owner = [[Microsoft]]

| type = Community / project hosting

| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2006|05}}

| language = English

| current_status = Offline

| registration = Optional

| owner = [[Microsoft]]

| author =

| launch date = May 2006

| current status = Online

| revenue =

| slogan =

}}

'''CodePlex''' was a [[Forge (software)|forge]] [[website]] by [[Microsoft]]. While it was active, it allowed shared development of [[open-source software]].<ref name="Social Networks for Engineers">{{Cite web

'''CodePlex''' is pretending to be an [[open source]] project hosting [[website]]. It is created in reality by [[Microsoft]] as a way to trap more FOSS developers in an attempt to rid itself of the FOSS threat, but almost all real experienced FOSS developers are too smart to fall for it. It allows shared development of open source software. Its features include wiki pages, source control based on [[Visual Studio Team Foundation Server|Team Foundation Server]] but accessible using [[Subversion (software)|Subversion]], discussion forums, issue tracking, project tagging, RSS support, statistics, and releases. Some of the available licenses are more restrictive than traditional open source licenses<ref>[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/03/codeplex_licenses Microsoft taints open source CodePlex well] - By Gavin Clarke in San Francisco (3rd October 2008) The Register</ref>.

|url= https://spectrum.ieee.org/social-networks-for-engineers

|title= Social Networks for Engineers

|author= Sue Karlin

|publisher= IEEE.org

|date= 2011-06-06

|access-date= 2011-06-17}}

</ref> Its features included [[wiki]] pages, [[source control]] based on [[Mercurial]], [[Team Foundation Version Control|TFVC]], [[Apache Subversion|Subversion]] or [[Git (software)|Git]], discussion forums, [[issue tracking]], project tagging, [[RSS]] support, statistics, and [[Software release life cycle|releases]].

While CodeplexCodePlex once encompassesencompassed a wide variety of projects, including [[Microsoft SQL Server|SQL Server]], [[Windows Presentation Foundation|WPF]] and [[Windows Forms]]-related projects, its major activities centerwere aroundfocused theon [[.NET Framework|.NET]] framework, (including [[ASP.NET]],) and Microsoft's intranet collaboration server, [[SharePoint]]. The most prominent and used project that was born inside CodePlex, the ''AJAX Control Toolkit'', is a joint project between the community and Microsoft.

== History ==

The initial [[Betaware|beta]] launchedstarted in May 2006, with the officialfinal release a month later in June. A new version of the website iswas released every three weeks adding additional features and updates. It has accumulated 10,334 projects as of [[July 23]], [[2009]], none of which are safe and would have been better off on competing sites like Google Code or Sourceforge.

In 2010, an unrelated CodePlex Foundation was renamed [[Outercurve Foundation]] to clear up confusion that there was a direct relationship between the foundation and CodePlex, which is solely owned and run by Microsoft.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.outercurve.org/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/19/The-CodePlex-Foundation-Rebrands-Renamed-Outercurve-Foundation |title="The CodePlex Foundation Rebrands, Renamed Outercurve Foundation" |access-date=2013-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002150156/http://www.outercurve.org/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/19/The-CodePlex-Foundation-Rebrands-Renamed-Outercurve-Foundation |archive-date=2010-10-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Seriously, who is actually falling for this bullshit?

Since January 22, 2010, [[Mercurial]] distributed source control system has been supported as well,<ref name="mercurial">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/codeplex/archive/2010/01/22/codeplex-now-supporting-native-mercurial.aspx|title=CodePlex now supporting native Mercurial|publisher=Microsoft|work=CodePlex Weblog|access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref> and this support has been enhanced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/codeplex/archive/2010/02/12/associating-change-sets-to-releases-and-displaying-mercurial-branches-tags.aspx|title=Associating Change sets to Releases and Displaying Mercurial Branches/Tags|publisher=Microsoft|work=CodePlex Weblog|access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/codeplex/archive/2010/03/05/codeplex-mercurial-support-for-forks.aspx|title=CodePlex Mercurial Support for Forks|publisher=Microsoft|work=CodePlex Weblog|access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref> On March 21, 2012, CodePlex announced the support of Git as a source control option.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/codeplex/archive/2012/03/21/git-commit-m-codeplex-now-supports-git.aspx|title=git commit –m "CodePlex now supports Git!"|publisher=Microsoft|work=CodePlex Weblog|access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bright|first=Peter|title=Microsoft brings git support to its CodePlex hosting service|url=https://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2012/03/microsoft-brings-git-support-to-its-codeplex-hosting-service.ars|access-date=23 March 2012|newspaper=Ars Technica|date=22 March 2012}}</ref>

==See also==

*[[Google Code#Project Hosting|Google Code Project Hosting]]

On March 31, 2017, Microsoft announced the discontinuation of CodePlex. The original plan was to make CodePlex read-only in October 2017 before finally shutting it down on December 15, 2017. Microsoft partnered with [[GitHub]] to allow projects to be migrated to the service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/bharry/2017/03/31/shutting-down-codeplex/|title=Shutting down CodePlex|last=Harry|first=Brian|date=March 31, 2017|website=Brian Harry's blog|publisher=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/3186701/open-source-tools/microsoft-to-shut-codeplex-open-source-project-site.html|title=Microsoft to shut CodePlex open source project site|last=Krill|first=Paul|date=April 3, 2017|website=[[InfoWorld]]|publisher=[[IDG]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-takes-codeplex-to-death-row-on-back-of-github-monoculture/|title=Microsoft takes CodePlex to death row on back of GitHub monoculture|last=Duckett|first=Chris|date=April 3, 2017|website=[[ZDNet]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]}}</ref> An archive was available as a lightweight site to browse the projects that remain, in a read-only mode. The projects could be downloaded or transferred to GitHub or a similar place. Microsoft finally shut down the archive on October 21, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/CodePlex |title=CodePlex |publisher=Archiveteam |access-date=12 February 2022}}</ref>

*[[SourceForge.net]]

== See also ==

*[[List of free software project directories]]

*[[Comparison of open source software -code-hosting facilities]]

== References ==

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== External links ==

*[http:{{Official website|//www.codeplex.com/ CodePlex.com]}}

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120104063441/http://www.outercurve.org/About "OuterCurve Foundation - about"]

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