{{See also|Collaborative development environment|Comparison of version-control software}}
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A '''source-code-hosting facility''' (also known a
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.
