CodePlex Shuts Down. SourceForge is Here

By now you may have seen the announcement that CodePlex is shutting down. While we hate to see good open source destinations retire, we know there are thousands of projects on CodePlex that deserve to live on. To that end, SourceForge can help be your project’s next home.

Here’s a message from Logan Abbott, President of SourceForge:

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to give a bit of background on the recent history surrounding SourceForge in case any CodePlex project developers are looking for a new open source home.

My company acquired SourceForge in January of 2016 and have been improving significantly. We welcome any CodePlex devs and projects that would like to move over to SourceForge. We support git and svn.

To migrate to SourceForge you can use the following options:

GitHub importer
SVN importer

We acquired SourceForge and Slashdot in January of 2016 from DHI Group (also known as DICE). The first thing we did after we took over was remove bundled adware from projects.

We also now scan all projects for malware in case third party developers are adding their own adware.

SourceForge also now supports HTTPS support for Project Websites as well as HTTPS downloads of all projects.

In addition, SourceForge also now supports 2-factor authentication.

We also have a big UX redesign coming very soon.

In the past, SourceForge has also taken heat for deceptive ads that may look like download buttons. To this end we have a full time team member that polices the site and blacklists deceptive ads that sneak in via programmatic ad exchanges. We also released a self-serve tool where users can report those misleading or deceptive ads that sneak in via programmatic ad exchanges so that we can blacklist them right away. We’re committed to restoring trust in SourceForge and building out some cool new features.

Up to date improvements can be found here going forward.

I also did an AMA on Reddit here for those interested in more information. I am always available on Twitter @loganabbott as well.

Thanks,

Logan Abbott
President
SourceForge