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=== Google Code: Project Hosting ===
 
=== Google Code: Project Hosting ===
  
Starting your own Open Source project? Let Google host the code and documentation for you, free.  Part of Google Code.  Software you submit must be intended to be available to the members of the public.  You give Google a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, adapt, modify, publish and distribute such Content on Google services for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting Google services.
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Starting your own Open Source project? Let Google host the code and documentation for you, free.  Part of [http://code.google.com/ Google Code].  Software you submit must be intended to be available to the members of the public.  You give Google a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, adapt, modify, publish and distribute such Content on Google services for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting Google services.
 
:: Developers to release open source software
 
:: Developers to release open source software
  

Revision as of 14:15, 8 February 2008

Freshmeat.net

Freshmeat only lists software for *nix (including Mac OS X) and handheld devices. It lists software which runs on other platforms as long as it also runs on either a Unix-like operating system or a handheld device. Freshmeat will not list software which only runs on Microsoft Windows.

Developers release and share their software.
  • Software must run on Unix, Linux, Mac, and PDA type devices.
  • No Microsoft only software.
  • Commercial and Open Source licenses both.
  • For developers and end users
http://www.freshmeat.net/

Google Code: Project Hosting

Starting your own Open Source project? Let Google host the code and documentation for you, free. Part of Google Code. Software you submit must be intended to be available to the members of the public. You give Google a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, adapt, modify, publish and distribute such Content on Google services for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting Google services.

Developers to release open source software
  • Open Source Software Projects only.
  • Any Operating System
  • Any development stage
  • For developers and end users
http://code.google.com/hosting/

SourceForge.net

SourceForge.net is the world's largest Open Source software development web site. SourceForge.net provides free hosting to Open Source software development projects with a centralized resource for managing projects, issues, communications, and code. One of the following software licenses must be used: GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Library or Lesser General Public License (LGPL), BSD License, Public Domain, MIT License Apache License V2.0, Artistic License, Mozilla Public License 1.1 (MPL 1.1), Academic Free License (AFL)

Developers to release open source software, seek other developers, and manage projects
  • Open Source Software Projects only.
  • Any Operating System
  • Any development stage
  • For developers and end users
http://www.sourceforge.net/

TuCows

Tucows seeks to make the Internet easier and more effective for Internet users by providing software that relates to the Internet. Tucows has changed a lot over the years. Originally it was a place to download shareware.

Internet users to download free and shareware software.
  • Freeware, Shareware, Demo, and Open Source software
  • Windows, Linux, Mac, PDA operating sytems
  • Production ready software for end users to download
http://www.tucows.com/