Five Websites to Download Open Source Software

February 28th, 2010 by Kevin | Posted under programming.

1) Sourceforge

SourceForge.net is the world’s largest open source software development web site. As of February, 2009, more than 230,000 software projects have been registered to use their services by more than 2 million registered users, making SourceForge.net the largest collection of open source tools and applications on the net.

2) Freshmeat

freshmeat maintains the Web’s largest index of Unix and cross-platform software, themes and related “eye-candy”, and Palm OS software. Thousands of applications, which are preferably released under an open source license, are meticulously cataloged in the freshmeat database, and links to new applications are added daily. Each entry provides a description of the software, links to download it and to obtain more information, and a history of the project’s releases, so readers can keep up-to-date on the latest developments.

3) Google Code

Project Hosting on Google Code provides a free collaborative development environment for open source projects. Each project comes with its own member controls, Subversion/Mercurial repository, issue tracker, wiki pages, and downloads section. Project hosting service is simple, fast, reliable, and scalable, so that you can focus on your own open source development.

4) CodePlex

CodePlex is Microsoft’s open source project hosting web site. You can use CodePlex to create new projects to share with the world, join others who have already started their own projects, or use the applications on this site and provide feedback.

5) OSload

Links and downloads for open source software under the GNU-GPL licence.

 

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3 Responses to “Five Websites to Download Open Source Software”
  1. abdollah2 says:

    Sourceforge has banned downloads from Syria, Iran, Sudan, Cuba, and North Korea
    injustice…

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    Kevin Reply:

    Is this the problem you mention, Abdollah2?

    http://globalvoicesonline.org/2010/01/26/syria-netizens-discuss-sourceforge-ban/

    I think it has been resolved to some extent.
    http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/sourceforge_removes_blanket_ip_ban.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+readwriteweb+%28ReadWriteWeb%29

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    abdollah2 Reply:

    I’m very happy to hear this.
    “By default, we’ve ticked the more restrictive setting. If you conclude that your project is *not* subject to export regulations, or any other related prohibitions, you may now tick the other check mark and click Update. After that, all users will be able to download your project files as they did before last month’s change.”

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