Version 0 of Software hosting facilities

Updated 2008-02-04 13:35:50 by lars_h

This page is about sites where one might host software projects, from a Tcler perspective.


Once a project has grown beyond one's own hard drive and/or this Wiki, it might be a good idea to make it available on some server somewhere. There are plenty to choose from, and the variety may be bewildering. Hence a short guide based on the collective experience of many Tclers should be helpful.

Software hosting sites

Facilities that may be available at this kind of site includes:

  • Source code repository (CVS, SVN, ...)
  • Software releases for download / archive of releases
  • Bug tracker
  • Mailing list
  • Web pages for project
  • Wiki for project
  • ...

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_free_software_hosting_facilities and the references there.

sourceforge.net

The "standard" site (was it even the first of this kind?). Home to the main Tcl/Tk development (tcl.sourceforge.net), as well as tcllib, [...]

See also Tclish Sourceforge Pages.

Advantages/disadvantages: ?

savannah.{gnu,nongnu}.org

Google code

Comparatively new, but houses at least one project of key interest to the Tcl community: WubWikit [L1 ].

Advantages/disadvantages: ?

[Fill in more sites]

Doing it yourself

[Notes on housing a project yourself.]

Opinions, discussion