SourceForge

SourceForge
URL	https://sourceforge.net/[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
Status	Online!
Archiving status	Not saved yet
Archiving type	Unknown
Project source	sourceforge-grab, sourceforge-grab-rsync
Project tracker	sourceforge, sourceforgersync
IRC channel	#sourceforget (on hackint)

SourceForge is a free software repository.

It's really old, ad supported, adware supported. And yet, it is still alive.

It hosts code migrated from BerliOS which shut down.

Shutdown?

2015: Removal of FRS Area

Hello,
You have been identified as having saved files in you user FRS profile area (/home/pfs/<username>. We are planning on removing this
area for user accounts on March 17th 2015. We wanted to give you the opportunity to move your data to a new location before we
remove the data. Here is a link that should help you with moving your data:
https://sourceforge.net/p/forge/documentation/SFTP/
If you need any help please contact us.
Thanks
SourceForge.net Support
sfnet_ops@slashdotmedia.com
https://sourceforge.net/support

2015: Admins hijacking projects to add more adware

https://lwn.net/Articles/646118/

Site Structure

• 444,202 project URLs found: https://github.com/marcroberts/archiveteam-sourceforge-lister/blob/master/projects-sorted.txt

Download files can be found on public ftp mirrors, priority on the rest of the site then download files last? e.g. https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.sourceforge.net/

CVS/svn/git/hg/bzr repositories should be a priority; many projects do not have their source code on the ftp mirrors.

The main API is documented here: https://sourceforge.net/p/forge/documentation/Allura%20API/ and allows unauthenticated access to most services. It also can indicate what revision control system is used.

Appropriate tools, (such as git clone -m and svnrdump) can be used to backup, but SF suggests using rsync regardless of the actual revision control system used.

• Some projects have subdomain sites on either sourceforge.net or sourceforge.io. Ex: http://supertuxkart.sourceforge.net/ Many can be listed by using the project API as an "external_homepage". These are not necessarily static sites; some of these use MediaWiki or other other software (e.g. https://wala.sourceforge.net/ or https://nsis.sourceforge.io/)

Archiving

On June 17, 2015, ArchiveTeam started two simultaneous grabbing process: one for web-based content and binaries, and one for rsync-able source code repositories. Shortly afterwards, someone claiming to be a SourceForge staff member, told us to stop and first contact their representative.

jún 18 22:08:45 <burley-sf> FYI: I just blocked your archive client
jún 18 22:09:05 <JRWR>      oh?
jún 18 22:09:07 <burley-sf> it's not following robots.txt, and hitting recursive deep dives
jún 18 22:09:18 <JRWR>      oh my
jún 18 22:09:24 <arkiver>   burley-sf: We're currently trying to archive the software on your website
jún 18 22:09:26 <burley-sf> I'll also be killing the rsync's here soon, you are going too heavy on this
jún 18 22:09:37 <burley-sf> I understand, and I am OK with that -- but not the way you are doing it
jún 18 22:09:58 <arkiver>   burley-sf: What is your limit?
jún 18 22:09:59 <burley-sf> I suggest you stop, so I don't have to block the IPs for rsync
jún 18 22:10:06 <burley-sf> and reach out to our community guy
jún 18 22:10:14 <burley-sf> gimme min and I'll give you an email address
jún 18 22:10:24 <achip>     rsync is paused
jún 18 22:10:38 <arkiver>   burley-sf: thank you
jún 18 22:11:05 <burley-sf> rgaloppini@slashdotmedia.com
[...]
jún 18 22:36:13 <burley-sf> So reach out to Roberto at the address above and then I am sure we can sort something out that doesn't cause impact to the other users
jún 18 22:37:35 <burley-sf> And if you need to reach me for some reason -- david@sourceforge.net

We attempted to contact them but got no reply.

External links

• SourceForge^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}