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SourceForge
SourceForge.png
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[1] which shut down.

Vital signs

FRS Area removal (2015)

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

[2]

Admins hijacking projects to add more adware (2015)

https://lwn.net/Articles/646118/[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]

Site structure

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/[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]

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/[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb] 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.

2015 archival

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.

Developer Web removal (2025)

SourceForge Developer Web Services
URL https://sourceforge.net/
Status Closing
Archiving status Upcoming...
Archiving type DPoS
IRC channel #sourceforget (on hackint)

On 2025-08-09, SourceForge announced in a blog post that the Developer Web Service, the web hosting service for users, will be shutting down on 2025-10-10.[3]

Sunsetting Developer Web (User Web)

SourceForge will be sunsetting developer web hosting for user accounts (unrelated to project web hosting) in 60 days on October 10th, 2025.

If you are using developer web hosting on your SourceForge user account, please make arrangements before October 10th, 2025. Project web hosting for projects will continue as is.

Please refer to our documentation if you need help accessing your files hosted on developer web hosting.

How to help if you have lists of URLs

For other ArchiveTeam projects that can use this kind of help, see Projects requiring URL lists.

This project requires lists of URLs for content on the target website. If you have a source of URLs, please:

  1. Use the PCRE regular expression users.sf.net|users.sourceforge.net|sf.net/u/|sf.net/users/|sourceforge.net/u/|sourceforge.net/users/ for filtering.
    • Enable case-insensitive matching (e.g. grep's -i) to catch URLs with capitalization.
    • If using grep or similar, enable text matching (-a or --text) to catch URLs in files with apparent binary data.
    • Example command (GNU grep): grep -Pahoi 'users.sf.net|users.sourceforge.net|sf.net/u/|sf.net/users/|sourceforge.net/u/|sourceforge.net/users/' FILENAME FILENAME...
  2. If the output exceeds a few megabytes, compress it, preferably using zstd -10.
  3. Give the file a descriptive name and upload it to https://transfer.archivete.am/.
  4. Share the resulting URL in the project IRC channel.
    • If you wish your list to remain private, please get in touch with a channel op (e.g. arkiver or JustAnotherArchivist). Items generated from your list will still be processed publicly, but they will be mixed in with all other items and channel logs will not associate them with you.

References

  1. ↑ https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/german-open-source-developmen[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  2. ↑ https://i.imgur.com/jll3l5V.png
  3. ↑ https://sourceforge.net/blog/sunsetting-developer-web-user-web/[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]

External links

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