| General Information | Asynchrony | BerliOS | freepository | GBorg | GForge 2 | icculus.org | Savannah | SEUL | SourceForge | SunSITE.dk |
| Brief Description | Host both Open and Closed Source, sell mature projects for money | Free Service for Open Source Developers, Part of Initative to mediate between Developers, Users and Commercial Bodies | Freepository provides secure, no-nonsense CVS hosting | A specific site for Postgresql related projects | An Open Source collaborative software development tool, which allows you to organize and manage any number of software development projects | Small, elitist community focus mainly on Games | Central point for development of GNU Software | Simple End-User Linux - To have a comprehensive suite of high-quality applications available for the Linux platform | Largest and most well known, The standard, Extensive tools | Customized hosting for demanding projects |
| Organisation | Asynchrony.com Inc. | Berlios Team - employees from FOKUS | Run by John Minnihan | Run by the GBorg development team | Run by a team headed by former SourceForge leader Tim Perdue | Run by Ryan Gordon, former Loki employee | Free Software Foundation | "Simple End-User Linux" Volunteer Group | VA Software Corporation | Run entirely by volunteers, entirely sponsor-supported by Sun Microsystems, Inc., Aalborg University, and others |
| Type (More...) | Infrastructure (More...) | Infrastructure (More...) | Infrastructure (More...) | Infrastructure (More...) | Infrastructure (More...) | Non-infrastructure (More...) | Infrastructure (More...) | Non-infrastructure (More...) | Infrastructure (More...) | Non-infrastructure (More...) |
| No. of Projects, excluding projects mirrorred (Regardless of activities) (Possible relationship with different type of sites) | 1,848 (23 Sep 03 16:30 +10) | 818 (23 Sep 03 13:00 +10) | over 2,500 (22 Sep 03 23:00 +10) | 123 (8 Aug 03 23:00 +10) | Irrelevant in this Comparison | 61 (19 Mar 03 17:30 +10) | 1,886 (23 Sep 03 13:00 +10) | About 50 ACTIVE projects (23 Sep 03 17:30 +10) | 68,586 (23 Sep 03 13:00 +10) | 111 (23 Sep 03 19:30 +10) |
| No. of Members (Regardless of activities) | 33,309 (23 Sep 03 16:30 +10) | 4,583 (23 Sep 03 13:00 +10) | 2,948 (22 Sep 03 23:00 +10) | 3,012 (8 Aug 03 23:00 +10) | Irrelevant in this Comparison | 111 Shell Accounts + more developers (19 Mar 03 17:30 +10) | 20,575 (23 Sep 03 13:00 +10) | About 300 with shell access, about 225 with CVS read/write access (23 Sep 03 17:30 +10) | 703,365 (23 Sep 03 13:00 +10) | 205 CVS access, exact number of members not available (23 Sep 03 19:30 +10) |
| Input from site administrator(s) to this table | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Project Tools - Tools for Public/Developers | Asynchrony | BerliOS | freepository | GBorg | GForge 2 | icculus.org | Savannah | SEUL | SourceForge | SunSITE.dk |
| Standardized Format for General Information | Yes | Yes | No General Information | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Free Format HTML Project Pages | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Project Role Assignment | Yes | Yes | Four member types based on permissions to CVS: Admin, Basic, Read-Only, Disabled | Yes | Yes | No (See 'Policies') | Yes | DIY 1 | Yes | DIY 1 |
| Project News | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | DIY 1 | Yes | DIY 1 | Yes | DIY 1 |
| Download Service | HTTP | File Release, FTP | HTTPS | FTP | File Release | HTTP | FTP | HTTP, FTP | File Release | FTP, rysnc |
| Document Management | DIY 1 | DocManager | No | FAQ, genpage (Free format HTML only pages management) | DocManager | DIY 1 | FAQ | DIY 1 | DocManager | DIY 1 |
| Statistics | Number of beta download, number of versions produced | Project activity, net traffic, comparative stat. | Unknown | No | Project activity, net traffic, comparative stat. | Unknown | Unknown | Comparative statistics via Webalizer at http://stats.seul.org/ (Apache and CVS log available for admin) | Project activity, net traffic, comparative stat. | net traffic only |
| Source Code Repository (More...) | CVS Server | Subversion, CVS Server and ViewCVS | CVS Server, CVSWeb, Eclipse plugin and Web-based CVS management tool (login, add/update/delete directories/files, member management) | CVS Server and ViewCVS | CVS Server and CVS Web Interface (ViewCVS, Ronald Petty's php CVS and Dracos Moinescu's php OO CVS) | CVS Server and ViewCVS | CVS Server and ViewCVS | CVS Server with ViewCVS and CVSweb | CVS Server and ViewCVS | CVS Server and ViewCVS |
| Mailing List (More...) | Yes | Mailman | No | Mailman | Mailman | Ezmlm-idx | Mailman | Majordomo + MHonArc | Mailman | Ezmlm, Mail Filtering |
| Tracker (More...) | Project Change Request / Task | Bug / Support / Patch / Task | No | Bug / Feature / Task | Tracker made by Gforge, theme can be defined by user | Bugzilla | Bug / Support / Patch / Task | Jitterbug and DIY 1 | Bug / Support / Patch / Feature / Task / Task Dependency | DIY 1 |
| IRC | via a Java client interface on site | No | No | No | No | #icculus.org on irc.freenode.net | No | IRC server at irc.seul.org | No | Server provided SunSITE.dk:6667 and irc.ircnet.dk:6667 |
| Forum | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | DIY 1 | Yes | DIY 1 | Yes | DIY 1 |
| Wiki | Unknown | Yes | No | No | DIY 1 | DIY 1 | No | DIY 1 | DIY 1 | DIY 1 |
| Survey | Ratings on pre-defined attributes of a project | Yes | No | No | Yes | DIY 1 | Unknown | DIY 1 | DIY 1 | DIY 1 |
| Other Tools | Screenshots | Patch Management / Errata | Task Manager & Gantt Chart | Usenet | ||||||
| Project Tools - Tools for Project Administrators | Asynchrony | BerliOS | freepository | GBorg | GForge 2 | icculus.org | Savannah | SEUL | SourceForge | SunSITE.dk |
| Management for 'Tools for Public/Developers' | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | DIY 1 | Yes | DIY 1 | Yes | DIY 1 |
| Ask for Help (Recruitment) | Yes | Yes | No | Invite others to join by enabling the 'join now' function at the project page or advertises it in public areas | Yes | Invite others to join by advertising at the project page or in public areas | Yes | Invite others to join by advertising at the project page or in public areas | Yes | DIY 1 |
| Activity History | Unknown | Yes | No | No | Yes | DIY 1 | Yes | DIY 1 | Yes | DIY 1 |
| Web Server-Side Scripts | Unknown | PHP3 | No | No | Depends on the availability of individual sites | PHP | No | SSI, PHP3 and 4, CGI, Embperl | PHP3 and 4 | SSI, PHP, JSP, other CGI on approval |
| Database | Unknown | MySQL | No | No | Yes | MySQL on request | No | MySQL and PostgreSQL | MySQL | MySQL |
| Shell | Unknown | Yes | No | No | Yes | Available to team leaders | only some people had it | Available to selected developers | Yes | Available to selected developers |
| Compile Farm | No | No | No | No | Depends on the availability of individual sites | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Export | Unknown | CVS Nightly tarball, Forums, Bugs Tracker, Support Tracker and Patches Tracker | Members can auto-tar up their projects and download them on the fly. These tarballs may be source code only, or the whole CVS repository (,v files) | CVS export on request to the administrator | CVS Nightly tarball, Project Summary, Project News, Forums, Bugs Tracker | Unknown | CVS Nightly tarball, Forums | Unknown | CVS Nightly tarball, Trackers, Project Summary, Project News, Document Manager | On request to administrator |
| Virtual Hosting | host name at projectname .asynchrony-projects .com | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | host name at projectname .sunsite .dk with email |
| Uploading | FTP | SCP | CVS via SSL | HTTP Form, FTP to an incoming directory and move file(s) via web management | HTTPS Form | SCP | CVS via SSH | SCP, SFTP and rsync | SCP, SFTP, FTP to an incoming directory and move file(s) via web management (SSL) | FTP and rsync |
| Security (More...) | SSH, SSL | SSH (1 & 2), SSL on web | 100% SSL | Depends on the policy of individual sites | SSH, SSL | SSH1, SSL on web | SSH (1 & 2) | SSH (1 & 2), SSL on web | ||
| Backup | Unknown policy | Unknown policy | Unknown policy | No explicit policy | Depends on the policy of individual sites | Backup daily with one week archive | Unknown policy | No formal policy, users would do backup themselves | Explicit backup policy (5 types of data, daily) | Daily |
| Personal Tools for Developers | Asynchrony | BerliOS | freepository | GBorg | GForge 2 | icculus.org | Savannah | SEUL | SourceForge | SunSITE.dk |
| Web Space to Host Personal Information | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Skill and Experience | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | DIY 1 | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Tracker/Forum/File Monitoring | Unknown | Yes | No | Tracker only | Yes | DIY 1 | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Projects Involved | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | DIY 1 | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Assigned/Submitted Issues from Trackers | Unknown | Yes | No | No, but could sent notification via monitoring system | Yes | DIY 1 | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Survey | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | DIY 1 | No | No | No | No |
| Webmail | Redirect | Redirect | No | No | Redirect | Yes | Redirect | DIY 1 | Redirect | DIY 1 |
| Diary | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | DIY 1 | No | No | Yes | No |
| Bookmark | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | DIY 1 | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Money Earned | Yes | No | No | No | No | DIY 1 | No | No | No | No |
| Rating | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Unknown | No | No | No |
| Community Tools | Asynchrony | BerliOS | freepository | GBorg | GForge 2 | icculus.org | Savannah | SEUL | SourceForge | SunSITE.dk |
| Access | Only for registered members | Public | Public | Public | Public | Public | Public | Public | Public | Public |
| Search Project | Type / Status / Keywords / Various Dates with sorting preferences | Keywords | No | No | Keywords | No | Keywords | No | Keywords | No |
| Project Listing at Front Page | New / Top / Need Beta Testers / Completed | Top download / Most active / Newest | No | Top / Latest / Category List | Most Active / Top Download | Projects listed by the requests of the leaders of the project | Newest GNU / non-GNU / www.gnu.org projects | A drop down menu for all projects | Most Active / Top Download | No Listing at front page, but a link to listing |
| Classification | Keywords | Topics | No | Topics | Topics | Just a single list of projects | GNU and non-GNU | Topics | Topics | Just a single list of projects |
| Search People | Name / Skill / Rating | Keywords | No | No | Name / Skill (by keywords) | No | Keywords | No | Keywords | No |
| Project Help Wanted | Search interface available | Yes | No | No | Yes (Project Openings) | No | Yes (Front page) | No | Yes | No |
| Latest News | On site changes and company businesses | On new releases | No | On new releases | Depends on the editor | On new releases | On new releases | News in "Real World" on Linux | On new releases | On server status and important projects news |
| Get Support | Chat with support via a Java client interface on site | Submit request to a tracker, email to staff | User forum, bugzilla | Email admin | Depends on the policy of individual sites | Email admin | Submit request to a tracker | Email admin | Submit request to a tracker | Email admin, IRC with staff |
| Other Features | Advertisements from customers, sponsors and also from Free/Open Source projects (for free) | Linux Advocacy | Advertisements bar from customers | |||||||
| General Discussion Area (System / Technical / Projects) | Mailing Lists for Topical Discussion | |||||||||
| Opinion Polls | ||||||||||
| SkillDrill (External company for skill certification) | ||||||||||
| List of Personal web sites | ||||||||||
| List of virtually hosted web sites | ||||||||||
| List of credits for donation & call for donation | ||||||||||
| Others | Asynchrony | BerliOS | freepository | GBorg | GForge 2 | icculus.org | Savannah | SEUL | SourceForge | SunSITE.dk |
| Software for Web Interface of FOSPHost | Developed by Asynchrony | BerliOS (probably based on SourceForge v1.5) | freepository | GBorg | GForge (based on SourceForge v2.61pre4) | Just a few HTML pages | Savannah (based on SourceForge v2.0) | Just a few HTML pages | SourceForge | Drupal |
| License of Web Interface | Proprietary | GPL | GPL | Great Bridge Open Source License | GPL | Probably no need for a license | GPL | Probably no need for a license | GPL (but download files not found and no CVS) | GPL |
| Development Methodology | Closed Source | Free/Open Source, Self-Hosted on site | Free/Open Source, Self-Hosted on site | Free/Open Source, Self-Hosted on site | Free/Open Source, Hosted at http://gforge.org | Probably no need for a "Methodology" | Free/Open Source, Self-Hosted on site | Probably no need for a "Methodology" | Closed Source | Free/Open Source |
| License Requirement for Project Hosted | Both Proprietary and Open Source | Free/Open Source Projects | No restriction | OSI Licenses | Policies can vary for different sites | Free/Open Source projects | GPL compatible licenses | Free/Open Source Projects, Exceptions permitted, see Manifesto | Free/Open Source Projects | Free/Open Source Projects |
| Copyright | Asynchrony owns the code | Users own the code, not the site | The developers owns the code but the site can keep hosting them even if closed later | Free Software / Rights to code (of users) | Data Preservation - contributors own the code but it will cannot be deleted from the site | |||||
| Advertisement | No Commercial ads and/or banners | No revenue-generating Advertisements | No Commercial ads and/or banners | |||||||
| Legal and Language Related | Some documentations and interfaces had European language translations other than English | No dependencies to non Free Software, no GIF files | Satisfy Danish law, content in English or Danish | |||||||
| Flexibility (Possible relationship with different type of sites) | Flexible and informal to meet the need of individual developers, no restrictive infrastructure such as 'Role Management', elitist & selective on projects to form a smaller community where individual needs can be cared for | Willing to adapt to individual needs, policy negotiable, tools negotiable | ||||||||
| Donation | Donation encouraged | Most donations go to developers' needs (e.g. new video card, motherboard) | Welcome more volunteers to help run the site | |||||||
| Miscellaneous | SunSITE.dk URL must be visible when re-directed from other sites | |||||||||
| Additional Services from sites in the same organisation | Other services that assist Open Source Business development such as SourceAgency and DevCounter | Other information on PostgreSQL | Free Software related topics and philosophies | Part of OSDN (Open Source Development Network) with Slashdot, NewsForge, etc | ||||||