General Information |
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Asynchrony |
BerliOS |
freepository |
GBorg |
GForge 2 |
icculus.org |
Savannah |
SEUL |
SourceForge |
SunSITE.dk |
Brief Description
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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
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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 |
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Asynchrony |
BerliOS |
freepository |
GBorg |
GForge 2 |
icculus.org |
Savannah |
SEUL |
SourceForge |
SunSITE.dk |
Standardized Format for General Information
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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
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Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
DIY 1 |
Yes |
DIY 1 |
Yes |
DIY 1 |
Download Service
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HTTP |
File Release, FTP |
HTTPS |
FTP |
File Release |
HTTP |
FTP |
HTTP, FTP |
File Release |
FTP, rysnc |
Document Management
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DIY 1 |
DocManager |
No |
FAQ, genpage (Free format HTML only pages management) |
DocManager |
DIY 1 |
FAQ |
DIY 1 |
DocManager |
DIY 1 |
Statistics
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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
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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
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Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
DIY 1 |
Yes |
DIY 1 |
Yes |
DIY 1 |
Wiki
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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
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Screenshots |
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Patch Management / Errata |
Task Manager & Gantt Chart |
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Usenet |
Project Tools - Tools for Project Administrators |
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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)
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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
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Unknown |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
DIY 1 |
Yes |
DIY 1 |
Yes |
DIY 1 |
Web Server-Side Scripts
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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
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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
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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 |
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Depends on the policy of individual sites |
SSH, SSL |
SSH1, SSL on web |
SSH (1 & 2) |
SSH (1 & 2), SSL on web |
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Backup
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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 |
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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
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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
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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
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No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
DIY 1 |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Bookmark
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No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
DIY 1 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Money Earned
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Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
DIY 1 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Rating |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Unknown |
No |
No |
No |
Community Tools |
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Asynchrony |
BerliOS |
freepository |
GBorg |
GForge 2 |
icculus.org |
Savannah |
SEUL |
SourceForge |
SunSITE.dk |
Access
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Only for registered members |
Public |
Public |
Public |
Public |
Public |
Public |
Public |
Public |
Public |
Search Project
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Type / Status / Keywords / Various Dates with sorting preferences |
Keywords |
No |
No |
Keywords |
No |
Keywords |
No |
Keywords |
No |
Project Listing at Front Page
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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
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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
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Advertisements from customers, sponsors and also from Free/Open Source projects (for free) |
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Linux Advocacy |
Advertisements bar from customers |
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General Discussion Area (System / Technical / Projects) |
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Mailing Lists for Topical Discussion |
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Opinion Polls |
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SkillDrill (External company for skill certification) |
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List of Personal web sites |
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List of virtually hosted web sites |
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List of credits for donation & call for donation |
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Others |
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Asynchrony |
BerliOS |
freepository |
GBorg |
GForge 2 |
icculus.org |
Savannah |
SEUL |
SourceForge |
SunSITE.dk |
Software for Web Interface of FOSPHost
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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
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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
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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 |
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Users own the code, not the site |
The developers owns the code but the site can keep hosting them even if closed later |
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Free Software / Rights to code (of users) |
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Data Preservation - contributors own the code but it will cannot be deleted from the site |
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Advertisement |
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No Commercial ads and/or banners |
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No revenue-generating Advertisements |
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No Commercial ads and/or banners |
Legal and Language Related |
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Some documentations and interfaces had European language translations other than English |
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No dependencies to non Free Software, no GIF files |
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Satisfy Danish law, content in English or Danish |
Flexibility (Possible relationship with different type of sites) |
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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 |
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Willing to adapt to individual needs, policy negotiable, tools negotiable |
Donation |
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Donation encouraged |
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Most donations go to developers' needs (e.g. new video card, motherboard) |
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Welcome more volunteers to help run the site |
Miscellaneous |
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SunSITE.dk URL must be visible when re-directed from other sites |
Additional Services from sites in the same organisation
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Other services that assist Open Source Business development such as SourceAgency and DevCounter |
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Other information on PostgreSQL |
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Free Software related topics and philosophies |
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Part of OSDN (Open Source Development Network) with Slashdot, NewsForge, etc |
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