BerliOS

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BerliOS
Web address www.berlios.de
Commercial? No
Type of site Collaborative revision control and software development management system
Registration Optional (required for creating and joining projects)
Owner Fraunhofer Society
Created by FOKUS
Launched January 2000 (2000-01)
Alexa rank positive decrease 36,535 (February 2014)[1]
Current status Active

BerliOS (short for "Berlin Open Source") is a project founded by FOKUS, a Fraunhofer Institute located in Berlin, to coordinate the different interest groups in the field of open source software (OSS) and to assume a neutral coordinator function. The target groups of BerliOS are developers and users of open source software on the one side and OSS-related companies on the other.

BerliOS consists of several subprojects:

  • Developer, a hosting platform for open source projects similar to SourceForge.net, GNU Savannah and JavaForge
  • DocsWell, a database for open source related documentation
  • SourceWell, a news service for open source projects
  • SourceLines, a "best practice" database for successful open source projects
  • SourceBiz, a list of open source companies
  • DevCounter, a database of open source developer profiles
  • OpenFacts, a wiki-based open source knowledge database (using the MediaWiki software)
  • SourceAgency (beta), a platform for coordinating open source funding

Closure and relaunch

The operators of the BerliOS project announced that BerliOS will close at the end of 2011 due to lack of sufficient funding and support.[2]

As the news of the pending closure spread, BerliOS received numerous rescue proposals. As a result it was further announced that BerliOS would continue as a non-profit institute run by a combination of volunteers, donations and corporate sponsorship.[3]

See also

  • Comparison of open source software hosting facilities

References

  1. ↑ "Berlios.de Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-02-01. 
  2. ↑ Fraunhofer FOKUS (September 30, 2011). "BerliOS will be closed on 31.12.2011". BerliOS Neuigkeiten. BerliOS. Retrieved October 2, 2011. 
  3. ↑ http://developer.berlios.de/forum/forum.php?forum_id=37533

External links

Years indicate the date of first stable release.
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