FusionForge is a free software

Free software

Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...

 application descendant of the forge

Forge (software)

A software forge is a collaboration platform allowing collaborative software development over the Internet. A forge platform aggregates a set of applications with integrated Web interfaces, and generally hosts multiple independent projects...

 (web-based project-management and collaboration software) originally created for running the SourceForge.net

SourceForge

SourceForge Enterprise Edition is a collaborative revision control and software development management system. It provides a front-end to a range of software development lifecycle services and integrates with a number of free software / open source software applications .While originally itself...

 platform. FusionForge is licensed under the GNU General Public License

GNU General Public License

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, and is a fork/renaming

Fork (software development)

In software engineering, a project fork happens when developers take a legal copy of source code from one software package and start independent development on it, creating a distinct piece of software...

 of the code which was previously named GForge

GForge

GForge is a free software fork of the web-based project-management and collaboration software originally created for SourceForge, called Savane...

.

FusionForge provides project hosting, version control (Bazaar, CVS, Darcs

Darcs

Darcs is a distributed revision control system created by David Roundy; it was designed to replace traditional, centralized source control systems such as CVS and Subversion...

, Git

Git (software)

Git is a distributed revision control system with an emphasis on speed. Git was initially designed and developed by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development. Every Git working directory is a full-fledged repository with complete history and full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on...

 and Subversion), bug-tracking, and messaging features which can be deployed to run a self-hosted forge.

History

In February 2009 some of the developers of GForge continued development of the old open source code under the new name of FusionForge after GForge Group focused on GForge Advanced Server. The previous history of the codebase is documented on the GForge page.

Notable Installations

• Alcatel-Lucent Open Innovation Community
• Alioth
  Alioth (Debian)
  Alioth is a FusionForge system run by the Debian project for development of free software and free documentation,especially software or documentation to do with Debian....
  
   - for Debian
  Debian
  Debian is a computer operating system composed of software packages released as free and open source software primarily under the GNU General Public License along with other free software licenses. Debian GNU/Linux, which includes the GNU OS tools and Linux kernel, is a popular and influential...
  
  -related software and documentation.
• projects.blender.org for Blender
  Blender (software)
  Blender is a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software product used for creating animated films, visual effects, interactive 3D applications or video games. The current release version is 2.60, and was released on October 19, 2011...
  
  -related software
• Adullact - for free software related to local governments in France.
• Mulcyber - for INRA
  Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
  The Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique is a French public research institute dedicated to scientific studies surrounding the problems of agriculture...
  
  -related projects.
• INRIAGForge - for INRIA-related projects.
• Linux To Go - for development targeting embedded platforms
• SourceSup - for French universities and research labs

See also

• Computer-aided software engineering
  Computer-aided software engineering
  Computer-aided software engineering is the scientific application of a set of tools and methods to a software system which is meant to result in high-quality, defect-free, and maintainable software products...
  
   (CASE)
• Computer-supported collaboration
  Computer-supported collaboration
  Computer-supported collaboration research focuses on technology that affects groups, organizations, communities and societies, e.g., voice mail and text chat. It grew from cooperative work study of supporting people's work activities and working relationships...
  
  
• GNU Savannah
  GNU Savannah
  GNU Savannah is a project of the Free Software Foundation initiated by Loïc Dachary, which serves as a collaborative software development management system for Free Software projects. Savannah currently offers CVS, GNU arch, Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, mailing list, web hosting, file...
  
  
• List of Rapid Application Development tools
• Toolkits for User Innovation
  Toolkits for User Innovation
  Toolkits for user innovation allow manufacturers to " abandon their attempts to understand user needs in detail in favor of transferring need-related aspects of product and service development to users along with an appropriate toolkit"...