SourceForge
Platform · this deep dive is built from the official pages of the platform itself and of the tools that support it.
Overview
SourceForge is a home for open-source projects, running since 1999. Its own description: «an open source software community resource dedicated to helping open source projects be as successful as possible».
In this guide it sits among the developer platforms.
Who is here
The platform states its own figures: about 20 million monthly users, more than 500,000 projects created, more than 2.6 million downloads a day.
Neither the counting method nor the measurement date is given on the page. This is the platform's claim about itself, and should be read as a claim, not as a measurement.
What you can publish
Not applicable in the usual sense: what is hosted here is software, not posts.
Tools and automation
The platform lists what a project gets: code repositories, binary download hosting, bug tracking, version control, download statistics, mailing lists and discussion forums.
Limits and rules
Free hosting is not explicitly stated on the About page. The page was read in full: the list of services is there, the terms of payment are not. That is the source keeping silent, not an omission of ours.
The operator is named: Slashdot Media, founded in 1999, address 1320 Columbia Street Suite 310, San Diego, CA 92101.
Who it suits
SourceForge suits an open-source project that needs file distribution and download statistics in one place.
The terms of payment should be established separately: the page describing the services does not mention them.
Verified data
The checked data this deep dive rests on.
About the platform
«an open source software community resource dedicated to helping open source projects be as successful as possible» — a home for open-source projects
source, checked 2026-08-11
provides code repositories, binary download hosting, bug tracking, version control, download statistics, mailing lists and forums
The list is given by the platform itself
source, checked 2026-08-11
Slashdot Media, founded in 1999, address: 1320 Columbia Street Suite 310, San Diego, CA 92101
The operator is named in the page footer
source, checked 2026-08-11
Who's here
the platform states about 20 million monthly users, more than 500,000 projects created and more than 2.6 million downloads a day
The figures are claimed by the platform itself; the page gives neither the counting method nor the date of measurement
source, checked 2026-08-11
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