Gitorious was an open-source web platform for hosting and managing Git repositories, often compared to GitHub or GitLab. Here are some key details:
- History:
- Founded in 2008 by Johan Sørensen, a Danish software developer, with the goal of providing a free, open-source alternative to GitHub.
- It aimed to foster collaboration in software development by providing tools for code review, issue tracking, and project management.
- In 2015, Gitorious was acquired by GitLab, which integrated some of Gitorious's features into their platform.
- Features:
- Hosted Git repositories with an interface for project management.
- Support for code review and merge requests.
- Wiki functionality for documentation.
- Issue tracking system.
- Public and private repositories with access control.
- Community and Use:
- Gitorious was particularly popular among open-source projects looking for an alternative to proprietary platforms.
- It was used by several notable open-source projects before its acquisition, including the KDE project.
- Shutdown:
- After the acquisition by GitLab, Gitorious services were gradually phased out. Users were encouraged to migrate their projects to GitLab.
- By June 2015, the Gitorious platform was officially shut down, and all data was migrated or archived.
- Legacy:
- While Gitorious is no longer operational, its philosophy of providing an open-source alternative influenced subsequent platforms.
- Its code base was open-sourced, allowing developers to fork and build upon it.
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