Table of Contents - SourceForge.net Documentation

I. About SourceForge.net and Open Source Software

A. What is SourceForge.net?

1. About our Mirror Network

B. What is Open Source software?

C. Where can I get help?

1. Contact us
2. Support Service Levels
3. Check service availability/site status
4. Search list of open issues or file a new ticket

D. About this documentation

E. Legal issues and hosting policies

F. APIs at SourceForge.net

G. The SourceForge Community

H. Open Source Research

II. Managing your SourceForge.net User Account

A. User Account Information

B. Using OpenID

C. Problems with User Mail

III. Finding Software on SourceForge

A. Tips on navigating the site

B. Downloading and installing software

C. Getting help on software you've downloaded from the site

• Subscribing to project updates

IV. Hosting your project on SourceForge

A. Services overview

1. Project Administration tools
2. Web-based File Manager
3. [Shell Services]
   • Releasing files through CLI
   • Managing files with SSH
   • Cron Service
4. Ticket Tracker
5. Wiki
6. Mailing lists
7. VCS/SCM
   • Git
   • Subversion
   • Mercurial
   • Bazaar
   • CVS
8. Forums
9. Project blog
10. Project Web Services
    • Custom VHOSTs
    • Hosted Apps
11. Developer Web Services
12. Disk Quotas

B. Creating a new project

C. Managing your project

1. Adding Contributors/Managing Permissions
2. Backing up your data
3. Accepting Donations

D. Taking over an abandoned project or Joining an Existing Project

E. Monitoring the success of your project

F. Getting help from SourceForge staff

G. Recommended Best Practices

1. Tips for keeping your project secure
2. Tips for making your project successful

V. Contributing to the SourceForge Code

A. About the SourceForge open source project (Allura)

B. Start Contributing to Allura