Table of Contents - SourceForge.net Documentation

I. About SourceForge.net and Open Source Software

A. What is SourceForge.net?

1. About our Mirror Network / Join 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
5. Request an Enhancement

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. Register a New Account

B. User Account Information

C. Using OpenID

D. 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 (Beta Projects)
• RSS Feeds

IV. Hosting your project on SourceForge (Classic Setup)

A. Services overview

1. Project Administration tools
2. Project Control
3. Releasing Files for Download
   • Web-based File Manager
   • Releasing files through CLI
   • Managing files with SSH
   • Using rsync
   • Using SCP
   • Using SFTP
   • Cron Service
4. Ticket Tracker
5. Wiki
6. Mailing lists
7. VCS/SCM
   • Git
   • Subversion
   • Mercurial
   • Bazaar
   • CVS
8. Forums
9. Project blog
10. Disk Quotas
11. Posting Project News updates
12. RSS Feeds
13. Adding Screenshots

B. Creating a new project

C. Managing your project

1. Adding Contributors/Managing Permissions
2. Backing up your data
3. Accepting Donations
4. Project Reviews
5. Renaming your Project

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

E. Monitoring the success of your project

1. Project Statistics

G. Recommended Best Practices

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

V. Hosting your project on SourceForge (Beta Setup)

A. Services overview

1. Project Administration tools
2. Releasing files for Download
   • Web-based File Manager
   • Releasing files through CLI
   • Managing files with SSH
   • Using rsync
   • Using SCP
   • Using SFTP
   • Cron Service
3. Ticket Tracker
4. Wiki
5. Mailing lists
6. VCS/SCM
   • Git
   • Subversion
   • Mercurial
   • Bazaar
   • CVS
7. Forums
8. Project blog
9. Disk Quotas
10. RSS Feeds
11. Adding Screenshots

B. Creating a new project

C. Managing your project

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

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

E. Monitoring the success of your project

1. Project Statistics

G. Recommended Best Practices

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

V. Project Web Services and Developer Web Services

A. Project Web Services

• Custom VHOSTs
• Hosted Apps
• Project Statistics
• Managing Files
  • Using rsync
  • Using SCP
  • Using SFTP

B. Developer Web Services

• Managing Files
  • Using rsync
  • Using SCP
  • Using SFTP

V. Contributing to the SourceForge Code

A. About the SourceForge open source project (Allura)

B. Start Contributing to Allura