FishEye (software)

{{Short description|Revision-control browser by Atlassian Software Systems}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Fisheye

| logo = FishEye_software_Logo.svg

| developer = Atlassian

| released =

| latest release version = 4.7.0

| latest release date = {{Release date and age|2019|02|14}}

| programming language = Java

| operating system = Cross-platform

| genre = Revision control

| license = Proprietary; free for non-commercial

| website = {{URL|atlassian.com/software/fisheye}}

}}

{{UPE|date=September 2020}}

Fisheye is a revision-control browser[https://confluence.atlassian.com/fisheye Fisheye Repository Browsing] and search engine owned by Atlassian, Inc. Although Fisheye is a commercial product, it is freely available to open source projects and non-profit institutions.{{cite web|url=https://www.atlassian.com/software/fisheye/licensing.jsp#nonprofit|title=FishEye Licensing - Atlassian|publisher=}} In addition to the advanced search{{Cite web |url=https://www.atlassian.com/software/fisheye/features/search.jsp |title=FishEye Search |access-date=2018-03-08 |archive-date=2009-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414124108/http://www.atlassian.com/software/fisheye/features/search.jsp |url-status=dead }} and diff capabilities,{{Cite web |url=https://www.atlassian.com/software/fisheye/features/diff.jsp |title=FishEye Advanced Diffs |access-date=2018-03-08 |archive-date=2009-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411130149/http://www.atlassian.com/software/fisheye/features/diff.jsp |url-status=dead }} it provides:

  • the notion of changelog and changesets{{Cite web |url=https://www.atlassian.com/software/fisheye/features/changelog.jsp |title=FishEye Changelog & Changesets |access-date=2018-03-08 |archive-date=2009-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414155746/http://www.atlassian.com/software/fisheye/features/changelog.jsp |url-status=dead }} - even if the underlying version control system (such as CVS) does not support this
  • direct, resource-based URLs down to line-number level[https://www.atlassian.com/software/fisheye/features Fisheye Communications]
  • monitoring and user-level notifications via e-mail or RSS[https://www.atlassian.com/software/fisheye/features Fisheye Notifications]

Use in open-source projects

Atlassian approves free licenses for community and open-source installations under certain conditions. Many major open source projects use Fisheye to provide a front-end for the source code repository:{{cite web|title=The Firebird Project is now using Fisheye|url=https://www.atlassian.com/blog/archives/the_firebird_pr|date=2008-10-30|publisher=Atlassian}}

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Project

! Fisheye

JBoss

| https://source.jboss.org

Apache

| https://fisheye.apache.org/browse{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Atlassian provides free licences of Fisheye and Crucible for open-source projects.{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlassian.com/software/fisheye/pricing|title=Fisheye - Pricing {{!}} Atlassian|last=Atlassian|website=Atlassian|language=en|access-date=2018-03-08}}

Integration

{{As of | 2010}} Fisheye supported integration with the following revision control systems:{{cite web|url=https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/FISHEYE/Supported+platforms|title=Supported platforms|publisher=}}

Due to the resource-based URLs, it is possible to integrate Fisheye with different issue and bug tracking systems. It also provides a REST and XML-RPC API. Fisheye also integrates with IDEs like IntelliJ IDEA{{Cite web |url=https://www.atlassian.com/software/fisheye/features/ide-connector.jsp |title=Fisheye IntelliJ Connector |access-date=2018-03-08 |archive-date=2009-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430130108/http://www.atlassian.com/software/fisheye/features/ide-connector.jsp |url-status=dead }} via the Atlassian IDE Connector.

See also

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