Gitorious
{{primary sources|date=August 2011}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Gitorious
| developer = GitLab, Powow AS, Gitorious AS
| language = English
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2014|12|04}}
| license = GNU Affero General Public License 3
| programming language = Ruby
| operating system = Linux
| discontinued = yes
| genre = Project management software
| website =
| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/gitorious}} (GitHub mirror)
| logo = Gitorious.png
}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Gitorious
| url = {{URL|gitorious.org}}
| type = collaborative revision control
| language = English
| registration = Optional
| launch_date = {{Start date|2008|01}}
| dissolved = {{End date|2015|06}}
| successor = GitLab
| current_status = Offline
}}
Gitorious was a free and open source web application for hosting collaborative free and open-source software development projects using Git revision control.{{cite web|url=https://gitorious.org/about|title=About Gitorious|website=Gitorious.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110618035248/http://gitorious.org/about|archive-date=2011-06-18}} Although it was freely available to be downloaded and installed, it was written primarily as the basis for the Gitorious shared web hosting service at gitorious.org, until it was acquired by GitLab in 2015.{{cite web|title=Gitorious.org is dead, long live gitorious.org|website=Gitorious.org|date=15 April 2015|url=http://blog.gitorious.org/2015/04/15/gitorious-org-is-dead-long-live-gitorious-org/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407121334/http://blog.gitorious.org/2015/04/15/gitorious-org-is-dead-long-live-gitorious-org/|archive-date=2016-04-07|access-date=2020-06-19}}
According to the Git User's Survey, Gitorious was the second most popular hosting service for Git in 2011, with 11.7% of respondents indicating they used it, behind 87.5% using GitHub.{{cite web|url=https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitSurvey2011#19._Which_git_hosting_site.28s.29_do_you_use_for_your_project.28s.29.3F|title=Git User's Survey 2011 summary|at=sec. 19. Which git hosting site(s) do you use for your project(s)?|website=Git SCM Wiki}} On 3 March 2015, Gitorious was acquired by GitLab, who announced service through gitorious.org would be discontinued on 1 June 2015 and encouraged Gitorious users to make use of its import tools to migrate projects to GitLab.
Features and constraints
In addition to source code hosting, Gitorious provided projects with wikis, a web interface for merge requests and code reviews, and activity timelines for projects and developers.
According to the terms of service,{{cite web |url=http://en.gitorious.org/tos/ |title=Terms of Service |website=Gitorious.org |date=12 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923125904/http://en.gitorious.org/tos/ |archivedate=2012-09-23 }} if bandwidth usage for an account, project or repository exceeded 500 MB/month, or significantly exceeds the average bandwidth usage of other Gitorious.org users or customers, Gitorious.org reserved the right to immediately disable or throttle the account, project or repository until the account owner can reduce the bandwidth consumption.
Gitorious AS released the Gitorious software under the AGPLv3{{cite web|url=https://gitorious.org/gitorious/mainline/blobs/master/LICENSE|title=LICENSE - mainline in Gitorious|website=Gitorious.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208152709/https://gitorious.org/gitorious/mainline/blobs/master/LICENSE|archive-date=2010-12-08|access-date=2013-05-22}} as free software.
Acquisitions
In August 2013, Gitorious AS was acquired by Powow AS, a Norwegian-Polish consulting company.{{Cite news|url=https://gitorious.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/powow-as-acquires-gitorious-as/|title=Powow AS acquires Gitorious AS|date=2013-08-20|work=The Gitorious Blog|access-date=2018-06-06|language=en-US}}
Gitorious was then acquired by GitLab as of 3 March 2015. GitLab kept gitorious.org online through May 2015 and added an automatic migration function for project to move to [https://about.gitlab.com/ GitLab.com] which offers both paid and free hosting services and maintains an open source "community" edition for self-hosting.{{cite web|title=GitLab acquires Gitorious to bolster its on premises code collaboration platform|website=GitLab.com|first=Sytse|last=Sijbrandij|date=3 March 2015|url=https://about.gitlab.com/2015/03/03/gitlab-acquires-gitorious/|accessdate=21 March 2015}}{{cite web|title=Code collaboration platform GitLab acquires rival Gitorious, will shut it down on June 1|url=https://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/03/03/gitlab-acquires-rival-gitorious-will-shut-june-1/|website=The Next Web|first=Andrii|last=Degeler|date=3 March 2015|accessdate=4 March 2015}}
At the time of the GitLab acquisition, there were four Powow employees behind Gitorious. GitLab CEO Sytse Sijbrandij, responding to comments about the acquisition on Hacker News, wrote that "[Powow] wanted to shut the company down without a bankruptcy". So, GitLab, as a way to bolster their user base, bought Gitorious even though they were not hiring the employees or using the Gitorious software. In addition to providing optional migration to GitLab.com, GitLab opened discussions with Archive.org about preserving the Gitorious repositories for historical reference.{{cite web|title=GitLab acquires Gitorious|website=Hacker News|url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9138419|accessdate=21 March 2015}} As of mid-2016, as a result of efforts by GitLab, ex-Gitorious staff, and Archive Team, Gitorious.org existed as a read-only mirror of its former self, containing some 120,000 repositories comprising 5TB of data.{{Cite web|url-status=dead|url=https://gitorious.org/|title=gitorious valhalla - hosted by VPSSD and Archiveteam|website=gitorious.org|access-date=2018-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128051135/https://www.gitorious.org/|archive-date=2020-01-28}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://github.com/gitorious Gitorious source code] (GitHub mirror, last updated in 2015)
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Category:Open-source hosted development tools
Category:Open-source software hosting facilities
Category:Project management software
Category:Software using the GNU Affero General Public License
Category:Discontinued open-source software hosting facilities