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2006 - 2016
Google Code Project Hosting
“Source files, issue tickets, and a project wiki.”
- Birth year
- 2006
- Shutdown year
- 2016
- Lifespan
- 10 years
- Peak era
- 2006–2016
- Company
- Category
- Developer Tools
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What Was It?
Google Code Project Hosting gave open-source projects a place for repositories, bug reports, and documentation. Its plain project pages became familiar stops when downloading tools or searching for a fix.
The plain project page was useful because it concentrated the essentials: a way to obtain the software, a place to report trouble, and information about how the project worked. For smaller tools, that page could be the closest thing to an official home.
The distinction between active hosting and an archive matters here. A preserved download or repository can remain useful after the working service closes, but it does not replace the ability to file a new issue or participate in development in the same place.
Things You Probably Forgot
- Project pages combined code, issues, and wikis.
- Google offered migration tools when it announced the closure.
The Story
- 2006 Google Code Project Hosting gave open-source projects a place for repositories, bug reports, and documentation.
- 2015 New project creation ends and existing projects become read-only as Google prepares the shutdown.
- 2016 Google closed project hosting in January 2016 after developers moved to other services. Archived project material had a separate life after active hosting ended.
How It Died
Google closed project hosting in January 2016 after developers moved to other services. Archived project material had a separate life after active hosting ended.
What Replaced It?
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