A software forge is a collection of web services for the support of collaborative software development:

• Project web sites

• Networked access to version control

  • Release (download) support

• Communications (e.g., messaging, wikis, announcements)

• Bug reporting and tracking

• Project personnel management

Forge Examples

Among the best known forges are

• the original, SourceForge, (1999)

• Google Code, (2006)

• GitHub, (2008)

The CS 350 course has its own forge

• GitLab for project management, version control, issue tracking, wiki
• Jenkins for continuous integration
• Redmine issue tracking