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I'm not sure why, but whenever I see a link pointing to sourceforge my instant gut reaction is that it'll be a decade+ aged code that doesn't work properly anymore. I always avoid sourceforge when searching for solutions. I don't know why I have this bias

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I have the exact opposite reaction: "This might be something that's been around for a long time, so it's probably more interesting than most of the vapid, insipid, overadvertised crap that passes for knowledge today."

...and indeed, this page has no ads and is in a very readable style, although it's actually quite new.

>"...the vapid, insipid, overadvertised crap that passes for knowledge today."

"How to write a simple operating system with node.js, Angular, Bootstrap, Electron, and MongoDB"

Did you just leave out the Rust evangelists?

Because it's true in 90% of the cases?

plus the malware

Yeah the malware incident made it a no-go for me

For what it's worth, SourceForge is since under new management:

https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-acquisition-and-fut...

I wonder how it has been going for BIZX so far.

Which is sad, that active open source projects are now synonymous with a single companies service built around a single VCS.

It's not necessarily centered around Github (although many open source projects are hosted there) -- there's also Gitlab, Bitbucket. The bigger reason that there's a reaction against SourceForge is that it has a long history of deceptive packaging practices, shady ads, and injecting malware into the packages they were distributing. Now SourceForge is under new, better management, but it's hard to kick that reputation.

I think it's more that sourceforge has bit of a history, and many projects moved away from them.

I wouldn't go as far as calling it a ghost town, but... how do you feel about google code links?

Same with Bitbucket, although maybe just 3-4 years instead of a decade.

I like Bitbucket. For Git hosting, it's faster than Github (maybe their servers are closer to me?). I also find my way around Bitbucket's UI more easily.

Some projects are hosted primarily on BitBucket so I don't make that judgment until I see when the last commit / activity is on the project.

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