Microsoft has decided to stop providing free hosting services for open source projects via CodePlex. They recommend moving instead to GitHub or other hosting providers.
Microsoft has decided to stop providing free hosting services for open source projects via CodePlex. They recommend moving instead to GitHub or other hosting providers.
While some hope that the shutting down of CodePlex is nothing more than an April 1st joke, Brian Harry, Corporate VP at Microsoft, wanted to make sure that this is not a joke. After 11 years of activity, CodePlex no longer accepts new projects, it will turn into read-only mode in October and it will completely shut down on December 15th, 2017. After that, CodePlex will become an archive of former open source projects, allowing people to browse and download them. Those who move the projects they own will be able to redirect people to the new host.
Microsoft has worked with GitHub to streamline the import of CodePlex projects to the known git host. A migration walkthrough was set up with guidelines on moving a project’s source code, license and documentation to GitHub.
