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{{distinguish|CodePlex Foundation}}
{{short description|Web-based collaborative software platform}}
{{Infobox website
| name = CodePlex
| caption = CodePlex homepage
| url = {{url|//codeplex.com}}
| commercial = no
| type = [[Forge (software)|Forge]]
| registration = Optional
| language = English
| owner = [[Microsoft]]
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2006|05}}
| current_status = Offline
}}
'''CodePlex''' was a [[Forge (software)|forge]] [[website]] by [[Microsoft]]. While it was active, it allowed shared development of [[open-source software]].<ref name="Social Networks for Engineers">{{Cite web
|url= https://spectrum.ieee.org/social-networks-for-engineers
|title= Social Networks for Engineers
|author= Sue Karlin
|publisher= IEEE.org
|date= 2011-06-06
|access-date= 2011-06-17}}
</ref> Its features included [[wiki]] pages, [[source control]] based on [[Mercurial]], [[Team Foundation Version Control|TFVC]], [[Apache Subversion|Subversion]] or [[Git (software)|Git]], discussion forums, [[issue tracking]], project tagging, [[RSS]] support, statistics, and [[Software release life cycle|releases]].

While CodePlex once encompassed a wide variety of projects, including [[Microsoft SQL Server|SQL Server]], [[Windows Presentation Foundation|WPF]] and [[Windows Forms]]-related projects, its major activities were focused on [[.NET Framework]] (including [[ASP.NET]]) and [[SharePoint]]. The most prominent and used project that was born inside CodePlex, the ''AJAX Control Toolkit'', is a joint project between the community and Microsoft.

== History ==
The initial [[Betaware|beta]] started in May 2006, with the final release a month later in June. A new version of the website was released every three weeks adding additional features and updates.

In 2010, an unrelated CodePlex Foundation was renamed [[Outercurve Foundation]] to clear up confusion that there was a direct relationship between the foundation and CodePlex, which is solely owned and run by Microsoft.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.outercurve.org/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/19/The-CodePlex-Foundation-Rebrands-Renamed-Outercurve-Foundation |title="The CodePlex Foundation Rebrands, Renamed Outercurve Foundation" |access-date=2013-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002150156/http://www.outercurve.org/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/19/The-CodePlex-Foundation-Rebrands-Renamed-Outercurve-Foundation |archive-date=2010-10-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Since January 22, 2010, [[Mercurial]] distributed source control system has been supported as well,<ref name="mercurial">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/codeplex/archive/2010/01/22/codeplex-now-supporting-native-mercurial.aspx|title=CodePlex now supporting native Mercurial|publisher=Microsoft|work=CodePlex Weblog|access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref> and this support has been enhanced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/codeplex/archive/2010/02/12/associating-change-sets-to-releases-and-displaying-mercurial-branches-tags.aspx|title=Associating Change sets to Releases and Displaying Mercurial Branches/Tags|publisher=Microsoft|work=CodePlex Weblog|access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/codeplex/archive/2010/03/05/codeplex-mercurial-support-for-forks.aspx|title=CodePlex Mercurial Support for Forks|publisher=Microsoft|work=CodePlex Weblog|access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref> On March 21, 2012, CodePlex announced the support of Git as a source control option.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/codeplex/archive/2012/03/21/git-commit-m-codeplex-now-supports-git.aspx|title=git commit –m "CodePlex now supports Git!"|publisher=Microsoft|work=CodePlex Weblog|access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bright|first=Peter|title=Microsoft brings git support to its CodePlex hosting service|url=https://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2012/03/microsoft-brings-git-support-to-its-codeplex-hosting-service.ars|access-date=23 March 2012|newspaper=Ars Technica|date=22 March 2012}}</ref>

On March 31, 2017, Microsoft announced the discontinuation of CodePlex. The original plan was to make CodePlex read-only in October 2017 before finally shutting it down on December 15, 2017. Microsoft partnered with [[GitHub]] to allow projects to be migrated to the service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/bharry/2017/03/31/shutting-down-codeplex/|title=Shutting down CodePlex|last=Harry|first=Brian|date=March 31, 2017|website=Brian Harry's blog|publisher=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/3186701/open-source-tools/microsoft-to-shut-codeplex-open-source-project-site.html|title=Microsoft to shut CodePlex open source project site|last=Krill|first=Paul|date=April 3, 2017|website=[[InfoWorld]]|publisher=[[IDG]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-takes-codeplex-to-death-row-on-back-of-github-monoculture/|title=Microsoft takes CodePlex to death row on back of GitHub monoculture|last=Duckett|first=Chris|date=April 3, 2017|website=[[ZDNet]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]}}</ref> An archive was available as a lightweight site to browse the projects that remain, in a read-only mode. The projects could be downloaded or transferred to GitHub or a similar place. Microsoft finally shut down the archive on October 21, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/CodePlex |title=CodePlex |publisher=Archiveteam |access-date=12 February 2022}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[List of free software project directories]]
*[[Comparison of source-code-hosting facilities]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{Official website|//www.codeplex.com}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120104063441/http://www.outercurve.org/About "OuterCurve Foundation - about"]

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