Freecode, formerly Freshmeat, was a

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owned by BIZX, Inc., hosting mainly

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for

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s and developers. Among other things, the site also hosted user reviews and discussions. While a majority of the software covered is

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for

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systems, Freecode also covered releases of

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, commercial and

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software on and handhelds. Freecode was notable for its age, having started in 1997 as the first web-based aggregator of software releases. The site was renamed from "Freshmeat" to "Freecode" on October 29, 2011, and in September 2012, Dice Holdings acquired the website from

Geeknet Geeknet, Inc. is an American company that is a subsidiary of GameStop based in Fairfax County, Virginia. The company was formerly known as VA Research, VA Linux Systems, VA Software, and SourceForge, Inc. History VA Research VA Research was foun ...

. Purportedly as a result of low traffic levels, the site is no longer being updated as of June 18, 2014. Because many of the linked software projects are otherwise difficult to find, the site contents have been kept online. After

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co-founder

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called for a replacement, freshcode.club was created and is accepting submissions. On January 27, 2016, Freecode was sold, along with

SourceForge SourceForge is a web service founded by Geoffrey B. Jeffery, Tim Perdue, and Drew Streib in November 1999. SourceForge provides a centralized software discovery platform, including an online platform for managing and hosting open-source soft ...

and

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, to current owners BIZX, Inc. The site remained in its archived state. , Freecode redirects to the SourceForge homepage, while freshcode.club is still maintained.

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