Phabricator is a discontinued
suite of
web-based development collaboration tools, which includes a
code review tool called ''Differential'', a
repository browser called ''Diffusion'', a change monitoring tool called ''Herald'', a
bug tracker
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Many bug tracking systems, such as those used ...
called ''Maniphest'', and a
wiki
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called ''Phriction''.
Phabricator integrates with
Git
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Design goals of Git include speed, data integrity, and suppor ...
,
Mercurial, and
Subversion
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. It is available as
free software
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under the
Apache License 2.0.
Phabricator was originally developed as an internal tool at
Facebook
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overseen by Evan Priestley.
Priestley left Facebook to continue Phabricator's development in a new company called Phacility.
On May 29, 2021, Phacility announced that it was ceasing operations and no longer maintaining Phabricator starting June 1, 2021.
A community
fork, Phorge, was created and announced its stable release to the public on September 7, 2022.
Notable users
Phabricator's users included:
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AngularJS
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Asana
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Blender
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Discord
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Dropbox
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Facebook
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FreeBSD
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GnuPG
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Khan Academy
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KDE
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Mozilla
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LLVM
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Clang
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LLDB (debugger)/LLD (linker)
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Lubuntu
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SingleStore
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(formerly MemSQL)
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Pinterest
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Quora
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Twitter
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Uber
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Wikimedia Foundation
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Wildfire Games
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Bohemia Interactive
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Gallery
File:Serlo Phabricator Tasks erstellen 2018-11-22 Schritt 2.png , A Phabricator workboard
File:Phabricator homepage overview with top Favorites menu opened.png , A generic Phabricator homepage
File:Serlo Phabricator Tasks erstellen 2018-11-22 Schritt 3.png , An example of a task form creation
File:Phabricator history screenshot with Harbormaster passes.png , Continuous integration in Phabricator
File:Phabricator project labels 4.png , Some user-defined Phabricator projects
See also
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List of tools for code review
References
External links
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