Effort to clone unmaintained SourceForge projects to GitHub

In plain words

This project preserves unmaintained open source software by mirroring abandoned SourceForge projects to GitHub. It addresses concerns that valuable but orphaned projects could be lost if SourceForge declines or removes inactive repositories. The initiative rescues code from a platform increasingly known for aggressive advertising and bundled adware, transferring it to GitHub as a more stable, community-focused hosting alternative. It is designed for developers and open source communities seeking to protect legacy software.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

SourceForge is dying. As it’s not anymore the most popular platform of choice for hosting open source projects, SourceForge started reacting very badly by adding shady ads to its site, and even mangles the downloads of the hosted projects by adding unsollicited adware, without a warning. See Ars Technica for a detailed description. A number of projects have moved away from sourceforge after this. However, a lot of good projects may have lost their maintainer, and these projects may risk being lost if SourceForge dies or purges projects it judges “non-profitable”. On the other hand, GitHub is a saner and healthier alternative for hosting these projects. ASFMirror is a collection of mirrors…from a-sf-mirror.github.io

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