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Purportedly as a result of low traffic levels, the site is no longer being updated as of June 18, 2014.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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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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and handhelds. Freecode was notable for its age, having started in 1997 as the first web-based aggregator of software releases.
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The site was renamed from "Freshmeat" to "Freecode" on October 29, 2011, and in September 2012,
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called for a replacement, freshcode.club was created and is accepting submissions.
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English
freecode.com
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website
open-source software
programmers
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Unix-like
closed-source
cross-platform
Mac OS X
Dice Holdings
Geeknet
Open Source Initiative
Eric S. Raymond
SourceForge
Slashdot
SourceForge
List of free software project directories


"About Freecode"
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"What's in a name?"
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"freshmeat.net, 1997-2014"

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