Which distribution website should I pick for my open-source package?

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Published on 2010-03-02T01:52:46Z Indexed on 2010/03/30 20:13 UTC
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I wrote an open-source software package, which I'd like to publish (using Apache 2 license). I see various options for how/where to publish/host it:

  1. Get my own domain and put it there
  2. Put it on Sourceforge
  3. Put it on Google Code
  4. Put it on Freshmeat
  5. ...?

What are your experiences / recommendations? What's the current trend among software developers?

My only requirements are that I ...

  • can add my own logo on the website
  • can put up some documentation there,
  • get a nice URL that is easy to remember
  • get SVN support (I would also be fine with just uploading a tarball for each new version, it just shouldn't force me to use CVS or any other version control system I'm not familiar with)
  • and of course, the site shouldn't take ownership in the code etc.
  • oh, and it should be free (ok, for registering my own domain I'll be willing to pay a little bit)

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