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Freecode, formerly Freshmeat, was a website owned by BIZX, Inc., hosting mainly open-source software for programmers and developers. Among other things, the site also hosted user reviews and discussions. While a majority of the software covered is open source for Unix-like systems, Freecode also covered releases of closed-source, commercial and cross-platform software<ref name="about_2011"/> on Template:Nowrap and handhelds. Freecode was notable for its age, having started in 1997<ref name="what_name"/><ref name="covey"/> as the first web-based aggregator of software releases.Template:Citation needed
The site was renamed from "Freshmeat" to "Freecode" on October 29, 2011,<ref name="about_2011"/> and in September 2012, Dice Holdings acquired the website from Geeknet.<ref name="dice_bwk"/><ref name="dice_ars"/>
Purportedly as a result of low traffic levels, the site is no longer being updated as of June 18, 2014.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.<ref name="covey"/><ref name="about_2014"/> After Open Source Initiative co-founder Eric S. Raymond called for a replacement,<ref name="esr"/> freshcode.club was created and is accepting submissions.<ref name="sixgun"/>
On January 27, 2016, Freecode was sold, along with SourceForge and Slashdot, to current owners BIZX, Inc.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The site remained in its archived state.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Asof, Freecode redirects to the SourceForge homepage, while freshcode.club is still maintained.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>