mozdev.org

Mozdev.org

Screenshot of mozdev.org home page as of Feb 18, 2008
URL	mozdev.org
Commercial?	No
Type of site	free project hosting
Registration	Optional
Available language(s)	English
Owner	Mozdev Community Organization
Created by	David Boswell and Pete Collins
Launched	September, 2000
Alexa rank	4,675 (November 2011[update])[1]
Current status	active

mozdev.org is a website that offers free project hosting and software development tools to the Mozilla community. Many Firefox extensions are hosted on the site, but Thunderbird and SeaMonkey extensions and stand-alone Mozilla-based applications can also be found. It is free to set up a project there, but all development must be done using a license approved by the OSI. Over 250 projects are currently under active development on Mozdev. The site is run by the non-profit Mozdev Community Organization.

The Mozdev FAQ explains the differences between mozilla.org and mozdev.org as follows:

Q: What is the difference between mozilla.org and mozdev.org?
A: mozilla.org provides a lot of the same development tools and resources as Mozdev does (including bugzilla, cvs hosting and newsgroups), but the focus of the two sites are on different things. The mozilla.org site is where the core Mozilla source code is developed. The projects hosted on Mozdev create applications and extensions that are based on top of that source code. For example, Firefox and Thunderbird are developed by mozilla.org and a large number of projects on Mozdev create extensions for these applications.

References

1. ^ "Mozdev.org Site Info". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mozdev.org. Retrieved 2011-11-02. 

Further reading

• David Boswell, Creating applications with Mozilla, O'Reilly Media, 2002, ISBN 0596000529

External links

• mozdev.org
• mozdev.org projects
• Mozilla projects