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R-Forge is being retired

ivan.nenadic@users.r-forge.r-project.org (Ivan Nenadic) — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:26:25 GMT

FusionForge, the software R-Forge runs on, is no longer actively maintained. As a result, R-Forge itself is being retired, gradually switching to a read-only site.

What's next?

Until 2027-01-07: R-Forge continues to work as normal. Project pages, SVN, package builds, mailing lists, forums, and logins still work.
From 2027-01-08: R-Forge switches to archive-only mode. All SVN repositories continue to work (via SSH only) and a static snapshot of the web page is preserved. That means that existing projects can be viewed but all other functionality will be disabled (registering projects, package builds, mailing lists, forums, logins).
From 2028-01-01: SVN switches to read-only mode. Existing repository history remains available, but no further commits can be made to any codebase.

Where now?

We hope that all maintainers of active R-Forge projects, migrate their projects to other code hosting platforms so that the R community can still engage with them.

A service that we can recommend because it shares many of the ideas and values, that R-Forge was built on, is Codeberg. It is a non-profit, community-led effort that provides services to free and open-source projects, such as Git hosting (using Forgejo), pages, continuous integration, etc.

A blog post including a step-by-step tutorial is available at https://www.zeileis.org/news/rforge_codeberg/. It is geared towards Codeberg but can also be used for other Git-based systems.

Migration to SSH Key Authentication

ivan.nenadic@users.r-forge.r-project.org (Ivan Nenadic) — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:57:01 GMT

For network security reasons, access to R-Forge repositories via SSH will require SSH key authentication starting 3 September 2026.

Please migrate from password-based SSH authentication to SSH key authentication.

You can add your SSH key at the bottom of the "My Account" page (https://r-forge.r-project.org/account/).

For more detailed information about SSH key management, please read section 3.2 of the following manual: http://download.r-forge.r-project.org/R-Forge_Manual.pdf

ViewVC Repository browsing is back.

az_wu@users.r-forge.r-project.org (Amando Zanderigo) — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 12:29:32 GMT

I have fixed the ViewVC respository browsing. If you notice any problems with it, please contact us at R-Forge@R-Project.org.

Maintenance (4-5 April)

az_wu@users.r-forge.r-project.org (Amando Zanderigo) — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:34:49 GMT

Ongoing maintenance will result in additional downtime on the 4th (and possibly 5th) of April. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Further Maintenance (23-24 March 2023)

az_wu@users.r-forge.r-project.org (Amando Zanderigo) — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:39:14 GMT

Further maintenance will be performed on 23-24 March, 2023. Please do not make changes to projects during this time.

For questions, please contact: R-Forge@R-Project.org

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Maintenance (16-17 March)

az_wu@users.r-forge.r-project.org (Amando Zanderigo) — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 08:45:07 GMT

Dear R-Forge users,

System maintenance is planned for 16 - 17 March.

R-Forge will be down during this period.

The system will be backed up, however we do not recommend submitting changes to projects shortly prior to this period.

For any questions, please contact: R-Forge@R-Project.org

R-Forge Admin

ssh-ed25519 keys

gstar@users.r-forge.r-project.org (Gennadiy Starostin) — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:30:47 GMT

Dear users, you may now use ssh-ed25519 keys with R-Forge (ssh keys are managed in "My Account" settings).
Best regards,
R-Forge Team.

Submission to CRAN

gstar@users.r-forge.r-project.org (Gennadiy Starostin) — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 07:25:14 GMT

Dear R-Forge users, submission to CRAN works as usual now. If you tried to submit a package from R-Forge to CRAN since July 16, you might need to resubmit it. Please note however, that the submission team is on vacation, so the submitted packages will wait in the queue till August 19.
Best regards,
R-Forge Team.

Maintenance: APR, 17-18

gstar@users.r-forge.r-project.org (Gennadiy Starostin) — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 08:28:48 GMT

Dear R-Forge users, during the upcoming maintenance all of the services will be unavailable. The expected downtime is 17 - 18 APR.
Best regards,
R-Forge Team.

R 3.5 on Windows Check

gstar@users.r-forge.r-project.org (Gennadiy Starostin) — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 07:29:13 GMT

UPD (2018-06-12): Windows Check now runs on R 3.5.
Dear all, dependencies on the Windows Check server currently do not work. This is the last stage of upgrading to R 3.5. We expect to resolve the issue within 24 h. Apologies for inconvenience.