Open Hub

Black Duck Open Hub
(formerly Ohloh)
Logo of Open Hub in 2012, while in its former name Ohloh.
Type of site
Public directory of free and open-source software (FOSS)
OwnerBlack Duck Software
Created byJason Allen and Scott Collison
URLwww.openhub.net
Commercialyes
Launched1 January 2006; 18 years ago (2006-01-01)
Current statusActive
Content license
Proprietary; interface Apache License[1]

Black Duck Open Hub, formerly Ohloh,[2] is a website which provides a web services suite and online community platform that aims to index the open-source software development community. It was founded by former Microsoft managers Jason Allen and Scott Collison in 2004 and joined by the developer Robin Luckey.[3][4] As of 15 January 2016, the site lists 669,601 open-source projects, 681,345 source control repositories, 3,848,524 contributors and 31,688,426,179 lines of code.[5]

In 2017, Black Duck Software (the company running the site) was acquired by Synopsys for $565 million,[6] however it was spun out as a separate company again in October 2024.[7]

  1. ^ blackducksoftware. "blackducksoftware/ohloh-ui: Web Application for the Ohloh Stack. Currently Rails 4.2.7 & Ruby 2.2.5". GitHub. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Black Duck Open Hub Blog | About the Black Duck Open Hub". Black Duck Software. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  3. ^ Darryl K. Taft (13 July 2006). "Startup Helps Assess Open-Source Projects". eWeek. Retrieved 29 August 2007.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Ehemalige Microsoft-Manager gründen Infoportal zu Open Source". Heise Online (in German). 19 July 2006. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. ^ "Open Hub". Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  6. ^ Loizos, Connie. "Fifteen-year-old Black Duck Software gets its exit, selling to Synopsys for $565 million". TechCrunch. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Synopsys Software Integrity Group Rebrands as Black Duck – A New Era in Application Security". IT Security Guru. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.