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Toolforge

A free cloud hosting platform for services that provide value to the Wikimedia movement.

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Toolforge is a free cloud hosting platform for services that provide value to the Wikimedia movement. It gives developers the infrastructure needed to host and maintain tools and bots, including web servers, data access, and job management. It is part of the Wikimedia Cloud Services (WMCS) suite of services, supported by Wikimedia Foundation staff and volunteers.

The platform offers separate documentation for deploying and maintaining tools and for administering the platform and its infrastructure. Support and administration are provided through community channels, including an IRC channel, a bridged Telegram group, and mailing lists for general support and for announcements of critical changes and plans. Bug reports and feature requests are tracked in a subproject of the Cloud Services Phabricator project, and updates are published on the Technical Blog. Toolforge is described as free, with no editions, trials, or seat-based or usage-based packaging stated.

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