Project Online Resources

This page is for OWASP project leaders and details some of the online services that have been found to be useful for OWASP projects.

How to Run a Successful Open Source Project

http://www2.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/ProducingOSS.KarlFogel2005.pdf

Openhub (formerly known as Ohloh)

OWASP is a registered Organisation on Openduck, a free, public directory of Free and Open Source Software and the contributors who create and maintain it.

• https://www.openhub.net/orgs/OWASP

If you manage an OWASP project you should:

• Register yourself on Openhub
• Make sure your project is registered on Openduck- you can add it yourself if it is not
• Register yourself as the manager
• Check that the settings are correct, especially the repositories
• Make sure it belongs to the OWASP organisation - Contact OWASP or Simon Bennetts if it is not
• Claim all of your contributions to open source projects
• Consider including Openhub Widgets on your project homepage or wiki
• Help other OWASP projects by flagging and rating the ones you use

Other Free Services

These are all free to open source projects.

• http://crowdin.net/ a translation and localization management platform
• https://scan.coverity.com/ C/C++/C# and Java static source code analysis
• https://www.mir-swamp.org/ - This web based code analysis service is 100% FREE of charge and is open to the public

Other Paid For Services

Open for Suggestions and depending on your project budget and/or *Community Engagement Funding.

• Please note: Th cost may be covered by the Community Engagement Funding up to $500 if it meets the policy requirements.

 If it is more than $500 or outside policy guidelines, it would require special approval by our Executive Director.