Phabricator

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Original author(s) Evan Priestley [1] / Facebook, Inc.
Developer(s) Phacility, Inc [2]
Initial release2010;14 years ago (2010)
Repository
Written in PHP [3]
Operating system Unix-like
Platform Cross-platform [3]
Available inEnglish
Type Code review, bug tracker
License Apache License 2.0 [4]
Website phacility.com/phabricator/

Phabricator is [5] a suite of web-based development collaboration tools, which includes a code review tool called Differential, a repository browser called Diffusion, a change monitoring tool called Herald, [6] a bug tracker called Maniphest, and a wiki called Phriction. [7]

Contents

Phabricator integrates with Git, Mercurial, and Subversion. It is available as free software under the Apache License 2.0.

Phabricator was originally developed as an internal tool at Facebook [8] [9] [10] overseen by Evan Priestley. [1] Priestley left Facebook to continue Phabricator's development in a new company called Phacility. [2]

On May 29, 2021, Phacility announced that it was ceasing operations and no longer maintaining Phabricator starting June 1, 2021. [5] A community fork, Phorge, was created and announced its stable release to the public on September 7, 2022. [11]

Notable users

Phabricator's users include:

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