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toolforge.org redirects here. You might be looking for the Lists of Toolforge tools.

Toolforge is a free cloud hosting platform for Wikimedia contributors. It provides web servers, data access, job management, and other features to help developers maintain tools and bots.

Toolforge is part of the Wikimedia Cloud Services (WMCS) suite of services. It is supported by Wikimedia Foundation staff and volunteers.

Deploy your tool on Toolforge

Use Toolforge to host and maintain tools.
Go to the Toolforge user docs

Administer Toolforge

Manage the Toolforge platform and its infrastructure.
Go to the Toolforge admin docs

Communication and support

Support and administration of the WMCS resources is provided by the Wikimedia Foundation Cloud Services team and Wikimedia movement volunteers. Please reach out with questions and join the conversation:

Discuss and receive general support

Chat in real time in the IRC channel #wikimedia-cloud ^connect or the bridged Telegram group
Discuss via email after you have subscribed to the cloud@ mailing list

Stay aware of critical changes and plans

Subscribe to the cloud-announce@ mailing list (all messages are also mirrored to the cloud@ list)
Read the News wiki page

Track work tasks and report bugs

Use a subproject of the #Cloud-Services Phabricator project to track confirmed bug reports and feature requests about the Cloud Services infrastructure itself

Read stories and WMCS blog posts

Read the Cloud Services Blog (for the broader Wikimedia movement, see the Wikimedia Technical Blog)

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-The Toolforge community-developed web applications are all listed at [{{Toolforge tools list}} tools.wmflabs.org]. There is also a smaller selection listed in more detail at [https://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/directory/ Hay's Tools Directory]
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-'''Toolforge''' is a hosting environment for developers working on services that provide value to the Wikimedia movement. The platform allows developers to easily do ad hoc analytics, administer [[m:Bot|bots]], run [[Help:Toolforge/Web|webservices]], and generally create tools to help Wikimedia project editors, technical contributors, and other volunteers in their work. The environment also includes access to a variety of [[Portal:Data_Services|data services]]. This infrastructure is supported by a dedicated group of [[toolforge:openstack-browser/project/tools|Wikimedia Foundation staff and volunteers]].
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-== See also ==
-* [[Help:At_a_glance:_Cloud_VPS_and_Toolforge | At a glance: Gloud VPS and Toolforge]]
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