Portal:Toolforge
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The Toolforge community-developed web applications are all listed at tools.wmflabs.org. There is also a smaller selection listed in more detail at Hay's Tools Directory
Overview
Toolforge is a hosting environment that makes it easy for you to perform analytics, administer bots, run webservices, and create tools to help project editors, technical contributors, and other volunteers who are working on Wikimedia projects.
Toolforge is part of the Wikimedia Cloud Services (WMCS) suite of services. It is supported by Wikimedia Foundation staff and volunteers.
This page contains links to documentation for Tool developers, maintainers, and Toolforge administrators.
Toolforge quickstart
Ready to get started with Toolforge, right now? Follow these steps:
- Create a Wikimedia developer account
- Add an SSH public key
- Request access to a Toolforge project/account
- Create a new Tool
Toolforge documentation
Tool developer/maintainer documentation
- About Toolforge: What is Toolforge? What do you need to know to join the Toolforge community and start developing tools? Learn the basics of Toolforge!
- Toolforge Help: What is a Tool Account? How do you use it to build tools and make contributions to Wikimedia projects? Learn how to create and maintain tools with Tool Accounts and basic Toolforge workflows.
Toolforge admnistration documentation
Communication and support
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- 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
- Subscribe to the cloud-announce@ mailing list (all messages are also mirrored to the cloud@ list)
- Read the News wiki page
Use a subproject of the #Cloud-Services Phabricator project to track confirmed bug reports and feature requests about the Cloud Services infrastructure itself
Read the Cloud Services Blog (for the broader Wikimedia movement, see the Wikimedia Technical Blog)