Santa Monica, California, May 16, 2005 — Koders™, Inc., creators of sophisticated tools that enable organic code reuse and improve developer productivity, today announced the availability of Koders.com, a powerful new search tool for identifying and accessing open source code on the Internet. The first free search engine of its kind, Koders.com provides developers with an easy-to-use interface to find existing solutions to complex software development problems and discover new OSS (Open Source Software) projects. Developers can learn by example reviewing code written by the world’s best developers, working on the most successful projects.
Koders.com helps developers navigate the rich but fragmented open source landscape by indexing thousands of open source software projects and more than 190 million lines of code at leading universities, consortiums and organizations including Apache, Mozilla, Novell Forge, SourceForge, and others. Users can search by keyword, language, and license, or perform advanced queries using enhanced syntax. Search results are displayed in a developer-friendly format that makes it easy to understand the code in its original, working context.
Quantifying the benefits of using open source projects within enterprise environments in terms of cost savings and productivity gains has long been a challenge for developers and IT managers. Koders.com features a unique Project Cost Calculator that estimates the cost to develop each open source project, enabling developers and managers to better assess build-versus-buy alternatives when considering the use of open source projects in their larger development efforts. The Project Cost Calculator also provides developers with a quantifiable perspective of their contributions to the open source community.
“The ever-increasing adoption of OSS is a clear indicator that enterprises are more and more concerned with effectively implementing code reuse programs. For enterprises that are deploying critical initiatives such as SOA (Service Oriented Architecture), or Web Services, effective code reuse is a fundamental capability and best practice. Koders technology helps IT develop and apply that expertise,” stated Jorn Teutloff, Co-Founder and Acting Vice President of Koders. “By mining existing source code and repurposing such code for their own projects, developers and IT managers will realize immediate productivity gains and the ability to bring applications to market faster, with fewer errors, and at reduced development cost.”
Koders.com is the first offering introduced by Koders designed to dramatically improve developer productivity. Beta testing is currently underway for an enterprise-level solution that will enable organizations to gain a comprehensive view of their source code asset base and convert it into real value. For additional information on Koders.com and to take part in the beta testing program, visit www.koders.com.
