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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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-== Toolforge quickstart ==
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-Ready to get started with Toolforge? Follow these steps:
-# [[Help:Create a Wikimedia developer account|Create a Wikimedia developer account]].
-# [[mw:Gerrit/Tutorial#Generate a new SSH key|Create an SSH key]] and [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-openstack|add it to your Wikitech account]].
-# Submit a [https://toolsadmin.wikimedia.org/tools/membership/apply Toolforge project membership request] and wait for its approval.
-#* Your request will be reviewed, and you will receive confirmation within a week. You will be notified through your Wikitech user account.
-# Once you are added as a Toolforge member, you must logout and then login again at https://toolsadmin.wikimedia.org/
-#* Doing this is required for your membership to take effect.
-# [[Help:Toolforge#Creating a new Tool account|Create a new tool]] or [[Help:Toolforge#Joining an existing Tool account|join an existing Tool account]]
-# [[Help:Access#Accessing Toolforge instances|Access]] the Toolforge project and [[Help:Toolforge#Updating files|manage your files]].<section end=quickstart />
-== 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!
-* [[Help: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 follow basic Toolforge workflows to create and maintain tools using Tool Accounts.
-=== Toolforge administration documentation ===
-Documentation for administrators of the Toolforge service itself can be found at [[Portal:Toolforge/Admin]].
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