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THE MACPORTS PROJECT OFFICIAL HOMEPAGE

The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an
easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line,
X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac operating system. To that end
we provide the command-line driven MacPorts software package under a 3-Clause
BSD License, and through it easy access to thousands of ports that greatly
simplify the task of compiling and installing open-source software on your Mac.

We provide a single software tree that attempts to track the latest release of
every software title (port) we distribute, without splitting them into “stable”
Vs. “unstable” branches, targeting mainly macOS Monterey v12 and later
(including macOS Sonoma v14 on both Intel and Apple Silicon). There are
thousands of ports in our tree, distributed among different categories, and more
are being added on a regular basis.


GETTING STARTED

For information on installing MacPorts please see the installation section of
this site and explore the myriad of download options we provide and our base
system requirements.

If you run into any problems installing and/or using MacPorts we also have many
options to help you, depending on how you wish to get get in touch with us.
Other important help resources are our online documentation, A.K.A The MacPorts
Guide, and our Trac Wiki server & bug tracker.

Latest MacPorts release: 2.9.3


GETTING INVOLVED: STUDENTS

A good way for students to get involved is through the Google Summer of Code.
GSoC is a program to encourage students' participation in Open Source
development and offers a stipend to work on the project with an organization for
three months. MacPorts has been participating in the program since 2007! We
shall participate next year as well. You may find past GSoC projects here.



We have a list of ideas with possible tasks for MacPorts and additional
information about the process at wiki/SummerOfCode. We are always open to new
ideas. Research on the idea, draft an initial proposal and get it reviewed.


GETTING INVOLVED

There are many ways you can get involved with MacPorts and peer users, system
administrators & developers alike. Browse over to the “Contact Us” section of
our site and:

 * Explore our mailing lists, either if it is for some general user support or
   to keep on top of the latest MacPorts developments and commits to our
   software repository.
 * Check out our Support & Development portal for some bug reporting and live
   tutorials through the integrated Wiki server.
 * Or simply come join us for a friendly IRC chat if you wish for more direct
   contact with the people behind it all.

If on the other hand you are interested in joining The MacPorts Project in any
way, then don't hesitate to contact the project's management team, “PortMgr”, to
explain your particular interest and present a formal application. We're always
looking for more helping hands that can extend and improve our ports tree and
documentation, or take MacPorts itself beyond its current limitations and into
new areas of the vast software packaging field. We're eager to hear from you!

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