This web site (called Savannah) is a central point for development, distribution and maintenance of Free Software that runs on free operating systems.

If you would like to use these facilities to host your project, then go to the Register new project menu entry that is displayed after login.

If you would like to make your project part of the GNU project, then write to gnu@gnu.org. An attempt to register a project that is not part of the GNU project will also give you the opportunity to apply. Before doing this, you should read the GNU Code Standards to find out if your software complies with them and talk to your fellow developers about it. The GNU Software Evaluation Team page will also help you understand the philosophical and technical aspects of the GNU project.

While there are a few separate documents explaining the usage of the site, most of the documentation is included in the pages themselves (the place where you are most likely to need it).

We provide two mailing-lists that you may want to subscribe to:

• savannah-announce: low-volume notifications of important issues and changes at Savannah
• savannah-users: discussion of savannah-announce and any user-oriented topic

The software used to run Savannah is being developed by the Savane project. The Levitating, Meditating, Flute-playing Gnu logo is a GNU GPL'ed image provided by the Nevrax Design Team.