#52 in Build & DeploymentUpdated 2026-08

Google Code Archive

by Google Code Hosting · Read-only archive of projects from Google Code Project Hosting

5.1 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Google Code Archive stores the data from the Google Code Project Hosting service, which was turned down in early 2016. It holds over 1.4 million projects, 1.5 million downloads and 12.6 million issues, served from Google Cloud Storage. The site provides project browsing and search, and also covers projects Google Code hosted on the Eclipselabs and Apache Extras domains.

Best for: Anyone retrieving source, downloads or issues from projects hosted on Google Code before 2016.
Pricing: The captured text shows no pricing information of any kind.
Runs on: Android

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Archive of over 1.4 million former Google Code projects
Includes 1.5 million downloads and 12.6 million issues
Data is served from Google Cloud Storage
Covers Eclipselabs and Apache Extras as well as code.google.com

Trade-offs

Read-only archive; the hosting service was turned down in early 2016
No project hosting, source control or issue tracking is offered
Captured text shows no accounts, uploads or ongoing maintenance

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
Documentation: 0 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 18 out of 100
Changelog: 0 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 15 out of 100
Operational trust: 0 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 60 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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