Source Control

Source Control Clients
About Mercurial
About Team Foundation Server
Source Control User Guides
Downloading Source Control
Trouble with Downloading

Source Control Clients

You can view or download the source code for any project directly from the website without needing to be registered or logged in. Just go to the Source Code tab for the project and click on the "Download" or "Browse" link. Any updates made in source control by the project developers will automatically be publicly available to browse or download under that project's Source Code tab on the CodePlex web site.

Projects using Mercurial

Projects using Team Foundation Server / Subversion
If you are not a developer on a project then you need to use a Subversion client to anonymously access the source control repository:
If you are a developer or coordinator on a project than the following clients are available for free and can be used with CodePlex:

Source Control User Guides

Here are some user guides:

Downloading Source Control

To download source code:
  1. From the project’s Home page, click the Source Code tab.
  2. Select the source code you want to download
  3. Click Download next to the Change Set title.
  4. Click I agree at the bottom of the license agreement to begin downloading the source code file.

Trouble with Downloading

If you are using a download manager or download accelerator, try disabling the manager or accelerator. Then try your download again. If the problem persists please contact us using the contact us form.