Develop

Source code

OrbisGIS is a free and open-source GIS software, released under the GPL v3 licence. You can access to the source code on the dedicated GitHub repository.

Developers are cordially invited to contribute to OrbisGIS, posting:

• Issues: detect a bug, ask for enhancement ? Create an issue on GitHub,
• Pull Request (PR): want to contribute ? Please submit your PR and we will analyze it carefully.

Tools for developers

The following two “Continuous Integration” tools are used to build, control and deploy OrbisGIS source code:

• Jenkins server
• Travis

Releases & Snapshot

• Releases and pre-releases versions can be found HERE

• Daily snapshot release (for test purpose) is provided via:

  • a .zip file (works on Linux, Windows and macOS),
  • a .deb file (for amd64 architecture / also available for i386 ),
  • the Ubuntu PPA repository.

Wiki documentation

Below are some useful links for developers, that are mainly provided on the wiki page of the OrbisGIS GitHub repository.

• How to build OrbisGIS ?
• Debugging OrbisGIS with maven
• OrbisGIS and Nexus
• Release on Maven Central
• OrbisGIS internals

• OrbisGIS plugin system

  • Create your plugin
  • Resolve your plugin’s dependencies

Additional informations

• Made by a team from CNRS
• Registered date : 22/12/2007
• Langage of development : 100% Java
• Licence : GPL v3
• Supported OS : Linux, Windows and Mac OS
• Installation requirement : at least Java 7