OTW-Archive

The OTW-Archive software is an open-source web application intended for hosting archives of fanworks, including fanfic, fanart, and fan vids.

Its development is sponsored and managed by the Organization for Transformative Works, a nonprofit organization by and for fans.

Release Status

Development of the OTW-Archive software is an ongoing labor of love. You can see it in action on the Archive of Our Own, aka AO3, a multifandom archive also run by the OTW.

You can find more information about the history and future of the AO3 project on the OTW website.

If you wish to use this software, SquidgeWorld has generously provided setup notes.

How to Contribute

We welcome pull requests for bugs described in our issue tracker. Please see our Contributing Guidelines for further information!

• Bug Tracker
• Developer Documentation
• Commit Policy

Code review is another great way to contribute! Whether it's a thorough review or a quick note about a typo, everyone is welcome to leave polite review comments on open pull requests. Reviewers receive credit in our public release notes. (If you're not a contributor, please make sure your comment includes the name we should credit. Otherwise, we'll use your GitHub username.)

We do not have a public chat, but you are welcome to contact us at otw-coders@transformativeworks.org if you have any questions.

We grant your Jira account permissions for commenting on, assigning, and transitioning issues after you create your first pull request.

API

There is currently no API for the OTW-Archive software. While it is something we're considering for the future, we ask that contributors instead focus on issues already in our Jira issue tracker.

License and Acknowledgments

The Archive code is licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later by the Organization for Transformative Works.

We benefit from software and services that are free to use for Open Source projects, including:

• RubyMine IDE by JetBrains
• Hound by thoughtbot
• BrowserStack
• Sentry
• Full list of acknowledgments

Thank you kindly!