VersionTracker
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Type of site
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software update tracker |
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| Owner | CNET |
| Website | versiontracker.com |
| Alexa rank |
 270,301 (April 2014[update]) |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Current status | Integrated with Download.com |
VersionTracker was a website that tracked software releases. It began as a Mac OS software tracker, eventually expanding into Mac OS X, iPhone, Microsoft Windows and Palm OS software.
VersionTracker did not host the majority of the software listed - it merely linked to them.
Browsing and searching the database was free. Paid users had access to a streamlined download process and the VersionTracker Pro software application. VersionTracker Pro tracked software versions on the user's computer and compared those versions to VersionTracker's database.
It competed against driver/program update sniffers DriverAgent.com, RadarSync, PC Pitstop, UpdateStar, driverguide.com, drivershq.com, SUMo, and to some degree with Download.com, Softpedia, Tucows, and other file download sites, as well as Info-Mac and MacUpdate for Macintosh software updates.
GnomeFiles and Freshmeat are similar sites that cater to the open source and Linux communities. Although most software for these platforms is automatically kept up to date by a package management system these sites can be used to find software not included in the standard repositories.
VersionTracker was created by Kurt Christenson, a Sacramento, CA native in 1995. It started as an Apple-only site but eventually expanded to include software related to the Microsoft Windows and Palm Pilot platforms.
Upon the advent of Mac OS X, the Macintosh section was split into Classic Mac OS and a section devoted to software for the new operating system. As releases of software for the older Mac OS dried up, its section was discontinued.
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