Create a directory that contains exactly all the files to upload. For example: eclipsePlugin-1.3.6.20081104-source.zip findbugs-1.3.6-rc3-source.zip findbugs-1.3.6-rc3.zip edu.umd.cs.findbugs.plugin.eclipse_1.3.6.20081104.zip findbugs-1.3.6-rc3.tar.gz cd to that directory sftp username,findbugs@frs.sourceforge.net sftp> cd /home/frs/project/f/fi/findbugs/findbugs/RELEASE sftp> mput findbugs-* sftp> cd "../../findbugs eclipse plugin/RELEASE fstp> mput edu.* eclipsePlugin* fstp> quit Add releases via: https://sourceforge.net/project/admin/editpackages.php?group_id=96405 release daily/candidate/final eclipse plugins From findbugs directory, do: rsync -avz web/ username,findbugs@web.sourceforge.net:htdocs/ For a full release, make a branch in the svn repository: svn copy "https://findbugs.googlecode.com/svn/trunk" "https://findbugs.googlecode.com/svn/branches/1.X.X" For a release candidate, send email to findbugs-discuss and findbugs-core. For a full release, send email to findbugs-announce.