Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for managing source code. The system comprises an administrative module including a build services module configured to perform a build action on a source code file and a library module functionally coupled to the administration module and configured to support library services operations on the source code file. The method comprises the steps of managing a source code file with a document management based library module configured to perform a file action on a folder, and managing a source code project, associated with the source code file, with an administrative module.