If you are interested in or a member of a project on Kenai, you can open the project directly from the IDE. When you open a project, a node representing the project is displayed under Open Projects in the Kenai Dashboard. From the project node you can view project issues, members and download the project sources.
To open a Kenai project:
Alternatively, you can click the Open Kenai Project icon ( ) in the Kenai dashboard.
To download project sources:
Alternatively, choose Team > Kenai > Get Sources from Kenai.
After checkout is complete, you can choose File > Open Project to open the project (if it is a NetBeans project) or work with the files in the Favorites window.
Projects on Kenai are usually open source. In most cases, you do not need to login to Kenai or be a member of a project to open the project or get the sources. In some cases, however, the project administrator might modify the default project permissions to limit access.