As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 10, 2002
                                                 Registration No. 333-__________
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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                              EVOLVE SOFTWARE, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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            DELAWARE                                         94-3219745
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF                           (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
 INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)                         IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)

                             1400 65TH STREET, SUITE 100
                                 EMERYVILLE, CA 94608


          (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

                      AMENDED AND RESTATED 2000 STOCK PLAN
            AMENDED AND RESTATED 2002 NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN
             AMENDED AND RESTATED 2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                       STAND ALONE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLANS)

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                                  LINDA ZECHER
                      PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                              EVOLVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                          1400 65TH STREET, SUITE 100
                              EMERYVILLE, CA 94608
                                 (510) 428-6000

(NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

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                                    Copy to:

                            KATHARINE A. MARTIN, ESQ.
                        WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
                            PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
                               650 PAGE MILL ROAD
                              PALO ALTO, CA 94304
                                 (650) 493-9300

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                                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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                                                             PROPOSED           PROPOSED
                                               AMOUNT        MAXIMUM             MAXIMUM
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES TO           TO BE      OFFERING PRICE        AGGREGATE           AMOUNT OF
           BE REGISTERED                     REGISTERED   PER SHARE (1)    OFFERING PRICE (1)   REGISTRATION FEE
-------------------------------------------  ----------  ----------------  -------------------  -----------------
                                                                                    
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share,
  issuable under the Amended and Restated
  2000 Stock Plan                            11,461,871  $       0.44 (2)  $     5,043,223 (2)  $             464
-------------------------------------------  ----------  ----------------  -------------------  -----------------
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share,
  issuable under the Amended and Restated
  2000 Stock Plan                             9,538,129  $      0.115 (3)  $      1,096,885(3)  $             101
-------------------------------------------  ----------  ----------------  -------------------  -----------------
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share,
  issuable under the Amended and Restated
  2002 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan         3,500,000  $       0.24 (2)  $       840,000 (2)  $              77
-------------------------------------------  ----------  ----------------  -------------------  -----------------
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share,
  issuable under the Amended and Restated
  2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan             429,089  $      0.115 (3)  $        49,345 (3)  $               5
-------------------------------------------  ----------  ----------------  -------------------  -----------------
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share,
  issuable under a Stand Alone Stock Option
  Agreement                                   4,000,000  $       0.25 (2)  $     1,000,000 (2)  $              92
-------------------------------------------  ----------  ----------------  -------------------  -----------------
Total                                        28,929,089           ---      $        8,029,453   $             739
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(1)  Computed  in  accordance with Rules 457(h) and (c) under the Securities Act
     of  1933,  as  amended  (the  "Securities  Act"), solely for the purpose of
     calculating  the  registration  fee.
(2)  Based  on  the  weighted average exercise price per share of options issued
     under  such  plan  or  agreement.
(3)  Based  on the average of the high and low sales prices for the common stock
     of Evolve Software, Inc. (the "Registrant") on October 9, 2002, as reported
     on  the  Nasdaq  SmallCap  Market.



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                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM  3.     INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE.
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     The  following  documents  filed  by the Registrant with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission  (the  "Commission")  are incorporated herein by reference:

     (a)  The  Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
          June  30,  2002  filed  with  the  Commission  on  September 30, 2002.

     (b)  The description of the Common Stock of the Registrant contained in the
          Registration  Statement  on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on July
          26,  2000 and any amendment or report filed thereafter for the purpose
          of  updating  such  description.

     All  documents  subsequently  filed  by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c),  14,  and  15(d)  of  the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange  Act"),  prior  to  the  filing  of  a  post-effective amendment which
indicates  that  all  securities  offered  have  been  sold  or  deregisters all
securities  then  remaining  unsold,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  incorporated by
reference  in  this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of  filing  of  such  documents.

ITEM  4.     DESCRIPTION  OF  SECURITIES.
             ---------------------------

     Not  applicable.

ITEM  5.     INTERESTS  OF  NAMED  EXPERTS  AND  COUNSEL.
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     Not  applicable.

ITEM  6.     INDEMNIFICATION  OF  DIRECTORS  AND  OFFICERS.
             ---------------------------------------------

     Section  145(a)  of  the  Delaware  General  Corporation  Law  provides, in
general, that a corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was
or  is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative  (other  than  an  action  by or in the right of the corporation),
because  the  person  is  or  was a director or officer of the corporation. Such
indemnity  may be against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection  with  such  action,  suit or proceeding, if the person acted in good
faith  and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the  best  interests  of  the  corporation  and if, with respect to any criminal
action  or  proceeding,  the person did not have reasonable cause to believe the
person's  conduct  was  unlawful.

     Section  145(b)  of  the  Delaware  General  Corporation  Law  provides, in
general, that a corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was
or  is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed  action  or  suit  by  or in the right of the corporation to procure a
judgment  in its favor because the person is or was a director or officer of the
corporation,  against  any  expenses  (including  attorneys'  fees) actually and
reasonably  incurred  by the person in connection with the defense or settlement
of  such  action  or  suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the
person  reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation.

     Section  145(g)  of  the  Delaware  General  Corporation  Law  provides, in
general,  that  a  corporation  shall  have  the  power to purchase and maintain
insurance  on  behalf  of  any person who is or was a director or officer of the
corporation  against  any  liability  asserted  against  the  person in any such
capacity,  or  arising  out  of  the person's status as such, whether or not the
corporation  would have the power to indemnify the person against such liability
under  the  provisions  of  the  law.


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     Article  9  of  the  Registrant's  Amended  and  Restated  Certificate  of
Incorporation  provides  for  the  indemnification  of  directors to the fullest
extent  permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law. Article 6 of the
Registrant's  Amended  and  Restated  Bylaws provides for the indemnification of
officers, directors and third parties acting on behalf of the registrant if such
person  acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in and not
opposed  to  the  best  interest  of  the  registrant,  and, with respect to any
criminal  action  or  proceeding, the indemnified party had no reason to believe
his or her conduct was unlawful. The Registrant has entered into indemnification
agreements  with  its  directors, in addition to indemnification provided for in
the  registrant's  Amended  and  Restated  Bylaws,  and  intends  to  enter into
indemnification  agreements  with  any  new  directors  in  the  future.

ITEM  7.     EXEMPTION  FROM  REGISTRATION  CLAIMED.
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     Not  applicable.



ITEM  8.     EXHIBITS.
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EXHIBIT NUMBER                       EXHIBIT DOCUMENT
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   10.1 (1)      Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Plan
   10.2 (2)      Amended and Restated 2002 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan
   10.3 (3)      Amended and Restated 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
   10.4          Stand Alone Stock Option Agreement for Linda Zecher
    5.1          Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
                 Corporation
   23.1          Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants
   23.2          Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
                 Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
   24.1          Power of Attorney (included on the signature page)


(1)  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant's Annual Report
     on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on September 30, 2002.
(2)  Incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  10.28  to the Registrant's Annual
     Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on September 30, 2002.
(3)  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant's Annual Report
     on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on September 30, 2002.




ITEM  9.     UNDERTAKINGS.
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     (a)     The  undersigned  Registrant  hereby  undertakes:

          (i)     To file,  during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

               (1)     To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act;


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               (2)     To  reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after  the  effective  date  of  the  registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective  amendment  thereof)  which,  individually  or  in the aggregate,
represent  a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement;

               (3)     To  include  any material information with respect to the
plan  of  distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
any  material  change  to  such  information  in  the  registration  statement;

provided,  however,  that  paragraphs  (a)(i)(1)  and  (a)(i)(2) do not apply if
the information  required  to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs  is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section  13  or  Section  15(d)  of  the  Exchange  Act that are incorporated by
reference  in  this  registration  statement.

          (ii)     That,  for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities  Act,  each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration  statement  relating  to  the  securities  offered therein, and the
offering  of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide  offering  thereof.

          (iii)     To  remove  from  registration  by means of a post-effective
amendment  any  of  the  securities  being registered which remain unsold at the
termination  of  the  offering.

     (b)     The  undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining  any  liability  under  the  Securities  Act,  each  filing  of  the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant  to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange  Act  (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual  report  pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the  Exchange  Act)  that  is
incorporated  by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new  registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering  of  such securities at that time shall be deemed to be an initial bona
fide  offering  thereof.

     (c)     Insofar  as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under  the
Securities  Act  of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the
Registrant  has  been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission  such  indemnification  is  against public policy as expressed in the
Securities  Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
Registrant  of  expenses  incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person  of  the  Registrant  in  the  successful  defense of any action, suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted  by  such  director,  officer or controlling person in
connection  with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to  a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether such
indemnification  by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be  governed  by  the  final  adjudication  of  such  issue.


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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies  that  it  has  reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-8  and  has duly caused this registration
statement  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the  undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized  in  the City of Emeryville, State of California on October 9, 2002.

                                        EVOLVE  SOFTWARE,  INC.

                                        By:  /s/  Linda  Zecher
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                                           Linda  Zecher
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW  ALL  PERSONS  BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that  each person whose signature
appears  below  constitutes  and  appoints  Linda  Zecher  and Arthur T. Taylor,
jointly  and  severally,  his  or  her attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution,  for  him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments
to  this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto  and  other  documents  in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission,  hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact,  or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by  virtue  hereof.

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities  and  on  the  date  indicated.

     SIGNATURE                       TITLE                            DATE
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/s/ Linda  Zecher      President and Chief Executive Officer,    October 9, 2002
---------------------  Director (principal executive officer)
Linda Zecher

/s/ Arthur T. Taylor   Chief Financial Officer and Vice
---------------------  President, Finance (principal financial   October 9, 2002
Arthur T. Taylor       and accounting officer)

/s/ Gayle Crowell      Chair of the Board of Directors           October 9, 2002
---------------------
Gayle Crowell

/s/ Cary Davis          Director                                 October 9, 2002
---------------------
Cary Davis

/s/ Jeffrey M. Drazan  Director                                  October 9, 2002
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Jeffrey M. Drazan

/s/ Nancy Martin       Director                                  October 3, 2002
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Nancy Martin

/s/ John R. Oltman     Director                                  October 9, 2002
---------------------
John R. Oltman

/s/ Paul Rochester     Director                                  October 4, 2002
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Paul Rochester


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                                 INDEX TO EXHIBITS


EXHIBIT NUMBER                     EXHIBIT DOCUMENT
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   10.1 (1)      Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Plan
   10.2 (2)      Amended and Restated 2002 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan
   10.3 (3)      Amended and Restated 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
   10.4          Stand Alone Stock Option Agreement for Linda Zecher
    5.1          Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
                 Corporation
   23.1          Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants
   23.2          Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
                 Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
   24.1          Power of Attorney (included on the signature page)


(1)  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant's Annual Report
     on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on September 30, 2002.
(2)  Incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  10.28  to the Registrant's Annual
     Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on September 30, 2002.
(3)  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant's Annual Report
     on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on September 30, 2002.