After years of using CVS, PVCS and even VSS, I’ve been using Subversion for several projects over the last year. For small software companies, Subversion hosting can be an issue. Self-hosting requires a server exposed to the web, which many Micro-ISVs don’t want to bother with.
There are a number of paid hosts, I’ve heard good things about CvsDude and ValiantHost, but I’m cheap enough to look for an alternative to paying $15/month.
For free Subversion hosting, I use OpenSVN and they have been great. I’ve had a repository there for 18 months and several hundred revisions. A clean checkout is 650 mb, and my repository is over a gig. You can dump your repository and download it if you decide to transfer to a different host. Latency can be a bit high, and since the Log Viewer is chatty that can be an issue when reviewing all the changes in a commit.
I already had a DreamHost account, so when they added Subversion hosting, I tried it out. The latency is better than OpenSVN and they provide shell access so you have full control. Moving the repository was trivial.
Patrick Veverka | 19-Mar-07 at 12:32 pm | Permalink
I’ve long been a fan of DevjaVu.com and their free Subversion/Trac hosting. You should check it out.
Ted_Graham | 19-Mar-07 at 12:36 pm | Permalink
Thanks for the suggestion. I hadn’t heard of them, but your comment comes at an appropriate time. Our trac project at dreamhost runs so slowly as to be almost unusable, so I’ve requested a DevjaVu invite. I find their url hard to type, Devja doesn’t roll off the fingertips.
-Ted
Floyd Price | 27-Sep-07 at 4:17 am | Permalink
Try Code Spaces for Secure Subversion Hosting, with Issue Tracking, Project Management, etc…
Code Spaces have Free plans and have really fast servers in serveral data centers
Paul | 20-Dec-07 at 12:15 am | Permalink
I recommend CVSDude to everyone…. I have been using them for around1.5 years and there service has been great and reliable and worth!!!
With their technical support and fast servers i recommend CVSdude
Scott McNab | 10-Apr-08 at 11:27 pm | Permalink
You might also like to take a look at Project Hut.
They offer a range of integrated Svn, Trac, and WebDav (online disk space) accounts with your own private SSL subdomain and the ability to download a daily archive of all your data for free.
All accounts include unlimited groups and users and all data is backed up hourly off-site. Plans are pretty cheap and can easily be upgraded as your repositories grow.
Roopinder | 19-May-08 at 10:07 pm | Permalink
Do give http://xp-dev.com/ a try. It’s free and you do get a lot of space.