April 29th, 2009
3 FREE SVN hosting services for your project
So finally you have realized the need for Version Control System. SVN is one of the best Version Control Systems available right now. You want to version control your project but lack the moolah, then the following post will help you choose a free SVN host. There are many available, just one search with “Free SVN Hosting” in google will yield a lot of results. But how would you know which one to choose ? There are a lot of hosts each with unique features, but every one has thier own taste. So here is a compilation of the 3 best free SVN host according to me.
Unfuddle
Very easy to get started with an account. Offers 200MB for the free account and limits the number of projects to just 1. Its prime features are
- 200 MB free space
- 1 Project, and multiple repositories.
- Offers both SVN and GIT version control System.
- Very friendly Dashboard
- Allows Callback to a particular url whenever a commit is performed on the repository.
- URL : http://www.unfuddle.com
Springloops
Another service which offers affordable hosting. It offers a free hosting as well. Although this service offers 100MB compared to unfuddle, it has something unique. The highlight here is you can deploy the script directly to your production server. There is no need to login via FTP to upload your updated script, you can directly deploy any revision (i.e the latest revision or you can specify revision number)
- 100MB free space
- Offers only SVN hosting
- Automatic Deployment of Script on commit. (uses FTP or SFTP)
- It also has integration with Base camp (leading project management and collab system)
- URL : http://www.springloops.com
ProjectLocker
Another Service which has a good host of features for free. It supports a variety of version control systems like SVN, Git and also has TRAC support.
- Offers 300MB
- Unlimited Users
- Unlimited Projects
- Unlimited Repositories
- Offers Trac – Bug Reporting, Project Management, Wiki
- URL : http://www.projectlocker.com/
Verdict
I personally like springloops.com only because it offers automatic Deployment of script. Once you commit your changes, you can directly deploy your changes by heading over to springloops.com, no hassle of uploading to ftp and crosschecking which version has been uploaded.
Unfuddle is very powerful as well, it offers both SVN hosting and GIT hosting for a single account, though it lacks automatic script deployment.
March 6, 2010 at 8:13 pm
thanks. I think this information is very useful
February 16, 2010 at 3:44 am
I second that vote for assembla. i currently have svn set up in-house, but I used them for almost a year on a former project. they had all of 10 mins of unscheduled downtime for my whole project.
February 4, 2010 at 3:41 am
Thank you for sharing nice information.
January 27, 2010 at 9:56 pm
have you checkout http://www.assembla.com ? Looks like a lot of tools + git, svn and mercurial repositories.
January 16, 2010 at 3:48 am
nice information thanks.
June 12, 2009 at 12:11 am
hahaha..now a day,
5GB + PHP Server support
however thanks on this sharing
June 12, 2009 at 12:55 am
Well, I have found these to be really cool (personal opinion).
BTW I would really appreciate if you gimme some insight on “5GB + PHP support” ?
do you mean the svn host offers 5GB ? and PHP support ??
May 30, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Thanks you very much. It’s very useful