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Ask HN: Free (or almost free) hosted version control?

3 points by Sujan 18y ago

My current web based version control (in this case SVN) service just announced they are going to stop support free and public plans (what is a totally valid business decision), but the way I used it the charges will be too high for all these small projects I like in a hosted repository but can't make public. So do you know any free or almost free hosted version control? I added the four I already know, please feel free to comment on them as I only have experience with Assembla and clearly need a new one.

Sujan 18y ago
Assembla.com - 200MB, SVN, unlimited users (but: free only for public projects)
- thorax 18y ago
  The poster likely already uses Assembla. They're the ones who announced the change.
  - Sujan 18y ago
    Yeah, I do - but wanted to list it to make sure all of them are here and can be commented or voted on.
Sujan 18y ago
Unfuddle.com - 200MB, 1 project, unlimited SVN, 2 people
Sujan 18y ago
beanstalkapp.com - 20 MB, 1 SVN, 3 users
Sujan 18y ago
springloops.com - 25MB, SVN, unlimited users
maxklein 18y ago
Subversion can be hosted on any webhost like webfaction or dreamhost. You need a website anyways, you may as well drop your code in there.
- Sujan 18y ago
  Yes, self hosted of course could be an option, too. But I don't want to manage it myself, building integreation to whatever ticket system and so on. (I'm a happy paying customer of Assembla for my commercial projects, so it's not about that I'm a "FREEEEE!!!!!eleven" person - but for small projects it's just too expensive, it adds up quite fast.)
donniefitz2 18y ago
Assembla is awesome.
- thorax 18y ago
  Was. http://blog.assembla.com/assemblablog/tabid/12618/bid/6986/Release-2-0-restricting-free-plans-giving-back-with-features-and-price-reductions.aspx http://blog.assembla.com/assemblablog/tabid/12618/bid/6986/R... Okay, it still is great in terms of features, and maybe for open source/public projects. But their flakiness in the past week and their management's communication issues put them to the "was" category for us.
ericwaller 18y ago
Sounds like you need a lot of repositories but not much disk space. I have no experience with them, but some googling brings up http://svnrepository.com/ http://svnrepository.com/. They've got a plan with unlimited repositories (2 gb disk space) for $7/month.
- hbien 18y ago
  I think this service is by the same guy as RailsPlayground. A RailsPlayground account is $5/mo for a regular shared hosting, plus you get a free svnrepository account (1GB, unlimited repositories, Trac, etc..). http://railsplayground.com/sub_trac.html http://railsplayground.com/sub_trac.html
Sujan 18y ago
devjavu.com - 1GB, SVN+Trac, 3 commiters, unlimited users