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Ask YC: Version control hosting site for private projects?
Does anyone know of a good project hosting site? Has anyone used cvsdude, svnrepository etc? Do you have any good/bad experiences with any of the sites?
edit : Should have said something about requirements. I need subversion and something with >1gb storage and reasonable bandwidth. Trac is also required.
- brianr 19y agoAny reason you're using Subversion instead of a distributed system like mercurial or git?
- randomhack 19y agoPrimarily because I am used to subversion (the repo is already in subversion on my home machine). Secondly I am not sure whether I will find hosts for mercurial or git?
- brianr 19y agoIf subversion is already working ok then I guess there's no pressing reason to switch, but if you want to try something new, git (http://git.or.cz/course/svn.html http://git.or.cz/course/svn.html) seems pretty cool so far (been using it for about a week). You can put the repository anywhere you want (e.g. your home directory) so you should be able to run it on any host. The fastest/easiest/recommended way is to just run it locally.
- mooneater 19y agogit-svn makes it easy to migrate from svn to git, or to use git in conjunction with svn. This screencast was a great intro to git and git-svn (not free): http://peepcode.com/products/git http://peepcode.com/products/git
- hhm 19y agoDarcs is also a very interesting option. Have you tried it? I've been using it for one week after a few years using SVN and it seems like a very viable option.
- rglullis 19y agoI am using webfaction with excellent results. You can easily setup a SVN repo and a trac instance. I believe their basic plan starts for $7.50/mo. And if you want, you can install other apps.
- jkush 19y agoSign up at Assembla.com. It's free up to 500MB. Assembla also gives you Trac and a whole bunch of project management features. I'm using Assembla for a .NET project with Tortoise as the client GUI.
- randomhack 19y agolooks interesting.
- bkmrkr 19y agomost hosts now have svn support, I use dreamhost.com
- randomhack 19y agouhmm .. didnt know that ! thannks !
- champion 19y agomy short experience with SVN on dreamhost was that it was very slow and a bit flakey.
- endlessvoid94 19y agoit's slow if you are on a shared hosting package...otherwise it runs very well
- hbien 19y agoThe guy behind svnrepository.com is also behind railsplayground.com. The $5/mo plan at railsplayground gives you a web host AND a free svnrepository account (1GB storage, unlimited repositories, unlimited trac instances, https access, use your own domain..). That might be the best value.
- randomhack 19y agolooks like an excellent plan. any experience in terms of reliability?
- hbien 19y agoRock solid. I've always had access to my svn repository and it's always speedy using it. I've been using them for about 8 months now. For svnrepository, the control panel doesn't look that great, though =/. But you really won't use it that often, only once in a while to setup new repositories and trac instances (and users).
- randomhack 19y agoThanks for the info. One note of concern : I dont see their terms of service etc ?
- zviband 19y agoI've been using unfuddle. They rock.
- nmeyer 19y agoI love unfuddle. I find their UI to be so much cleaner than Trac, and the customer service is great. I usually get a response to any problems in under an hour.
- oxtopus 19y agoWe use cvsdude.com
- uuilly 19y agoI use it too. The web UI is kind of brutal but I don't have to go there much. It works, I'm happy with it.
- imperator 19y agoI use http://www.devjavu.com/ http://www.devjavu.com/ Subversion and Trac hosting.