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Source Control and Project Hosting Services Thread

Started by dave Oct 18, 2008 at 11:14 AM 20 replies 13.7k views
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dave
dave
There have been a good few threads recently asking about decent source control providers. I have searched for these threads and compiled the recommendations of the replies into this single thread. I have tried to provide a short description for the services i have used myself, but if you have any good or bad comments about any of the tools and services then please reply and we'll accumalate a more formal review of each of the items listed below.

Tools

 * Tortoise SVN - Easy to setup and use (and probably the most popular) indie developement source control system. All functionality is available through the right-click explorer popup menu. For Win2k SP4, WinXP, Vista or later. Requires IE6 or later abd Windows Installer version 3.1 or later. * Tortoise CVS * Perforce - Source control solution that scales well to extremely large projects. There is a 2 user free version available. Available on Windows, Unix and Mac OS. * Rapid SVN - GUI client tool for accessing remote SVN repositories. Works on Linux, Windows, Mac OS/X and Solaris. * Visual SVN - Plugin for Visual Studio 2005 & 2008. Mirrors all Tortoise SVN functionality, bringing it into an addition Visual Studio menu and integrated within the Solution Explorer. Free trial available. * AnkhSVN - Similar in principle to VisualSVN. * GIT * Bazaar VCS - Thanks spoonbender for this one, and i quote "It supports Windows, *nix and OSX, it's written in Python, and designed to be extensible with a nice plugin architecture and all that jazz.".

Services

 * Unfuddle - Free and subscription source control and project hosting solutions. Recommend beginning with their smallest package which allows two uses to use most of their services for free. If you want to expand beyond 2 users you can pay a small price. * Sourceforge - Free open source SVN/CVS and project hosting. Your project will not be confidential if you choose this solution, it will be publically available due to the requirement of having to choose an open source licence. * Google Code - Free open source SVN project hosting. * OpenSVN * Assembla - Note from their website - "We will no longer offer free, private spaces. If you own a free, private space, we will send you an upgrade message later this week asking you to buy a "Private / Professional" subscription, or convert the space to public permissions". * GitHub * Dream Host I have only used a few tools and services, so anyone who has used anything different, or has an opinion or advice about any of the above, please say and i'll update the OP. Thanks, [Edited by - Dave on February 7, 2009 5:05:22 AM]
pinacolada
pinacolada
How about Git and github.com ? Both the tool and the service are really well qualified for distributed development.
dave
dave
Ok i will add these shortly.
_Sigma
_Sigma
Very nice work!

Only recommendation would be to add OS requirements to each entry.

dave
dave
I have added information on what platforms each tool is available for.
Spoonbender
Spoonbender
Here's another, which I've been playing with for a couple of months now, and overall, am really happy with:
Bazaar: Distributed version control, similar to GIT, except Windows support isn't just an afterthought (I don't know if the situation has improved with Git, but at least it used to have a pretty strong focus on Linux). It supports Windows, *nix and OSX, it's written in Python, and designed to be extensible with a nice plugin architecture and all that jazz.

Also, unlike, say, SVN, it doesn't require any special server-side software for creating a remote repository. Just a plain FTP server is all you need.

They also have Launchpad for hosting your bzr repositories for free. (I don't think it's possible to host closed-source projects there though, but again, since BZR works with just a FTP server, you may not need a separate hosting service at all)

There's a Tortoise Bzr client in development, but so far, it's a bit rough around the edges, and I've found it easier to just use the command line directly.

Also, nice work. Your list looks like it could be useful to a lot of people. :)

Btw, I just looked at Assembla, and found this news snippet on their front page, dated yesterday:
Quote:
We will no longer offer free, private spaces. If you own a free, private space, we will send you an upgrade message later this week asking you to buy a "Private / Professional" subscription, or convert the space to public permissions


So much for the free, non-open source offer... Sounded good though.
TheUnbeliever
TheUnbeliever
Quote:
Original post by Telastyn
I was recommended Assembla a little while back and am completely thrilled with it. The key feature is the lack of an open source license requirement (ala sourceforge or google code)


+ 1
[TheUnbeliever]
sirlemonhead
sirlemonhead
Assembla looks like what I was looking for..thanks for the thread and thanks for the suggestion :)
benryves
benryves
@Dave: How about putting up a page on the wiki?
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_the_phantom_
_the_phantom_
I use CVSDude who, despite the name, do SVN hosting.

While it doesn't say so on the front page there is a free option, but it's only like 2meg of space and one repo.

(I went for 'team' for the unlimited repos as I like to have one per-project.)
gpalin
gpalin
Quote:
Original post by Telastyn
I was recommended Assembla a little while back and am completely thrilled with it. The key feature is the lack of an open source license requirement (ala sourceforge or google code)


Agreed. There's a fairly good feature set, and the pricing is reasonable. I may want to move my other projects over...

Currently keeping most of my projects in SVN on my Dreamhost account. Their account control panel has a page that makes creating repositories, super easy.
Grant Palin
jpetrie
jpetrie
This is useful, so I will sticky it.
dave
dave
Thanks JPetrie.

Opinions on whether it is worth me mirroring this onto the wiki, as per Bens suggestion?
jpetrie
jpetrie
Yes, it's definitely a good idea. Stickies get crufty after a while...
Telastyn
Telastyn
Quote:
We will no longer offer free, private spaces. If you own a free, private space, we will send you an upgrade message later this week asking you to buy a "Private / Professional" subscription, or convert the space to public permissions


I didn't know about this. When I went to my site and did their 'choose a migration path' link, it said I didn't need to migrate anything. So it seems that simply having 'public viewable only' permissions is sufficient to keep the free subscription.

I don't host my source there, so I'm not sure if that's suitable for some, but it's useful to me to have someplace to host releases, post wiki docs, and allow user bug submissions.

Otherwise it's like $2/month. Still very very cheap.
jpetrie
jpetrie
From another user:
Quote:

Xp-dev.com.

Project Planning & Tracking

* Full multiuser project management
* Unlimited users
* Unlimited projects
* Project tracking and planning using stories & tasks
* Bug/Feature Tracking
* Wiki Pages (Private & Public)
* Time tracking
* Control permissions (read/write) for each user on each project
* Cross project iteration planning

Subversion Hosting

* 1500 MB FREE Subversion reposity space to each user
* Unlimited number of repositories
* Unlimited number of repository users
* Export your XP-Dev.com Subversion repository at anytime
* Import your existing Subversion repository from another provider with a few clicks
* Open & Closed source code projects allowed
* Control access permissions (read/write) for each user to each repository
* Post commit emails to keep track of checkins
* Revision property changes
Billr17
Billr17
I did not see Microsoft's CodePlex listed in this thread yet. Microsoft has been constantly upgrading and improving the free service since its launch. CodePlex supports MS Team Explorer, Teamprise, and Tortise SVN to name a few. It also has some nice features for bug tracking.

CodePlex Homepage
CodePlex FAQ

I previously forgot to mention that CodePlex now allows sponsered ads to be placed on project pages. Maybe you'll make a buck or two off that slick open source code you upload! :-)

CodePlex Advertisements
mfernandez
mfernandez
Hello there, I can recommend Origo @ http://www.origo.ethz.ch/ as well. It's a nice substitute for Assembla now that they turned to the "dark side", lol

Hope it helps!

Matt.

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