A comparison of Subversion clients includes various aspects of computer software implementations of the client role using the client–server model of the Subversion revision control system.
TortoiseSVN, a Windows shell extension, gives feedback on the state of versioned items by adding overlays to the icons in the Windows Explorer. Repository commands can be executed from the enhanced context menu provided by Tortoise.
Some programmers prefer to have a client integrated within their development environment. Such environments may provide visual feedback of the state of versioned items and add repository commands to the menus of the development environment. Examples of this approach include AnkhSVN, and VisualSVN for use with Microsoft Visual Studio, and Eclipse Subversive[1] [2] for use with Eclipse Platform IDEs. Delphi XE Subversion integration is built into the Delphi integrated development environment.
It is common to expose Subversion via WebDAV using the Apache web server. In this case, any WebDAV client can be used, but the functionality provided this way may be limited. Alternative ways to serve Subversion include uberSVN and VisualSVN Server.
| Name | Programming language, toolkit | Operating system | License | Integration | Languages | Network protocols | Current version | Last release date | Server functionality | Visualization | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AnkhSVN | C#, SharpSvn | Microsoft Windows | Apache License | Microsoft Visual Studio (all editions except Express) | English | http, https, svn, svn+ssh, file | 2.9.87 | [3] | Diff, blame, history, properties | |||
| eSvn | C++, Qt | Unix-like operating systems (Linux distributions, FreeBSD, Sun Solaris and others), and Windows | GPL | GUI, standalone (like WinCVS, Cervisia) | English | http, svn | 0.6.12 | For *nix OSs: .[4] For Windows: [5] | ||||
| PixelNovel Timeline | C++ | , Microsoft Windows | Free if used with PixelNovel web storage, 30-day trial with commercial upgrade otherwise | Adobe Photoshop | English | svn | 1.0 | [6] [7] | ||||
| PoshSvn | C# | Microsoft Windows (32/64-bit) | GPL | PowerShell | English, French | http, https, svn, file | 0.7.4 | https://github.com/rinrab/poshsvn/releases | ||||
| QSvn | C++, Qt | Linux, Unix,, Microsoft Windows | GPL | GUI, standalone (like WinCVS) | English | 0.8.3 | ||||||
| RabbitVCS | Python, GTK+ | Linux | GPL | Nautilus, Thunar, Gedit, CLI | ca, cs, de, en, es, fa, fr, he, hr, it, ja, nb, nl, pl, pt, ro, ru, sk, sl, sv, zh_CN | http, https, svn, svn+ssh, file | 0.19 [8] | [9] | Diff, blame, history | |||
| RapidSVN | C++, wxWidgets | Linux, Unix,, Microsoft Windows, Solaris, many more | GPL | GUI, standalone | Unicode, many | 0.12.1 | External | |||||
| SnailSVN Lite & SnailSVN | MacOS | Proprietary | Finder | English | 1.14.7 | [10] | ||||||
| SVN Notifier | C# | Microsoft Windows | GPL | GUI, standalone. It needs TortoiseSVN installed. | English | http, https, svn, svn+ssh, file | 1.9.3 | [11] | ||||
| TortoiseSVN | C++, MFC | Microsoft Windows (32/64-bit/Arm64) | GPL | Windows Shell (Explorer) | 54 languages (including English)[12] | http, https, svn, svn+ssh, file, svn+XXX | 1.14.7 | [13] | Diff, merge, Revision Tree, blame | |||
| Trac | Python | Linux, Unix,, Microsoft Windows | Modified BSD | web-based | 33 languages (including English)[14] | file | 1.4.3[15] | [16] | Log | |||
| ViewVC | Python | http, https | "two-clause Berkeley-style" | web-based | English | http, https, svn, svn+ssh, file | 1.2.1 | [17] | Diff, annotation, blame, revision graph | |||
| VisualSVN | Microsoft Windows (32/64-bit) | proprietary | Microsoft Visual Studio (all editions except Express) | English | http, https, svn, svn+ssh, file | 7.3.0 | [18] | |||||
| Xcode | Objective-C, Cocoa | macOS | Proprietary, free[19] | Xcode IDE | English | 9.4.1 Support for SVN was dropped in Xcode 10 |
| Client name | Free | Network protocols | Diff | Merge | Browse remote repository |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eSvn | http, svn | ? | ? | ? | |
| QSvn | ? | ? | |||
| RapidSVN | internal | internal | |||