subforge documentation

subforge is a hosted SVN service for small teams. It gives you a web UI to browse repositories, manage access, and collaborate — backed by a real SVN server that any standard SVN client can talk to.

Key concepts

Everything in subforge lives under a workspace. Every user gets a personal workspace that matches their username; teams can create org workspaces for shared projects. Repositories live inside workspaces at /<workspace>/<repo>.

Repos — SVN repositories. Can be public (world-readable) or private (members only).
Workspaces — containers for repos. Your personal workspace is created automatically on signup. Create org workspaces for team projects.
Groups — Lists of users used for access control. Add a group as a collaborator on a repo or workspace to grant all its members access at once. Groups do not own repos directly.
Memberships — A user or group can be granted access at the workspace level (all repos) or at the per-repo level, with read or read+write access.

Browse the docs

Repositories

Creating, browsing, settings, visibility

Groups & Teams

Creating groups, adding members, using for access control

Permissions

How access control works end to end

SVN Clients

Checkout, commit, authenticate

Importing

Bring in an existing SVN repo

Tutorials

Step-by-step walkthroughs

Quick reference

SVN checkout URL format

svn checkout https://subforge.sh/svn/<workspace>/<repo>

The exact URL is always shown on each repository's Code tab via the Clone button.

Username rules

Usernames and workspace names must be 2–32 characters, start with a lowercase letter, and contain only lowercase letters, digits, and hyphens. Your subforge username is also your SVN authentication username.

Getting help

New users can sign up at subforge.sh/signup. For SVN client issues, see SVN Clients.