CVS Clients

Tools for CVS: Web browsing

Tools for CVS: GUI front-ends

Linux

Windows

Macintosh

Java platform

Multiplatform

  • Free/open-source GPL-only copyleft
  • Free/open-source Other
    • CrossVC (QT) Runs on Linux/Unix, Windows and Mac OS X (used to be LinCVS)
    • Eclipse has built in fully functional CVS GUI. very good, resource intensive.
  • Proprietary
    • SmartCVS (Java-based) Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, OS/2, Solaris. Free Foundation version and commercial Professional version.
    • CrossVC XXL (QT) Runs on Linux/Unix, Windows and Mac OS X (non-free version of CrossVC)

Tools for CVS: Reporting and Statistics Gathering

Tools for CVS: Miscellaneous

  • meld interesting as diff tool
  • BuildBot can help project management. It builds and tests the tree each time a change is committed to the CVS