SVN
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
2warn against
Feb 21, 2026first mention
Sep 10, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“If I had the option I would still be using either Mercurial or SVN.”
“I was already pretty happy with svn to be honest”
Caveats and dissent
“SVN, hands down a cranky and unreliable dumpster fire was the worst.”
“We used SVN, which even in 2015 was prehistoric technology.”
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Who recommends it in their own words
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Also written as svn. Data: svn.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 6
“If I had the option I would still be using either Mercurial or SVN.”
“Suddenly I was able to teleport myself to a version from before the lunch while SVN history was crystal clear.”
“SVN, hands down a cranky and unreliable dumpster fire was the worst.”
“The astrophysics lab I worked at in 2006 was still using svn”
“I was already pretty happy with svn to be honest”
“We used SVN, which even in 2015 was prehistoric technology.”