Subversion Hosting

After years of using CVS, PVCS and even VSS, I've been using Subversion for several projects over the last year.  For small software companies, Subversion hosting can be an issue.  Self-hosting requires a server exposed to the web, which many Micro-ISVs don't want to bother with.

There are a number of paid hosts, I've heard good things about CvsDude and ValiantHost, but I'm cheap enough to look for an alternative to paying $15/month.

For free Subversion hosting, I use OpenSVN and they have been great.  I've had a repository there for 18 months and several hundred revisions.  A clean checkout is 650 mb, and my repository is over a gig.  You can dump your repository and download it if you decide to transfer to a different host.  Latency can be a bit high, and since the Log Viewer is chatty that can be an issue when reviewing all the changes in a commit.

I already had a DreamHost account, so when they added Subversion hosting, I tried it out.  The latency is better than OpenSVN and they provide shell access so you have full control.  Moving the repository was trivial.