#+title: svn lib client analysis

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| Client                                  | Cons                                                                 | Pros                                                                         | License     | work as advertise                        |
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| http://subversion.apache.org/           | broken api link to doc: http://subversion.apache.org/docsapi/latest/ | python-subversion debian package                                             | [[http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0][Apache v2.0]] | X                                        |
|                                         | python 2 only                                                        | official bindings                                                            |             |                                          |
|                                         |                                                                      | doc: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn-book.html#svn.developer.usingapi |             |                                          |
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| http://pysvn.tigris.org/                | no pip package                                                       | tigris maintainer (seems legit regarding xp tortoise-svn...)                 | [[http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-1.1][Apache v1.1]] | No, not found a way to have with python3 |
|                                         |                                                                      | python 2/3 compatible                                                        |             |                                          |
|                                         |                                                                      | bindings                                                                     |             |                                          |
|                                         |                                                                      | debian python-svn package                                                    |             |                                          |
|                                         |                                                                      | doc: http://pysvn.tigris.org/docs/pysvn.html                                 |             |                                          |
|                                         |                                                                      | fully supports svn 1.9.1 and earlier                                         |             |                                          |
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| https://github.com/dsoprea/PySvn        | wrapper around svn command (no c binding)                            | python2/3 compatible                                                         |             | Yes                                      |
| https://pypi.python.org/pypi/svn/0.3.36 | incomplete (but maybe sufficient)                                    | pip3 package                                                                 | [[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dsoprea/PySvn/master/LICENSE][GPL2]]        |                                          |
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| https://github.com/jelmer/subvertpy     | python2 only                                                         | pip + debian package (python2)                                               | [[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jelmer/subvertpy/master/COPYING][GPL2.1]]      | X                                        |
|                                         | javadoc like doc                                                     | same maintainer as https://github.com/jelmer/dulwich                         |             |                                          |
|                                         |                                                                      | docs: https://www.samba.org/~jelmer/subvertpy/apidocs/                       |             |                                          |
|                                         |                                                                      | full support svn api                                                         |             |                                          |
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Note: All are free software, so it's not entertained as pros (as it is implicit).