---
title: SVN
slug: Glossary/SVN
tags:
  - Collaborating
  - Glossary
---
Apache Subversion (**SVN**) is a free source control management ({{Glossary("SCM")}}) system. It allows developers to keep a history of text and code modifications. Although SVN can also handle binary files, we do not recommend that you use it for such files.

## See also

- {{Interwiki("wikipedia", "Apache Subversion")}} on Wikipedia
- [Official website](https://subversion.apache.org/)
