Subversion

Apache Subversion (SVN) is a centralized version control system that tracks changes to files and directories over time. It supports atomic commits, directory versioning, cheap branching and tagging, merge tracking, and binary file handling. SVN is served over HTTP/HTTPS using the WebDAV/DeltaV protocol via mod_dav_svn, or over a custom protocol using svnserve.

Subversion publishes 7 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Commits API, Files API, History API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Apache, Open Source, Repository, Version Control, and Svn.

The Subversion catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Subversion’s developer surface includes authentication, getting-started guide, FAQ, GitHub presence, and 16 more developer resources.

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31.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware self hosted · Apache-2.0 Full breakdown ↓
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AccessFreemiumSelf serve

1 published contract

Apache Open Source Repository Version ControlSvnWebDAV

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Software Product Engineering Management

BC-4200

CommitsFilesHistory

POST /$svn/act/ GET /{path} GET /{path}?p={rev} GET /!svn/rvr/{revision}/{path}

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0

Composite quality — 31.0/100 · thin

Contract Quality 8.6 / 16

Developer Ergonomics 5.0 / 13

Access Clarity 0.8 / 13

Operational Transparency 1.8 / 8

Contract Governance 1.1 / 8

Discoverability 3.7 / 7

Regulatory Posture 3.4 / 15

Open Source Surface 1.5 / 10

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Open Source Surface applies to this provider. This product is open source and we read its repository directly, so Open Source Surface carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from what the repository actually publishes — a security policy, a contribution guide, a release history, a code of conduct — read live from the provider rather than inferred from our own catalog pointers. This facet adds; nothing was taken away to make room for it. An open-source project is not excused from the commercial facets, because exemption would strip it of the points it does earn. If we have the wrong repository, or this product is not open source, say so on your provider repo and we will drop the facet rather than have you publish against it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship Ask about this →
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented) Ask about this →
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes Ask about this →
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Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link Ask about this →
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document Ask about this →

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

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Access Clarity scores 6.4 — up to +18.7 composite points Ask about this →
Developer Ergonomics scores 38.1 — up to +12.4 composite points Ask about this →
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Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

WebDAV

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 7

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

SVN C Library API

The Subversion C library provides the low-level API for building tools and integrations. It includes the libsvn_client, libsvn_ra, libsvn_wc, and libsvn_repos libraries for clie...

SVN Python Bindings

Python bindings for Subversion C libraries, providing access to client and repository operations via pysvn and the official svn.client Python module.

SVNKit Java Library

SVNKit is a pure Java Subversion client library providing full access to Subversion repository and working copy data. Used by major IDE plugins including IntelliJ IDEA and Eclip...

Subversion Commits API

Commit lifecycle — create transaction, stage changes, finalize

Subversion Files API

File and directory content retrieval

Subversion History API

Log, blame, and revision history operations

Subversion Repository API

Repository root and metadata operations

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Open Collections 5

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

SVN WebDAV HTTP Commits API

OPEN COLLECTION

SVN WebDAV HTTP Commits Files API

OPEN COLLECTION

SVN WebDAV HTTP Commits History API

OPEN COLLECTION

SVN WebDAV HTTP Commits Repository API

OPEN COLLECTION

SVN WebDAV HTTP API

OPEN COLLECTION

Subversion API pricing

Not yet checked against Subversion's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-04; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free freemium	Free
Professional paid	Free
Enterprise enterprise	—

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Rate limits

Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Subversion's documentation. All 5 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Subversion Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Subversion Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Subversion Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Svn Context

0 classes · 26 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

Subversion — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 3 warn-severity 2 info-severity

SPECTRAL

Subversion API Rules

8 rules · 3 error-severity 5 warn-severity

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

SVN Commit

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SVN Repository

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Subversion Repository Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Subversion Commit Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Subversion Get File Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Subversion Authentication

http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Subversion Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Subversion Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Subversion Agentic Access

8 operations · 4 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

CodeOfConduct

CodeOfConduct

GitHub

GitHub

Package

Package

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Security

Security

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

IssueTracker

FAQ

Community

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

License

License

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Book

Book

Downloads

Downloads

Source (apis.yml)

aid: svn
name: Subversion
description: Apache Subversion (SVN) is a centralized version control system that tracks changes to files and directories
  over time. It supports atomic commits, directory versioning, cheap branching and tagging, merge tracking, and binary file
  handling. SVN is served over HTTP/HTTPS using the WebDAV/DeltaV protocol via mod_dav_svn, or over a custom protocol using
  svnserve.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: self-hosted
  license: Apache-2.0
  license_evidence:
    repo: apache/subversion
    spdx: Apache-2.0
    stars: 644
  open_source: true
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Self-hosted open source · you run it yourself
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - openapi
  - repository-license
  generated: '2026-09-25'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  try_now_blocked_by: example-domain
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://subversion.apache.org/images/svn-square.jpg
tags:
- Apache
- Open Source
- Repository
- Version Control
- Svn
- WebDAV
tags_raw:
- Apache
- Open Source
- Repository
- Source Control
- Svn
- Version Control
- Webdav
- Open-Source
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/svn/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: svn:svn-c-api
  name: SVN C Library API
  description: The Subversion C library provides the low-level API for building tools and integrations. It includes the libsvn_client,
    libsvn_ra, libsvn_wc, and libsvn_repos libraries for client operations, repository access, working copy management, and
    server-side repository access respectively.
  humanURL: https://subversion.apache.org/docs/api/latest/
  tags:
  - C Library
  - Integration
  - Library
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://subversion.apache.org/docs/api/latest/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/apache/subversion
- aid: svn:svn-python-bindings
  name: SVN Python Bindings
  description: Python bindings for Subversion C libraries, providing access to client and repository operations via pysvn
    and the official svn.client Python module.
  humanURL: https://pysvn.sourceforge.io/
  tags:
  - Python
  - SDK
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pysvn.sourceforge.io/Docs/pysvn_prog_guide.html
- aid: svn:svn-java-bindings
  name: SVNKit Java Library
  description: SVNKit is a pure Java Subversion client library providing full access to Subversion repository and working
    copy data. Used by major IDE plugins including IntelliJ IDEA and Eclipse Subclipse.
  humanURL: https://svnkit.com/
  tags:
  - Java
  - SDK
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://svnkit.com/index.html
- aid: svn:svn-commits-api
  name: Subversion Commits API
  description: Commit lifecycle — create transaction, stage changes, finalize
  humanURL: https://subversion.apache.org/docs/
  baseURL: https://svn.example.com/repos/
  tags:
  - Commits
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/svn-commits-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://subversion.apache.org/docs/
  - type: Book
    url: https://svnbook.red-bean.com/
  - type: Protocol
    url: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/http-and-webdav/webdav-usage.html
- aid: svn:svn-files-api
  name: Subversion Files API
  description: File and directory content retrieval
  humanURL: https://subversion.apache.org/docs/
  baseURL: https://svn.example.com/repos/
  tags:
  - File
  tags_raw:
  - Files
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/svn-files-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://subversion.apache.org/docs/
  - type: Book
    url: https://svnbook.red-bean.com/
  - type: Protocol
    url: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/http-and-webdav/webdav-usage.html
- aid: svn:svn-history-api
  name: Subversion History API
  description: Log, blame, and revision history operations
  humanURL: https://subversion.apache.org/docs/
  baseURL: https://svn.example.com/repos/
  tags:
  - History
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/svn-history-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://subversion.apache.org/docs/
  - type: Book
    url: https://svnbook.red-bean.com/
  - type: Protocol
    url: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/http-and-webdav/webdav-usage.html
- aid: svn:svn-repository-api
  name: Subversion Repository API
  description: Repository root and metadata operations
  humanURL: https://subversion.apache.org/docs/
  baseURL: https://svn.example.com/repos/
  tags:
  - Repository
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/svn-repository-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://subversion.apache.org/docs/
  - type: Book
    url: https://svnbook.red-bean.com/
  - type: Protocol
    url: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/http-and-webdav/webdav-usage.html
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/svn-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/svn-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/svn-finops.yml
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/svn-capability-edges.yml
  name: Subversion Business Capability Map
- type: Website
  url: https://www.apache.org/
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/apache/subversion/issues
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/apache/.github/blob/main/.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/svn-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/svn-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/svn-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/svn-authentication.yml
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://subversion.apache.org/quick-start
- type: Book
  url: https://svnbook.red-bean.com/
- type: Downloads
  url: https://subversion.apache.org/download/
- type: Security
  url: https://subversion.apache.org/security/
- type: FAQ
  url: https://subversion.apache.org/faq.html
- type: Community
  url: https://subversion.apache.org/mailing-lists.html
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/apache/subversion
- type: License
  url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- type: Features
  url: https://subversion.apache.org/features.html
- type: Package
  url: https://packages.apache.org/subversion
maintainers:
- name: Apache Software Foundation
  email: dev@subversion.apache.org
  url: https://www.apache.org/

Subversion API — frequently asked questions

Does Subversion have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 7 APIs from Subversion, including SVN C Library API, SVN Python Bindings and SVNKit Java Library, and 4 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Subversion API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 4 OpenAPI specifications for Subversion, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Subversion API?

Subversion uses bearer-token authentication (http · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Subversion Authentication.

How much does the Subversion API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Subversion, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Subversion API ready for AI agents?

Subversion has a Kin Score of 31.0 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 19.6 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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