StoneSVN

StoneSVN packages an Apache Subversion desktop client inside a Tauri 2, Rust, and Vue 3 shell running natively on Windows, macOS, and Linux while delegating transport to the system's svn binary. Rather than reimplementing the protocol or routing repositories through a Git bridge, it maps UI actions to explicit CLI calls with -- boundaries. Version 1.1.9 centers daily work around multi-project sidebars, selective commits, and local hunk stashing.

Where StoneSVN fits

Teams maintaining centralized Subversion repositories across mixed operating systems face a split desktop ecosystem: TortoiseSVN integrates only with Windows Explorer, Assembla's Cornerstone is a commercial macOS-only app, and SmartSVN relies on a Java runtime with paid licensing. StoneSVN delivers a consistent native workspace across all three desktop platforms while keeping local control over credentials, SSH tunnels, and working-copy metadata. Because it invokes the host's installed svn binary (version 1.10+), client certificates, proxy settings, and corporate auth hooks work unchanged without exposing credentials to a third-party cloud service.

Compared with Cornerstone 4 or TortoiseSVN, StoneSVN narrows its scope to daily working-copy inspection and selective commits. It matches commercial clients on multi-working-copy switching, status filtering, text diff inspection, recursive property editing, and local change stashing, while preserving drafts and file selections between projects. Engineers who rely on visual branch-merge wizards, repository switch dialogs, image revision comparison, or line-by-line blame annotations still run those commands in the terminal.

What it does well

• Direct local SVN CLI execution: Spawns the system svn executable from Rust (executor.rs and operations.rs) with -- separators and XML parsing, preserving metadata and local auth configs.
• Granular commit scope control: Lets developers select files, directory subtrees, or Shift-clicked ranges while keeping selected items counted when hidden by search filters or diffs.
• Hunk-level local stashing: Saves modified files or text hunks into local stashes that can be restored, kept across applies, or exported as patches.