Best Source Control Software

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SourceAnywhere Standalone is SQL Server based version control software designed for both local and distributed teams. It is the best version control system for small teams. If you are just looking for an easy source control system and worry open-source and powerful but complex source control software might be overkill, try SourceAnywhere.

1. Simple
* GUI Client - In addition to the Windows client, Java Client enables developers to version control the source code from Mac, Linux, and more. Command Line Client and SDK are also available.
* Optimized for VSS users - The resembled user interface and working style greatly reduces your learning curve and makes you feel right at home.
* Integration with Windows Explorer

2. Easy installation and low maintenance

* System requirement - Built with C++/Java from scratch, SourceAnywhere does not need any framework or other pre-installed package to run.
* SQL Server as backup storage - SourceAnywhere Standalone uses SQL Server as the backup storage for robustness and easy backup.
* Hosting service available - To completely free you from ...
... any maintenance work, we have SourceAnywhere Hosted, which is fully managed by Dynamsoft. We look after hardware and network setup, upgrades, backups and all other server side maintenance, so you can focus on other critical systems in your organization.

3. Fast source control
* Sophisticated cache mechanism on the server side reduces the hard disk operations and SQL Server requests;
*Cache Server further reduces the workload of the server;
* Delta transfers ( transmitting only the incremental changes between files);
* File compression in storage and during the transfer

4. IDE integration
SourceAnywhere supports source control integration with Microsoft Visual Studio 6/2003/2005/2008/2010, Dreamweaver, Eclipse, and many other Visual SourceSafe-compatible IDEs.

5. Security features

6. Auto Build
SourceAnywhere revision control integrates with CruiseControl.NET and ANT to provide continuous integration and automatic build support.

SourceAnywhere Standalone for version control recommended.