Subversion access

Because it contains the very latest code, you should only download Elgg from SVN if you are a developer.

Elgg code is being hosted in a Subversion repository located at https://code.elgg.org/elgg/. In addition the issue tracker at http://trac.elgg.org/elgg/browser provides a comfortable interface for browsing the source and to follow commits.

What is SVN?

If you are not sure what SVN is or how it is used in code development, then we would suggest that you stick to using the latest stable release of Elgg.

If you would like to learn about Subversion, we can recommend the online Subversion book, where you'll find all details for checking out and updating a local working repository copy.

Plugins and themes

Plugins and themes have their own repository, to be found at https://code.elgg.org/extensions/

For plugins svn co https://code.elgg.org/extensions/plugins /your/save/path

For themes svn co https://code.elgg.org/extensions/themes /your/save/path

SVN clients

If you're on a Windows system and want to check out files regularly, we highly recommend the excellent TortoiseSVN. Mac users might want to try SCPlugin, which integrates nicely with the Finder. Visual client exist for other systems too, *NIX users may want to try RapidSVN.