OpenCms CVS repository

The complete OpenCms source code is accessible in the OpenCms CVS system. CVS is a system for concurrent version control. In case you do not know what CVS is, check out the CVS website for further information.

You will always find the latest source code version of OpenCms in our CVS repository. You can check out this source code and compile OpenCms for yourself as described on the Core Build page.

Please note that the CVS may contain new code that has not fully been tested yet and thus might cause problems. In case you want to use OpenCms in a production environment, we recommend that you use the latest binary release, available in the Download area.

CVS client configuration

Set your environment variable CVSROOT or GUI client equivalent to

:pserver:anon@cvs.opencms.org:/usr/local/cvs

Next, you need to login into the CVS repository by typing

cvs login

or using the equivalent login method for your GUI client. This will ask you for a password.

The password for anonymous read-only access is "anon".

The complete OpenCms source code is available in the opencms/ subdirectory of the CVS tree. Use this command to get the latest stable version of OpenCms

cvs checkout opencms

if you want to get the development branch, where you will find the latest bug fixes and the newest features. use the command

cvs checkout -r DEV_7_0 opencms

or use the equivalent method of your GUI client.

Please note: If you intend to build OpenCms from the CVS sources, you will need the required libraries (*.jar files). These are included in the OpenCms source distribution. Please consult the Core build page for full instructions how to build OpenCms from source.

CVS web interface

You can also browse the OpenCms CVS repository and download individual source code files by using the CVS web interface.