Hippo CMS and Repository require either Java 1.4 or Java 5 to run. Java 6 compatibility is planned for the next major versions.

SVN Repository

The secure Hippo SVN is located at :

https://svn.hippocms.org/repos/hippo

For plain http access use:

http://svn.hippocms.org/repos/hippo

View our code repository with viewvc at:

http://svn.hippocms.org/viewvc/

How to establish your local repository

The following procedure will checkout the current copy of the release branch of the master repository and download it to your local disk.

• Hippo CMS
  • svn co http://svn.hippocms.org/repos/hippo/hippo-cms/trunk hippo-cms

• Hippo Repository
  • svn co http://svn.hippocms.org/repos/hippo/hippo-repository/trunk hippo-repository

• Hippo CMS Site Sample
  • svn co http://svn.hippocms.org/repos/hippo/hippo-cms-site-sample/trunk hippo-cms-site-sample

• Hippo Site Skeleton
  • svn co http://svn.hippocms.org/repos/hippo/hippo-site-skeleton/trunk hippo-site-skeleton

SVN Tools

The official Subversion site: http://subversion.tigris.org/

The Windows client Tortoise: http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/

The Windows client RapidSVN http://rapidsvn.tigris.org/

The Eclipse plugin: http://subclipse.tigris.org/

SVN Documentation

The official SVN Documentation : http://svnbook.red-bean.com/

Building from SVN

See the Getting Started Tracks for information on how to build the CMS from source.