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Description:
Version control system

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1.12.13@4 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: version-control development legacy scm

Install: brew install cvs

About:
CVS is a version control system that allows multiple developers to work on the same project files concurrently. It tracks changes, maintains a history of revisions, and enables branching and merging. While largely superseded by modern systems like Git, it remains useful for maintaining legacy projects.

Key Features:

Concurrent development model
Revision history and branching
Client-server architecture
Open source and widely ported

Use Cases:

Maintaining legacy software projects
Collaborative development over a network

Alternatives:

Git – Distributed version control with superior branching and performance
Subversion (SVN) – Centralized VCS with better atomic commits and directory versioning

License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later

Dependencies: linux-pam

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_ventura, arm64_monterey, arm64_big_sur, sonoma, ventura, monterey, big_sur, catalina, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 15, 2025 5:02pm		4	VERSION_BUMP	519dc907
Nov 20, 2022 11:53am		4	VERSION_BUMP	dae87e70