## Source Repository

We keep the source code in revision control systems called Subversion. Developers have write access to the Subversion repository, enabling them to make changes to the source code. Everyone has read access to the repositories, so you may download the most up-to-date development version of the software. Note that the latest version in the Subversion repository many not work as expected, it may not even compile properly. If you are looking for a stable release of the source code, you should download an official distribution instead of the latest version in the Subversion repositories. There are several ways to access the Subversion repositories:

## Web Access

If you just wish to browse around or download a few individual files, you can do so with web-based ViewVC interface:

http://svn.qos.ch/viewvc/logback/trunk/

## Checking out a read-only copy

To access the Subversion repositories anonymously, you will need a Subversion client. You can check out the entire logback project with the following command:

svn co http://svn.qos.ch/repos/logback/trunk/ target_directory

Note that anonymous access allows read-only access only. For read-write access please contact the logback developer list .