svn-mcp

Node.js-based SVN MCP server using stdio transport. Connects to svnserve via the native svn:// protocol — no SVN CLI installation required. Exposes 1 MCP tool:

• list_logs — Retrieves recent commit logs. Accepts 1 parameter limit (default: 10), representing the number of recent entries. Returns an array of objects, each containing author, date, message, revision, action, and file list.

All code comments and messages are in English. Package name: @massapi/svn-mcp

Environment Variables

| Variable | Description | |----------|-------------| | SVN_URL | SVN repository URL, e.g. svn://svn.example.com/repo/project/trunk | | SVN_USER | SVN username (optional for anonymous access) | | SVN_PASSWORD | SVN password (optional for anonymous access) |

Run

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build
npm run build

# Start service
SVN_URL=svn://your-svn-host/repo/path SVN_USER=your-user SVN_PASSWORD=your-password npm start

Install

npm install
npm run build

Publish to npm

npm config set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=npm_token
npm publish --access public --loglevel verbose

Inspector Test

SVN_URL=svn://your-svn-host/repo/path SVN_USER=your-user SVN_PASSWORD=your-password npm run inspect

This opens the Inspector UI in your browser for interactive MCP tool testing.

Inspector CLI Test

npm config set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/

npx -y -p @massapi/svn-mcp -p @modelcontextprotocol/inspector mcp-inspector --cli \
  -e SVN_URL=svn://svn.example.com/repo/project/trunk \
  -e SVN_USER=admin \
  -e SVN_PASSWORD=your-password \
  svn-mcp \
  --method tools/call \
  --tool-name list_logs

npx -y -p @massapi/svn-mcp -p @modelcontextprotocol/inspector mcp-inspector --cli \
  -e SVN_URL=svn://svn.example.com/repo/project/trunk \
  -e SVN_USER=admin \
  -e SVN_PASSWORD=your-password \
  svn-mcp \
  --method tools/call \
  --tool-name list_logs \
  --tool-arg limit=5

Configure in Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "svn": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/svn-mcp/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "SVN_URL": "svn://svn.example.com/repo/project/trunk",
        "SVN_USER": "your-username",
        "SVN_PASSWORD": "your-password"
      }
    }
  }
}