I want to install a svn web client on Linux (preferred) or Windows. I need only read-only capabilities (no commit required) and I want to be able to compare revisions using diff. my svn server is on another machine so the web server needs to access it over http. It should also be free...
Do you know any such web client?
I believe VisualSVN provides what your looking for: http://www.visualsvn.com/
If you are able to spend a little bit of money - try Atlassian Fisheye which is very powerful.
Free for OpenSource-Projects, 10$ for 10 user - more expensive when used for > 10 user
www.atlassian.com
Trac does a pretty good job, also Redmine - you can turn all the other features off on both of them.
You can use Tortoise on Windows.
I do my interacting with SVN in IntelliJ these days. It's got a terrific interface, especially helpful for merges.
Every client of Subversion is a web client, unless you happen to be logged onto the server where your repository lives.
I use Trac, but Subversion browsing (with diff) is only part of this project.
Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects. ...
It provides an interface to Subversion (or other version control systems), an integrated Wiki and convenient reporting facilities.
Check out viewvc (it was formerly known as viewcvs).
"ViewVC is a browser interface for CVS and Subversion version control repositories. It generates templatized HTML to present navigable directory, revision, and change log listings. It can display specific versions of files as well as diffs between those versions. Basically, ViewVC provides the bulk of the report-like functionality you expect out of your version control tool, but much more prettily than the average textual command-line program output."