Difference between CVS and GitHub

1. Concurrent Versions System (CVS) : Concurrent versions System is a functional version control system which is developed by Dick Grune as a series of shell scripts. This helps the teams to be connected to the changes that are measured into a repository when working on software. This tool was used as the version control system for a long time. It is a reliable software tool but with new challenges other alternatives made it used as limited. Following are some features of CVS :

• It is one of the reliable Version Control Systems out there.
• It does not allows commit with errors to made.
• Scripts are written in RCS format.
• User can only store files directly into repository.

Advantages :

• CVS is one of the reliable version control software.
• Changes are committed only when there is full change

Disadvantages :

• CVS changes are time consuming.
• CVS does not commit if there is an error into the commit.

2. GitHub : GitHub is a repository hosting platform that features collaboration and access control. It is a version control tool for programmers to render of the bugs together to contribute and host open-source projects. GitHub is designed for the developers and the registered users can use GitHub for contribution but the unregistered users can see the repositories. Following are some features of GitHub :

• Specifies milestones and labels to the projects.
• GitHub Pages allows us to publish and host websites within GitHub.
• Comparison view between branches is allowed.
• It allows third-party API integrations for bug tracking and cloud hosting.

Advantages :

• It helps us store the data in form of metadata.
• It is used for sharing the work in front of the public.

Disadvantages :

• Storing large files into GitHub makes it slow.
• It supports only Git version control.

Differences Between CVS and GitHub :

Parameter	CVS	GitHub
Developed By	CVS was developed by Dick Grune.	GitHub was developed by Chris Wanstrath, Tom Preston-Werner, P. J. Hyett, and Scott Chacon.
Open Source	It is open source and released with GNU General Public License.	GitHub is not open source.
Commit Location	The repository are committed into central server.	The repository are committed into the local repository.
Clone Repository	CVS has feature to clone repository but requires GIT.	GitHub allows user to clone repository.
Navigation	CVS does not allow navigation into the repository.	GitHub allows user to navigate usability.
Project Commit	CVS stops the commit of it founds error in one node.	GitHub allows the commit into repository than developer fix the error.