When we start a new open source project, there are lots of companies that provide us free solutions (like Google Code), but when we want to develop some small private project the quality of free solutions decreases considerably.
After searching useful resources for private development projects i found two companies that looked really interesting to me. I’m talking about a SVN and GIT repositories service and another one which provides very simple but powerful wikis.
Assembla.com
This website gives us free SVN and GIT repositories for using in our projects. The limits for the Free version are up to 2 GB of space, unlimited projects and users. This is an awesome quality choice considering it’s a free service. Obviously there are restrictions, like the impossibility of using a ticket service and other tools, but we can make up for them using other services.
PBworks
This is a free Wiki service for our projects. Free wikis have non commercial use and comes with some customization and exportation restrictions, but if we are looking for a tool set for solving problems of private nature this wouldn’t be a problem. Besides, our wiki will be hosted in PBWorks servers, allowing the wiki to be accessed from anywhere.
The Wiki edition interface is excellent. It has a WYSIWYG editor with built-in key shortcuts. This is a great point if is needed to introduce novice people to wiki edition.
Free wikis support multiple users and different permissions for each of them. The only thing needed by an user for editing the wiki is an user account.
URL: http://pbworks.com