The SourceOffSite Client software can be installed on any machine the user would like to access the Visual SourceSafe database.

The Client software is available for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7. Linux and Solaris (SPARC) client software is also available for Solaris (x86) platform via the SourceOffSite 4.2 release.  

Please note: The SourceOffSite GUI interface of the Unix Client is that of SourceOffSite 4.2.  UNIX users should see the help files of this previous version for a more accurate description of features.

The first time the SourceOffSite Client is run, it will retrieve a complete copy of the hierarchy of the Visual SourceSafe database. This process may take a few minutes over a slow connection. Thereafter, the hierarchy of the database is cached locally and can be updated as needed when projects change.