Mercurial SCM Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to Mercurial SCM for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is Git, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Mercurial SCM and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Mercurial SCM are Trac, Git for Windows, Perforce Helix Core and Apache Subversion.

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  1. Git icon
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    Git is a free & open source, distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

    39 Git alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • Linux Mobile
    • Haiku
     
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  2. Trac icon
     147 likes

    Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects. Trac uses a minimalistic approach to web-based software project management. Our mission is to help developers write great software while staying out of the way.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Git for Windows icon
     52 likes

    Git for Windows focuses on offering a lightweight, native set of tools that bring the full feature set of the Git SCM to Windows while providing appropriate user interfaces for experienced Git users and novices alike.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Perforce Helix Core tracks and manages changes to your source code, digital assets, and large binary files. It creates a single source of truth and collaboration platform that helps teams move faster, even as they develop complex products with thousands of contributors.

    31 Perforce Helix Core alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Apache Subversion (SVN) is a centralized version control system similar to CVS (Concurrent Versions System) , but based on the concept of change-sets instead.

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
     
  6. Fossil icon
     40 likes

    Simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration management. Fossil is a distributed version control system, bug tracking system and wiki software server for use in software development.

    27 Fossil alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Bazaar icon
     31 likes

    Bazaar is a tool for helping people collaborate. It tracks the changes that you and other people make to a group of files - such as software source code - to give you snapshots of each stage of their evolution.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
     
  8. Plastic SCM icon
     11 likes

    Plastic SCM is a commercial SCM system developed by Codice Software. Plastic tries to focus on big repositories, parallel development, branching and merging and security.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Pijul icon
     7 likes

    Pijul is a free and open source distributed version control system based on a sound theory of patches, which makes it easy to learn and use, and really distributed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Azure DevOps Server is a set of collaborative software development tools for the entire team, hosted on-premises. Azure DevOps Server integrates with your existing IDE or editor to help your cross-functional team work effectively on projects of all sizes.

    36 Azure DevOps Server alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Microsoft Azure
     
  11. BitKeeper icon
     4 likes

    BitKeeper is the original distributed source management system and the main inspiration for Git. BitKeeper is a fast, enterprise-ready, distributed SCM that scales up to very large projects and down to tiny ones.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris
     
  12.  Like

    Breezy helps people collaborate on software development, by recording the history of the project, providing an easy means to copy the history around, and making it easy to merge changes between projects.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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