Fossil Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Fossil for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux 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 Fossil and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Fossil are Trac, Mercurial SCM, Apache Subversion and Perforce Helix Core.

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  1. Git icon
     1105 likes

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

    37 Git alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • Linux Mobile
    • Haiku
     
  2. Trac icon
     146 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.

    155 Trac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Mercurial SCM icon
     125 likes

    Mercurial is a free, distributed source control management tool. It efficiently handles projects of any size and offers an easy and intuitive command line interface. Mercurial efficiently handles projects of any size and kind.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
     
  5. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6.  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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. 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.

    21 Plastic SCM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Veracity icon
     7 likes

    An open source, distributed version control and bug tracking system for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Jujutsu icon
     2 likes

    Jujutsu is a powerful version control system for software projects. You use it to get a copy of your code, track changes to the code, and finally publish those changes for others to see and use. It is designed from the ground up to be easy to use—whether you're new or...

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    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  10. Sapling is a source control system developed and used at Meta that places special emphasis on usability and scalability. Git and Mercurial users will find many of the basic concepts familiar, and that workflows like understanding your repository, working with stacks of commits...

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    • Mac
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  11. Cross platform version control software.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. darcs icon
     13 likes

    Darcs is an advanced revision control system, for source code or other files. It is fully distributed, and supports lazy fetching of the remote repository (fetching only what is needed at the time, rather than all history).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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