Git AlternativesTop Version Control Systems and other similar apps like Git

Git is described as 'Free & open source, distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency' and is a leading Version Control system in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Git for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and BSD apps. The best Git alternative is Mercurial SCM, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Git are Fossil, Apache Subversion, gitoxide and Pijul.

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  1. Mercurial SCM icon
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    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
     
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  2. Fossil icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    gitoxide is an implementation of git written in Rust for developing future-proof applications which strive for correctness and performance while providing a pleasant and unsurprising developer experience.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Pijul icon
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    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
     
  5. Bazaar icon
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    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.

    27 Bazaar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
     
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  6. Plastic SCM icon
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    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
     
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  7. 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
     
  8. 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...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Helps companies build better software and products with an all-in-one Agile development environment for teams, which includes agile, formal and hybrid planning and reporting, all on a common platform.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  10. BitKeeper icon
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    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
     
  11. Git WD-40 icon
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    Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
     
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