Open Source Git AlternativesTop Version Control Systems and other similar apps like Git

The best open source alternative to Git is Mercurial SCM. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Git and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Git are Fossil, Apache Subversion, gitoxide and Pijul.

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  1. Mercurial SCM icon

    Mercurial SCM

     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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
     
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    Mercurial SCM vs Git Comments
    DanMan
    Positive
    0

    Easier to use, especially on Windows.

    RemovedUser
    Negative
    1

    I had the displeasure to work with mercurial for more than a year between years of Git. Especially the "feature" of multiple heads per branch made me mad after some time, it happens too easily and causes chaos too quickly. Other than this and other minor issues I do not know any reason why to use Mercurial instead of Git. I remember it being so similar that I do not understand why it even is maintained in parallel.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    -1

    Does everything GIT does but is easier to use (especially using TortoiseHG, which is much better than any GIT-based alternatives).

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Mercurial SCM is Free and Open SourceGit is also Free and Open Source
  2. Fossil icon

    Fossil

     39 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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Fossil vs Git Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    2

    Its CLI is simpler, there is a filosofy of always preserving the history instead of giving the chance of rewriting it (hence the name "Fossil"), the data structure is a fully ACID-compliant database, queryable with SQL, it has many functions out of the box, and it's a single executable file.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Fossil is Free and Open SourceGit is also Free and Open Source
    • Fossil is DecentralizedGit is not according to our users
  4. Apache Subversion icon

    Apache Subversion

     109 likes

    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
     
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    gitoxide

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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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    gitoxide screenshot 1
     
  6. Pijul icon

    Pijul

     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
     
  7. Bazaar icon

    Bazaar

     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
    Home Page
     
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    Bazaar vs Git Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Bazaar makes so much more sense that Git, and is easier to know what you are doing.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Bazaar is Free and Open SourceGit is also Free and Open Source
  9. Sapling SCM icon

    Sapling SCM

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    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

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    • Mac
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  10. BitKeeper icon

    BitKeeper

     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
     
  11. Git WD-40 icon

    Git WD-40

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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
     
  12. darcs icon

    darcs

     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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  13. git-town icon

    git-town

     2 likes

    HIGH-LEVEL COMMAND LINE INTERFACE FOR GIT.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  14. Easy Git icon

    Easy Git

     4 likes

    EasyGit is a wrapper for git, designed to make git easy to learn and use.

    EG FOCUSES ON DOCUMENTATION AND EXAMPLES

    • Much of the work in eg is plugging a gap in git documentation: providing simple tutorial-oriented command-specific built-in help.
    • eg's documentation is exam.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Cygwin
    Easy Git screenshot 1
     
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