Microsoft Visual SourceSafe Alternatives for Mac

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Git, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Microsoft Visual SourceSafe and 13 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Microsoft Visual SourceSafe are Apache Subversion, Mercurial SCM, Perforce Helix Core and Bazaar.

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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.

    37 Git alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
     
  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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. 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
     
  6. 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
     
  7. macSvn icon
     1 like

    An intuitive and easy to use Subversion client, integrates seamlessly into the macOS Finder, all svn commands are available directly from the content menu, toolbar menu, and sidebar menu of Finder window.

    23 macSvn alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  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.

    21 Plastic SCM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. SourceAnywhere is a source control solution designed as Visual SourceSafe (VSS) replacement. It is VSS-style source control solution with good support for Visual Studio, Eclipse, Dreamweaver and other IDEs.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. uberSVN icon
     5 likes

    Free, easy to implement UI for Subversion which includes:

    Everything you need to setup a Subversion server, including the latest version of Subversion and Apache. A very quick and easy setup wizard. A social coding environment. Easy to use administration console. Basic Access Co.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. SpectrumSCM is a powerful, easy-to-use, intuitive and full featured SCM tool, that includes version control, process control/management, release management, branching, issue tracking and much more, all integrated in one tool.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. 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
     
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