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Fossil vs Pijul: catalog facts
Fossil	Pijul
Free Free and open source under the BSD 2-clause licence.	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	Command line
Single executable with nothing else to install Wiki, tickets, forum and chat built in	Independent changes commute, so less rebasing Conflict resolutions apply everywhere the same changes meet
Far smaller ecosystem and hosting options than Git Different workflow conventions to learn for Git users	Still at a 1.0 beta version Small ecosystem compared with Git
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-2-Clause	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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