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Lore vs Fossil: catalog facts
Lore	Fossil
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the BSD 2-clause licence.
Windows, Self-hosted, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
Designed for repositories with large binary assets Local mode for quick start, server for teams	Single executable with nothing else to install Wiki, tickets, forum and chat built in
Centralized model rather than distributed like Git New system with a smaller ecosystem of tools than Git	Far smaller ecosystem and hosting options than Git Different workflow conventions to learn for Git users
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: BSD-2-Clause
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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