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Lore vs Mercurial: catalog facts
Lore	Mercurial
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0-or-later licence.
Windows, Self-hosted, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Designed for repositories with large binary assets Local mode for quick start, server for teams	Full history in every clone, so most actions are local Approachable command set
Centralized model rather than distributed like Git New system with a smaller ecosystem of tools than Git	Fewer hosting services and tools support it than Git Command line first; graphical clients are separate
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
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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