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Mercurial vs Sapling: catalog facts
Mercurial	Sapling
Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0-or-later licence.	Free Free to download and use.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Command line
Full history in every clone, so most actions are local Approachable command set	Works with Git repositories and GitHub Stacked commits for code review
Fewer hosting services and tools support it than Git Command line first; graphical clients are separate	Different commands and concepts from standard Git Research gives few details on supported platforms
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later	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 September 23, 2026

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