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PijulFossil
Free

Free and open source.

 Free

Free and open source under the BSD 2-clause licence.

Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
  • Independent changes commute, so less rebasing
  • Conflict resolutions apply everywhere the same changes meet
  • Single executable with nothing else to install
  • Wiki, tickets, forum and chat built in
  • Still at a 1.0 beta version
  • Small ecosystem compared with Git
  • Far smaller ecosystem and hosting options than Git
  • Different workflow conventions to learn for Git users
Downloadable app Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License not stated License: BSD-2-Clause
No account needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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