Fossil (software)

Fossil (software)

Original author(s)	D. Richard Hipp
Initial release	2006 (2006)
Stable release	1.34 / 2 November 2015 (2015-11-02)
Written in	C
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Distributed version control system, bug tracking system, wiki software
License	2-clause BSD license^[1]
Website	www.fossil-scm.org

Fossil is a distributed version control system, bug tracking system and wiki software server for use in software development created by D. Richard Hipp.

Features

Fossil is a cross-platform server that runs on Linux, BSD derivatives, Mac and Windows. It is capable of performing distributed version control, bug tracking, wiki services, and blogging. The software has a built-in web interface, which reduces project tracking complexity and promotes situational awareness. A user may simply type "fossil ui" from within any check-out and Fossil automatically opens the user's web browser in a page that gives detailed history and status information on that project.

Being distributed, Fossil requires no central server, although collaboration is made easier by using one.

Content is stored using a SQLite database so that transactions are atomic even if interrupted by a power loss or system crash.^[2]

Fossil is free software released under a BSD license^[3] (previously GPL).

Adoption

Fossil is used for version control by the SQLite project, which is itself a component of Fossil. SQLite transitioned to using Fossil for version control over CVS in September 2009.^[4]

Some examples of other projects using Fossil are:

Source code hosting

The following websites provide free source code hosting for Fossil repositories:

Chisel. Original site owner James Turner announced that the site would cease operation on May 1, 2013.^[5] After domain ownership was transferred on May 1, 2013, it continued operation.^[6]
SourceForge^[7]

References

↑ Fossil Copyright
↑ "Integrated version control with Fossil SCM". , DLR Tech Talk presentation by Arne Bachmann, 2009-12-01
↑ "Fossil DSCM Relicensed with BSD License.". 2010-05-16.
↑ "Fossil: Fossil Performance". Fossil-scm.org. 2009-08-23. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
↑ "Chiselapp.com shutting down". James Turner. 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
↑ "ChiselApp ChangeOver Complete". Andreas Kupries. 2013-04-30. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
↑ "Free Fossil-SCM Repository Hosting". Retrieved 2015-11-21.

External links

Official website

Version control software

Years, where available, indicate the date of first stable release. Systems with names in italics are no longer maintained or have planned end-of-life dates.

Local only

Free/open-source	RCS (1982) SCCS (1972)

Proprietary	PVCS (1985) QVCS (1991)

Client–server

Free/open-source	CVS (1986, 1990 in C) CVSNT (1998) QVCS Enterprise (1998) Subversion (2000)

Proprietary	AccuRev SCM (2002) ClearCase (1992) CMVC (1994) Dimensions CM (1980s) DSEE (1984) Endevor (1980s) Integrity (2001) Panvalet (1970s) Perforce (1995) Software Change Manager (1970s) StarTeam (1995) Surround SCM (2002) Synergy (1990) Team Concert (2008) Team Foundation Server (2005) Vault (2003) Visual SourceSafe (1994)

Distributed

Free/open-source	ArX (2003) Codeville (2005) Darcs (2002) DCVS (2002) Fossil (2007) Git (2005) GNU arch (2001) GNU Bazaar (2005) Mercurial (2005) Monotone (2003) SVK (2003) Veracity (2010)

Proprietary	BitKeeper (1998) Code Co-op (1997) Plastic SCM (2006) TeamWare (1990s?)

Concepts

Category
Comparison
List

Bug tracking systems

Years indicate the date of first stable release.

Client-server

Free software	GNATS (1992) Debbugs (1994 / 1999) Bugzilla (1998) Request Tracker (1999) MantisBT (2000) Roundup (2001) The Bug Genie (2003) Trac (2006) Tuleap (2011) Redmine (2006) Apache Allura (2009) Maniphest (2010) Apache Bloodhound (2012)

Proprietary	TestTrack (1998) FogBugz (2000) Axosoft (2002) JIRA (2002) Team Foundation Server (2005) YouTrack (2009)

Distributed

Fossil (2006)

Hosted

SourceForge (1999)
GNU Savannah (2000)
Launchpad (2004)
Assembla (2005)
CodePlex (2006)
GitHub (2008)
Bitbucket (2008)
Bontq (2010)
YouTrack (2011)

Category
Comparison

Wiki software

.NET	FlexWiki Microsoft SharePoint ThoughtFarmer

Java	Confluence eXo Platform Jive Traction TeamPage XWiki

Perl	Foswiki ikiwiki TWiki UseModWiki

PHP	DokuWiki MediaWiki MindTouch PhpWiki Phriction PmWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware WackoWiki WikkaWiki

Python	Allura Bloodhound Kallithea MoinMoin Trac Zwiki

Ruby	Redmine Wagn Gollum

Other languages	CLiki Common Lisp Gitit Haskell TiddlyWiki JavaScript

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