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Fossil

Fossil is an open source distributed version control system, bug tracking system and wiki software server for use in software development. Fossil does not require a central server to function. Content is stored using a SQLite database.

Fossil is used for version control by the SQLite project, which is itself a component of Fossil. Fossil is a single self-contained programe written in the C programming language.

Fossil 1.22

Price
Free to download
Size
2.6MB
License
Two-clause BSD license
Developer
D. Richard Hipp

Website
www.fossil-scm.org

System Requirements
Web browser
SQLite
zlib

Support Sites:
FAQ, Quick Start, Mailing List, Performance

Selected Reviews:

Features include:

Robust and lightweight in operation
Bug Tracking
Ticketing
Web-based graphical user interface
Autosync mode to remove the need to fork and merge
Simple HTTP with proxy support for network communications
CGI enabled
Immutable artifacts
Works with repository files (a database with the project's complete history) and with checked-out local trees
Supports embedded documentation
Built-in wiki
News/Blog
Simple, well-defined, enduring file format

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Last Updated Friday, May 18 2012 @ 06:57 PM EDT

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