Fossil (software)

Fossil
Original author(s) D. Richard Hipp
Initial release 2006 (2006)
Stable release
2.7 / 22 September 2018 (2018-09-22)[1]
Repository
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Written in C, SQL
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Distributed version control system, bug tracking system, wiki software
License 2-clause BSD license[2]
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.[3]

Fossil is free software released under a BSD license[4] (relicensed from 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.[5]

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.[6] After domain ownership was transferred on May 1, 2013, it continued operation.[7]
  • SourceForge (unofficially through webpages hosting service[8])

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fossil: Change Log". Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Fossil Copyright
  3. ↑ "Integrated version control with Fossil SCM". , DLR Tech Talk presentation by Arne Bachmann, 2009-12-01
  4. ↑ "Fossil DSCM Relicensed with BSD License". 2010-05-16.
  5. ↑ "Fossil: Fossil Performance". Fossil-scm.org. 2009-08-23. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
  6. ↑ "Chiselapp.com shutting down". James Turner. 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  7. ↑ "ChiselApp ChangeOver Complete". Andreas Kupries. 2013-04-30. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  8. ↑ "Example: Free Fossil-SCM Repository Hosting". Retrieved 2015-11-21.

Further reading

  • Schimpf, Jim (March 2013). Fossil Version Control - A Users Guide (PDF) (2.0 ed.). Retrieved 11 November 2013.
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