Fossil is a distributed software configuration management/version control system built with reliability and ease of use on mind. It comes with integrated bug tracking and a wiki. It is distributed as a single static binary for easy installation and the ability to run in a chrooted environment. Other highlights include a Web interface, autosync, simple networking, and CGI support.
| Tags | Software Development Version Control Distributed Revision System Issue Tracking Bug Tracking Source Control |
|---|---|
| Licenses | BSD Revised |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux Mac OS X OpenBSD Windows |
| Implementation | C JavaScript |
Recent releases


Release Notes: This release brings a wide spectrum of improvements. Merging has been improved in cases involving file renames. Diff has been improved in multiple ways, including a new --brief mode. The "allow-symlink" setting is versionable now, allowing easy project-wide adoption. Security has been improved by hardening logic against DOS attacks. Many more improvements are listed in the change log.


Release Notes: This is the 21st stable release of Fossil. It contains some usability improvements. Most interesting are the side-by-side diffs in the CLI. For the internals, the JSON interface has been merged into the trunk, but needs to be enabled while compiling from source.


Release Notes: This is 20th stable release of Fossil. From a usability point of view, there are numerous usability tweaks and fixes. For security, SSLv2 has been obsoleted and protection against side-channel timing attacks implemented. One new core feature has been added, support for symlinks (off by default for compatibility with systems not supporting them).


Release Notes: This version brings a set of new features and improvements. Major changes include introduction of empty directories, versionable settings, client-side SSL certificate support, and a command for creating a Fossil service on Windows systems. Some UI improvements include automatic branch colors and more intuitive use of relative paths.


Release Notes: This release adds sequential version numbering.