I would like to introduce you lovely OpenSource Lovers to a GIT-Alternative called FOSSIL that I also stumbled upon because of this Blog.<br> It’s basically opensource Github-in-a-box which means it’s an SCM with:

  • Bug-tracker
  • Ticketting-system
  • Forum
  • Wiki-system
  • even a Chat-functionality
  • Has built-in GUI
  • Also has a Web-Server
  • Self-Hostable like Gitea/Forgejo

& the best part it’s all in ONE STANDALONE FILE!!! which is extremely lightweight which you can copy to your $PATH & works even in crappy internet. how cool is that!!

However this tool supports a completely different style of development in FOSS called the “Cathedral-Style” whereas GIT suports a “Bazaar-Style”<br> The person behind Fossil is the creator of SQLite, <u>Dr.Richard Hipp</u> & they even made other projects to support Fossil like a PIC-Like language called PikChr<br> Well just in case; here’s a list of difference between Git vs Fossil<br> & guess what!! they even have a hosting service called CHISEL

Listen; Just check it out & use it for fun in your spare time even with the flaws it has (& Try out Darcs & Pijul as well)

  • ZeroOne@lemmy.worldOP
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    14 days ago

    The last time I checked Just because storage is cheap doesn’t give you the excuse to create unomptimized garbage All GIT does is versioning, Fossil comparitively has more features that Git should have but doesn’t

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        13 days ago

        What are these “Valid Critiques” ? You don’t mean “Why should I try out Fossil when I’m used to Git”

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          13 days ago

          I use plane for my personal project ticketing and git is built into all my IDE. Why make it harder because of a random Foss project with opinions.