Fossil

Short description: Software configuration management, bug tracking system and wiki server

Fossil

Original author(s)| D. Richard Hipp
Initial release| 2006; 20 years ago (2006)
Written in| C, SQL
Operating system| Cross-platform
Type| Software configuration management, bug tracking system, wiki software
License| 2010: BSD-2-Clause[lower-alpha 1][1]
2007: GPL-2.0-only[lower-alpha 2]

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

## Contents

* 1 Features
* 2 Adoption
* 3 Source code hosting
* 4 See also
* 5 Notes
* 6 References
* 7 Further reading
* 8 External links

## Features

Fossil is a cross-platform DVCS 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 to display a page giving detailed history and status information on that project. The fossil executable may be run as a standalone HTTP server, as a CGI application, accessed via SSH, or run interactively from the CLI.

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] (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 on 2009-08-12.[4][5]

Some examples of other projects using Fossil are:

* Tcl/Tk Project
* Pikchr
* MySQL++, a C++ wrapper for the MySQL and MariaDB C APIs
* LuaSQLite3
* libfossil
* fnc, the ncurses-based Fossil UI experience in the terminal
* Androwish, the Tcl implementation for Android

## 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

* Comparison of revision control software
* List of revision control software

## Notes

1. ↑ BSD-2-Clause since 2010-05-16.
2. ↑ GPL-2.0-only from 2007-07-21 until 2010-05-16.

## References

1. ↑ Fossil Copyright
2. ↑ "Integrated version control with Fossil SCM". 5 November 2009. http://www.slideshare.net/Ashberk/integrated-version-control-with-fossil-scm. , DLR Tech Talk presentation by Arne Bachmann, 2009-12-01
3. ↑ "Fossil DSCM Relicensed with BSD License.". 2010-05-16. http://fossil-scm.org/index.html/artifact/c7dd1de9f9539a5a859c2b41fe4560604a774476.
4. ↑ "Fossil: Fossil Performance". Fossil-scm.org. 2009-08-23. http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/doc/tip/www/stats.wiki.
5. ↑ "SQLite: Timeline". sqlite.org. https://www.sqlite.org/src/timeline?c=2009-08-12+11:45:41.
6. ↑ "Chiselapp.com shutting down". James Turner. 2013-03-28. http://www.mail-archive.com/fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org/msg11540.html.
7. ↑ "ChiselApp ChangeOver Complete". Andreas Kupries. 2013-04-30. http://www.mail-archive.com/fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org/msg11672.html.
8. ↑ "Example: Free Fossil-SCM Repository Hosting". http://fossilrepos.sourceforge.net.

## Further reading

* Schimpf, Jim (March 2013). Fossil Version Control - A Users Guide (2.0 ed.). http://www.fossil-scm.org/schimpf-book/doc/2ndEdition/fossilbook.pdf. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

## External links

* v
* t
* e

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)
* Azure DevOps
* Server (via TFVC) (2005)
* Services (via TFVC) (2014)
* ClearCase (1992)
* CMVC (1994)
* Dimensions CM (1980s)
* DSEE (1984)
* Endevor (1980s)
* Integrity (2001)
* Panvalet (1970s)
* Perforce Helix (1995)
* SCLM (1980s?)
* Software Change Manager (1970s)
* StarTeam (1995)
* Surround SCM (2002)
* Synergy (1990)
* Team Concert (2008)
* Vault (2003)
* Visual SourceSafe (1994)

Distributed|

| Free/open-source|

* ArX (2003)
* BitKeeper (2000)
* Codeville (2005)
* Darcs (2002)
* DCVS (2002)
* Fossil (2007)
* Git (2005)
* GNU arch (2001)
* GNU Bazaar (2005)
* Mercurial (2005)
* Monotone (2003)
* Veracity (2010)

|

Proprietary|

* Azure DevOps
* Server (via Git) (2013)
* Services (via Git) (2014)
* TeamWare (1992)
* Code Co-op (1997)
* Plastic SCM (2006)

Concepts|

* Baseline
* Branch
* Changeset
* Commit
* Data comparison
* Delta compression
* Fork
* Gated commit
* Interleaved deltas
* Merge
* Monorepo
* Repository
* Tag
* Trunk

* Category
* Comparison
* List

* v
* t
* e

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)
* Trac (2004)
* Redmine (2006)
* Apache Allura (2009)
* Maniphest (2010)
* GitLab (2011)
* Tuleap (2011)
* Apache Bloodhound (2012)

|

Proprietary|

* Helix ALM (formerly TestTrack) (1998)
* Axosoft (2002)
* Jira (2002)
* Azure DevOps Server (2005)
* YouTrack (2009)

Distributed|

| Free software|

* Fossil (2006)

|

Proprietary|

* Azure DevOps Server (2013)

Hosted|

* SourceForge (1999)
* GNU Savannah (2000)
* OSDN (2002)
* Launchpad (2004)
* Assembla (2005)
* CodePlex (2006) discontinued
* GitHub (2008)
* Bitbucket (2008)
* YouTrack (2011)
* Azure DevOps Services (2012)
* Usersnap (2013)

* Category
* Comparison

* v
* t
* e

Wiki software

.NET|

* FlexWiki
* Microsoft SharePoint

Java|

* Confluence
* Jive
* Traction TeamPage
* XWiki

JavaScript|

* Nuclino
* TiddlyWiki
* Wiki.js

Perl|

* Foswiki
* ikiwiki
* TWiki
* UseModWiki

PHP|

* DokuWiki
* MediaWiki
* MindTouch
* PhpWiki
* Phriction
* PmWiki
* Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
* PukiWiki

Python|

* Allura
* Bloodhound
* Kallithea
* Kuma
* MoinMoin
* Trac
* Zwiki

Ruby|

* Redmine
* Wagn
* Gollum

Other languages|

* CLiki
* Common Lisp
* Gitit
* Haskell

* Category
* Comparison
* List

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