Comparison

Fossil vs Git

No leader: the top candidate Git has only 0.34 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Fossil9
Git58
Score
Vioscale score
Fossil9 / 100low · 4%
Git58 / 100low · 34%
Pricing
Free tier
Fossil
Git
Price level
Fossilfree
Gitfree
Transparent
Fossil
Git
Integrations
Count
Fossil1
Git
Adoption
Dependent repos
Fossil
Git326
Github stars
Fossil
Activity
Commits last 30d
Fossil
Git100
Language
Primary
Fossil
GitC
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for version control. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Model
VCS model
FossilDistributed
GitDistributed
Underlying VCS supported (Git / Mercurial / SVN / Perforce / multiple)
Fossil-
GitGit
Deployment
Hosting
FossilSelf-hosted only
GitSelf-hosted only
Review
Code review
Fossil-
GitNone (engine only)
Storage
Large-file / binary handling
Fossil-
Git-
Scale
Monorepo scale (partial clone / sparse / VFS)
Fossil-
Git-
DevOps
Built-in CI
Fossil-
Git
Access
Access control granularity
Fossil-
Git-
Federation
Federation / decentralisation (ActivityPub / email)
Fossil-
Git
Licensing
Open-source core
FossilOpen-source
GitOpen-source
Self-managed license model
FossilFree
GitFree
Integration
API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks)
Fossil-
Git-
Enterprise
SSO / SAML / SCIM
Fossil-
Git-
Security
Signed commits / supply-chain (GPG / SSH / sigstore)
Fossil-
Git-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Fossil

An open-source distributed version control system that combines version control with built-in project management features including bug tracking, wikis, forums, and email alerts. It runs as a single self-contained executable with a built-in web interface and can be easily self-hosted on minimal infrastructure.

Independently observed

Git

A distributed version control system built for speed and efficiency, widely used by developers to track code changes and manage project history. Available as free and open source software under GPLv2.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Fossil

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open-source

as of verify ↗

Git

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Fossil
Git
macOS
Fossil
Git
Windows
Fossil
Git
Linux
Fossil
Git
CLI
Fossil
Git
Deployment
Self-hosted
Fossil
Git
On-premise
Fossil
Git

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Fossil

1 total
  • GitHub
Independently observed

Git

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.