Comparison

Gogs vs Mercurial

No leader: the top candidate Mercurial has only 0.14 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.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Gogs46
Mercurial64
Score
Vioscale score
Gogs46 / 100low · 44%
Mercurial64 / 100low · 14%
Pricing
Free tier
Gogs
Mercurial
Model
Mercurialfree
Price level
Gogsfree
Mercurialfree
Adoption
Dependent repos
Gogs55
Mercurial
Github stars
Gogs47,774
Mercurial
Package downloads weekly
Gogs8,330
Mercurial86,972
Activity
Commits last 30d
Gogs10
Mercurial
Release
History
Mercurial
License
Spdx
GogsMIT
Mercurial
Language
Primary
GogsGo
MercurialPython
Market
Availability
Gogs

Capabilities

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

Model
VCS model
GogsCentralized
MercurialDistributed
Underlying VCS supported (Git / Mercurial / SVN / Perforce / multiple)
GogsGit
MercurialMercurial
Deployment
Hosting
GogsSelf-hosted only
MercurialSelf-hosted only
Review
Code review
Gogs-
MercurialNone (engine only)
Storage
Large-file / binary handling
Gogs-
Mercurial-
Scale
Monorepo scale (partial clone / sparse / VFS)
Gogs-
Mercurial-
DevOps
Built-in CI
Gogs-
Mercurial
Access
Access control granularity
GogsRepo
Mercurial-
Federation
Federation / decentralisation (ActivityPub / email)
Gogs-
Mercurial-
Licensing
Open-source core
GogsOpen-source
MercurialOpen-source
Self-managed license model
GogsFree
MercurialFree
Integration
API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks)
GogsREST
MercurialCLI
Enterprise
SSO / SAML / SCIM
Gogs-
Mercurial
Security
Signed commits / supply-chain (GPG / SSH / sigstore)
Gogs-
Mercurial-

What each one is

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

Gogs

A lightweight Git hosting solution designed for self-hosted deployment with minimal resource requirements and cross-platform support.

Independently observed

Mercurial

Mercurial is an open-source, distributed version control tool designed to efficiently handle projects of any size. It provides each developer with a complete copy of the project history, enabling fast local operations and flexible collaboration workflows.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Gogs

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Mercurial

FreeFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Gogs
Mercurial
macOS
Gogs
Mercurial
Windows
Gogs
Mercurial
Linux
Gogs
Mercurial
CLI
Gogs
Mercurial
Deployment
Self-hosted
Gogs
Mercurial

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