Comparison

Gogs vs Mercurial

No leader: the top candidate Mercurial has only 0.10 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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Gogs42
Mercurial54
Score
vioscaleAI score
Gogs42 / 100medium · 51%
Mercurial54 / 100low · 10%
Pricing
Free tier
Gogs✓
Mercurial✓
Model
Mercurialfree
Price level
Gogsfree
Mercurialfree
Integrations
Count
Gogs9
Mercurial–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Gogs55
Mercurial–
Github stars
Gogs47,864
Mercurial–
Package downloads weekly
Gogs3,624
Mercurial86,972
Activity
Commits last 30d
Gogs3
Mercurial–
Release
History
Mercurial–
License
Spdx
GogsMIT
Mercurial–
Language
Primary
GogsGo
MercurialPython
Market
Availability
Gogs–
Content
Faq
Mercurial4 items

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
GogsPR / MR
MercurialNone (engine only)
Storage
Large-file / binary handling
GogsGit LFS
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 a distributed source control management system designed to efficiently handle large repositories with fast performance across teams.

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
Cloud / SaaS
Gogs✓
Mercurial✗
Self-hosted
Gogs✓
Mercurial✓
On-premise
Gogs✓
Mercurial✗

Integrations

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

Gogs

9 total
  • Slack
  • Discord
  • Dingtalk
  • GitHub
  • GitHub Enterprise
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MariaDB
  • SQLite3
Independently observed

Mercurial

Not documented yet.

Still deciding?

Gogs or Mercurial: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

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