Fossil
Distributed version control system featuring wiki and bug tracker.
Developed outside the platforms our data source measures, so there is no activity history to score. This says nothing about the project — many unrated projects are actively maintained.
Activity data
Not available for this project. Our source collects commit history from GitHub only, and Fossil is developed elsewhere.
| Stars | not measured |
|---|---|
| Latest release | — |
| Repo updated | — |
| Licence | BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD |
| Built with | C |
Is Fossil actively maintained?
We cannot measure this one. Fossil is developed outside the platforms our data source collects activity from, and its repository lives at www.fossil-scm.org — so there is no commit history or release cadence here to score.
Read that as missing data, not as a warning. Several of the best-maintained projects in this catalogue are unrated for exactly this reason. To judge it, open the repository and look at the date of the most recent commit yourself.
What Fossil actually does
Fossil is a distributed version control system that integrates project management tools directly into the core application. It provides built-in wiki and bug tracking capabilities alongside standard source code management. This approach bundles documentation and issue history with the codebase itself.
Best fit: It is well-suited for solo developers or small teams who want an all-in-one project management and version control environment without configuring separate web applications.
Worth knowing: The ecosystem and community are considerably smaller than git-based alternatives, which may limit third-party integrations and troubleshooting resources.
Deployment notes
Being written in C, it typically runs as a lightweight standalone binary or via CGI behind a reverse proxy for TLS termination. You will need to ensure persistent storage for the underlying SQLite-based repository files.
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