Other Free SCM Systems

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Other Free (Libre) Distributed VC and SCM Systems

.br There seems to be a fair bit of work going on in the field of free (libre) version control and software configuration management systems these days.

Here is an incomplete list of others who are having a go at similar systems. If you're unhappy with Aegis, maybe these will meet your needs better: Aegis Archipel GNU Arch Arch 2.0/"revc" ArX ArX AVS> (closed source, free as in beer, windows only) Bazaar Bazaar-NG BitKeeper (closed source) Bky BriefCase CBE Clearcase (closed source) CM Synergy (closed source) Code Co-op (closed source) Codeville Cogito (git) CVS CVSNT Darcs DCVS FastCST Gat GNU Arch Jedi VCS LibreSource Mercurial META-CVS Monotone (see also others page) OpenCM PastWatch Perforce (closed source) PRCS Sablime (closed source) Seapine (closed source) SiVeCo SourceJammer Stellation Subversion Superversion SVK Teamwork (closed source) Vesta Visual Source Safe (closed source) | Here is an incomplete list of comparisons of similar systems. If you're unhappy with Aegis, maybe these will help you find one that meets your needs better: wiki.gnuarch.org better-scm.berlios.de Version-Control and SCMs for Linux The following list is taken from David Wheeler's essay on F/OSS SCM systems: The better SCM initiative was established to encourage improved OSS/FS SCM systems, by discussing and comparing them. Among other things, see their comparison file. Zooko has written a short review of OSS/FS SCM tools. Shlomi Fish's OnLamp.com article compares various CM systems as does his Evolution of a Revision Control User. The arch folks have developed a comparison of arch with Subversion and CVS (obviously, they like arch). Another pro-arch discussion is Why the Future is Distributed. A pro-subversion discussion is available at Dispelling Subversion FUD. Slashdot had a discussion when Subversion 1.0 was announced. Kernel traffic posted a summary of a technical discussion about BitKeeper. Brad Appleton has collected lots of interesting SCM links. jemfinch has some interesting essays about SCMs (he uses the term VCS), including why he thinks the approach to branches used by Darcs, Arch, and Bazaar-ng is a poor one. A brief overview of SCM systems that can run on Linux is available. If you know of others, please let me know and I'll add them here.

Maybe it's time for a “VC/SCM” web ring?