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I would like to introduce you lovely OpenSource Lovers to a GIT-Alternative called FOSSIL that I also stumbled upon because of this Blog. It's basically opensource Github-in-a-box which means it's an SCM with:

  • Bug-tracker
  • Ticketting-system
  • Forum
  • Wiki-system
  • even a Chat-functionality
  • Has built-in GUI
  • Also has a Web-Server
  • Self-Hostable like Gitea/Forgejo

& the best part it's all in ONE STANDALONE FILE!!! which is extremely lightweight which you can copy to your $PATH & works even in crappy internet. how cool is that!!

However this tool supports a completely different style of development in FOSS called the "Cathedral-Style" whereas GIT suports a "Bazaar-Style" The person behind Fossil is the creator of SQLite, Dr.Richard Hipp & they even made other projects to support Fossil like a PIC-Like language called PikChr Well just in case; here's a list of difference between Git vs Fossil & guess what!! they even have a hosting service called CHISEL

Listen; Just check it out & use it for fun in your spare time even with the flaws it has (& Try out Darcs & Pijul as well)

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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Yeah it's the cathedral-style, Opensource but closed contributions as in no PRs

[–] weker01@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Which is not really open now is it.

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You'll actually have to talk to the devs to be included in the project This VCS favours a more horizontal organization where the devs know each other (so A high-trust environment)

Please don't pretend as if OpenSource Devs don't constantly complain about pesky PRs😅

[–] Markaos@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 weeks ago

Please don't pretend as if OpenSource Devs don't constantly complain about pesky PRs😅

I've seen much more complaints about people constantly demanding their specific annoyances to be fixed without ever submitting a single line of code. Maintainers are pretty much universally welcoming to code contributions

I soooo hope this does something funky with someone's Lemmy client

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