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Fossil vs Gitblit: What are the differences?
Fossil: Simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration management. Fossil is a software configuration management system. Fossil is software that is designed to control and track the development of a software project and to record the history of the project. There are many such systems in use today. Fossil strives to distinguish itself from the others by being extremely simple to setup and operate; Gitblit: Pure Java Git solution for managing, viewing, and serving Git repositories. Gitblit is an open source, pure Java Git solution for managing, viewing, and serving Git repositories. It can serve repositories over the GIT, HTTP, and SSH transports; it can authenticate against multiple providers; and it allows you to get up-and-running with an attractive, capable Git server in less than 5 minutes.
Fossil and Gitblit can be primarily classified as "Code Collaboration & Version Control" tools.
Gitblit is an open source tool with 1.62K GitHub stars and 585 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Gitblit's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of Fossil
- Integrated Bug Tracking, Wiki and Tech Notes2
- Dead simple & single binary with tons of features1
- Strong and flexible1
- Cheap&intelligent1
- AutoSync - Reduces needless Merging and Forking1
Pros of Gitblit
- Fast and fulfill just the features I need1
- Better user & group management1
- Free1
- Easy to setup. Runs on OSX1
- Windows authentication is supported0
- Run on Windows0
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Cons of Fossil
Cons of Gitblit
- Confusing UI2
- Squash and Merge is not supported0
- No active development0
- No code review functionality0
- No Pull Requests0
