Other Free (Libre) Distributed VC and SCM Systems

• Aegis
• Archipel
• GNU Arch
• Arch 2.0/"revc"
• ArX
• ArX
• AVS (windows only, Linux “soon”)
• 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)

• 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.