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Mercurial

Mercurial is a distributed revision control tool for software developers. It is supported on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and other Unix-like systems, such as FreeBSD and macOS.

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Developers
Olivia Mackall[a] (retired), Pierre-Yves David
License
GPL-2.0-or-later
Operating system
Unix-like, Windows, macOS
Release
19 April 2005; 21 years ago (2005-04-19)
Repository
repo.mercurial-scm.org/hg-stable
Stable release
7.2.4 / 11 August 2026

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Mercurial servers and repository management

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Mercurial

Nodes67
Edges66
Triples56
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.029851
Components1

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Mercurial

Top relations

related to Source code hosting · 11
Mercurial → Atlassian, Bitbucket, CodebaseGNU Savannah, December, FSFHeptapodOSDN, GNU Savannah, July, PerforcePuszcza, SourceForgeSourceHutTuxFamily, The, Ukraine
related to history · 10
Mercurial → April, BitKeeper, Bitmover, Git, Linus Torvalds, Linux, Mackall, SourcePuller, The, This
related to Mercurial servers and repository management · 7
Mercurial → GitLab, GPLv3, Heptapod, OctobusKallithea, PhacilityRhodeCode, RhodeCode Inc, RhodeCodePhabricator
related to Adoption · 6
Mercurial → Although Mercurial, Facebook, In, Linux, Mononoke, Rust
related to Design · 5
Mercurial → By, For, HTTP-based, SHA-1, SSH
related to Open source projects using Mercurial · 3
Mercurial → GNU Multi-Precision LibraryGNU OctaveLEMONLiquidFeedbackOrthancPidginRhodeCodeRoundupTrytonXEmacsXineeric, RCS, Some
related to Usage · 2
Mercurial → Figure, Mercurial's
Developers · 1
Mercurial → Olivia Mackall[a] (retired), Pierre-Yves David
License · 1
Mercurial → GPL-2.0-or-later
Operating system · 1
Mercurial → Unix-like, Windows, macOS

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control version git mackall linux distributed projects also using repository used support free software mercurial's developers olivia unix-like macos kernel

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MercurialDevelopersOlivia Mackall[a] (retired), Pierre-Yves David1.00infobox
MercurialLicenseGPL-2.0-or-later1.00infobox
MercurialOperating systemUnix-like, Windows, macOS1.00infobox
MercurialRelease19 April 2005; 21 years ago (2005-04-19)1.00infobox
MercurialRepositoryrepo.mercurial-scm.org/hg-stable1.00infobox
MercurialStable release7.2.4 / 11 August 20261.00infobox
MercurialTypeVersion control1.00infobox
MercurialWebsitewww.mercurial-scm.org1.00infobox
MercurialWritten inPython, C, and Rust1.00infobox
Mercurialis adistributed revision control tool for software developers0.90text
the OpenJDK have used Mercurial in the pastinstance ofI do not know if the same is true of Git.High-profile projects0.80text
though the OpenJDK no longer does as of Java 16instance ofI do not know if the same is true of Git.High-profile projects0.80text

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