Pijul is a [[GPLv2]] licensed version control system written in [[Rust]]. - [Website](https://pijul.org/) - [Source](https://nest.pijul.com/pijul/pijul) - [Documentation](https://pijul.org/manual/introduction.html) - AlternativeTo > Pijul is a free and open source (GPL2) **distributed version control system**. Its distinctive feature is to be based on a **theory of patches**, while still being fast and scalable. This makes it easy to learn and use, without any compromise on power or features. # Notability It's always nice to have alternatives to [[git|Git]]. It has a nice hosted UI called [Nest](https://nest.pijul.com/pijul/nest), although as of [[2024-01-07]] its source is not publicly released. # Philosophy > a sound and fast distributed version control system based on a mathematical theory of asynchronous work. Whenever I see any project that claims it has a basis in mathematical theory, I assume that it will be a nightmare to use. From looking at the documentation, it doesn't look terrible from the outside. - I think it's cute that their equivalent to `git blame` is `pijul credit`. - I don't like that they overload the term [`fork`](https://pijul.org/manual/reference/fork.html) to mean "create a new branch". Seems to use some kind of addressing system for files, or at least Nest does: ``` https://nest.pijul.com/pijul/pijul:main/SXEYMYF7P4RZM.7ILQE ``` # OS Support # Features # Tips # References