Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install fossil

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install fossil

MacPorts ports tree · devel/fossil/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%

sudo apk add fossil

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · fossil · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%

sudo apt install fossil

Debian stable package indexes · fossil · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%

sudo dnf install fossil

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · fossil · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#fossil

nixpkgs package indexes · fossil · Quelle: raw.githubusercontent.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S fossil

Arch Linux sync databases · fossil · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install fossil

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · fossil · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Chocolateyverifiziert · 92%

choco install fossil

Chocolatey community package catalog · fossil · Quelle: community.chocolatey.org

Scoopverifiziert · 92%

scoop install main/fossil

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/fossil.json · Quelle: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverifiziert · 92%

winget install --id Fossil.Fossil -e

Windows Package Manager source index · Fossil.Fossil · Quelle: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Distributed software configuration management

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

fossil

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Fossil is a distributed software configuration management system that combines version control with tickets, wiki, forum, chat, documentation, technotes, a web UI, and role-based access control in one self-contained executable.

Projektgeschichte

Fossil is developed in its own Fossil repository and has self-hosted since 2007-07-21. The official site states that cloning the self-hosting repository gives more than source code: it includes the project website, documentation, tickets, and related history.

The project was designed around SQLite-backed repository storage, a durable file format, autosync, ordinary HTTP(S) or SSH networking, and a single executable that can serve both local CLI workflows and a hosted project website.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Fossil occupies a different niche from Git: it is adopted by users who want an integrated project system and easy self-hosting rather than separate services for code, issues, wiki, and discussion. The official self-hosting page documents multiple public Fossil repositories kept in sync, plus a GitHub mirror exported from Fossil.

As a package, it is broadly available because installation is simple: download or build one binary and place it on `PATH`. The supplied package facts show availability through Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, MacPorts, Nix, Scoop, Winget, Chocolatey, and other managers.

Wie es verwendet wird

The official quick start is `fossil init`, `fossil open`, `fossil add`, `fossil commit`, and `fossil ui`. That last command starts the built-in web interface, which is central to Fossil's identity as more than a plain VCS.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Fossil matters to package nerds because it is source control, project hosting, and release infrastructure packaged as one small binary. It challenges the normal Unix packaging pattern of composing many tools by shipping a complete forge-like workflow in a single executable backed by SQLite.

Zeitleiste

2007: Fossil began self-hosting on 2007-07-21.
2017: One public mirror moved to a low-cost VPS, according to the self-hosting documentation.
2024: Version 2.25 was released on 2024-11-06.
2025: Version 2.27 was released on 2025-09-30.
2026: Version 2.28 was released on 2026-03-11.

Related projects

Fossil is closely related to SQLite through authorship, hosting, and its SQLite-backed storage model. Its official comparison discusses Git and Mercurial as peer distributed VCS tools, and its self-hosting documentation describes a GitHub mirror generated from Fossil.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: orange

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risikoklassifikator

orange Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · infrastructure

Warum

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signale

text:configuration management

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Installiert mit 1 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`fossil`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version2.28

Manager aktualisiert2026-06-09

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://www.fossil-scm.org/home/

InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.fossil-scm.org/home/none Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:fossil
Version	2.28
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fossil
Homepage	https://www.fossil-scm.org/home/
Repository	https://www.fossil-scm.org/home
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://www.fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki
Lizenz	BSD-2-Clause
Quellarchiv	https://fossil-scm.org/home/tarball/version-2.28/fossil-src-2.28.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert	2026-06-09T15:23:07+02:00
Pulse	updated
Abhängigkeiten	openssl@3
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	fossil
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Debian apt95%

fossil 1:2.26-2

DSCM with built-in wiki, http interface and server, tickets database

https://fossil-scm.org

sudo apt install fossil

Section: vcs
Architecture: amd64
3 Abhängigkeiten
2 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fossil

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: fossil from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

fossil

nix profile install nixpkgs#fossil

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fossil

nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: fossil from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

Ubuntu apt95%

fossil 1:2.23-1build2

DSCM with built-in wiki, http interface and server, tickets database

https://fossil-scm.org

sudo apt install fossil

Section: universe/vcs
Architecture: amd64
6 Abhängigkeiten
2 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fossil

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fossil from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

apk95%

fossil 2.28-r0

Simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration management

https://www.fossil-scm.org/

sudo apk add fossil

License: BSD-2-Clause
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: fossil
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fossil

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fossil from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

fossil-bash-completion 2.28-r0

Bash completions for fossil

https://www.fossil-scm.org/

sudo apk add fossil-bash-completion

License: BSD-2-Clause
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: fossil
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fossil

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fossil-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

fossil-zsh-completion 2.28-r0

Zsh completions for fossil

https://www.fossil-scm.org/

sudo apk add fossil-zsh-completion

License: BSD-2-Clause
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: fossil
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fossil

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fossil-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

dnf95%

fossil 2.25-3.fc42

A distributed SCM with bug tracking and wiki

https://www.fossil-scm.org/

sudo dnf install fossil

License: LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: fossil
7 Abhängigkeiten
2 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fossil

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fossil from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

dnf95%

fossil-doc 2.25-3.fc42

Fossil documentation

https://www.fossil-scm.org/

sudo dnf install fossil-doc

License: LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: fossil
2 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fossil

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fossil-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

pacman95%

fossil 2.28-1

Simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration management

https://www.fossil-scm.org

sudo pacman -S fossil

License: BSD-2-Clause
Architecture: x86_64
5 Abhängigkeiten
1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fossil

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: fossil from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

zypper95%

fossil 2.28-1.2

Distributed software configuration management

https://fossil-scm.org/

sudo zypper install fossil

License: BSD-2-Clause
Category: Development/Tools/Version Control
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: fossil
7 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fossil

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fossil from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

MacPorts95%

fossil

sudo port install fossil

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fossil

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/fossil/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Chocolatey95%

fossil

choco install fossil

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fossil

Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: fossil from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='6.5836','capture'

Scoop95%

main/fossil

scoop install main/fossil

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fossil

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/fossil.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget95%

Fossil.Fossil

winget install --id Fossil.Fossil -e

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fossil

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Fossil.Fossil from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/fossil.yml

Verwendete Quellen

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

fossil mit Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget installieren

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Linux

Windows

Paketzusammenfassung

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Projektgeschichte

Adoptionsgeschichte

Wie es verwendet wird

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Zeitleiste

Related projects

Quellen

Risikostufe: orange

Risikoklassifikator

Warum

Signale

Installationsverhalten

Empfohlene Prüfung

Installierte Executables

Version und Aktualität

Paketmetadaten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Interne Paketlinks

Themen-Hubs

Verwandte Tools

Gleicher Workflow

Agent-Sicherheitsleitfäden

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Combined YAML source

Verwendete Quellen