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diff --git a/www/index.wiki b/www/index.wiki new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b8e8c9c --- /dev/null +++ b/www/index.wiki @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +<title>A Coherent Software Configuration Management System</title> + +<h3>What Is It?</h3> + +<div class="nomargins" style='float:right;border:2px solid #446979;padding:0 15px 10px 0;margin:0 50px 0 10px'> +<ul> +<li> [/uv/download.html | Download] +<li> [./quickstart.wiki | Quick Start] +<li> [./build.wiki | Install] +<li> [https://fossil-scm.org/forum | Support/Forum ] +<li> [./hints.wiki | Tips & Hints] +<li> [./changes.wiki | Change Log] +<li> [../COPYRIGHT-BSD2.txt | License] +<li> [./userlinks.wiki | User Links] +<li> [./hacker-howto.wiki | Hacker How-To] +<li> [./fossil-v-git.wiki | Fossil vs. Git] +<li> [./permutedindex.html | Doc Index] +</ul> +<p style="text-align:center"><img src="fossil3.gif" alt="Fossil logo"></p> +</div> + +Fossil is a simple, high-reliability, distributed +[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_configuration_management | SCM] +system with these advanced features: + + 1. <b>Project Management</b> — + In addition to doing [./concepts.wiki | distributed version control] + like Git and Mercurial, + Fossil also supports [./bugtheory.wiki | bug tracking], + [./wikitheory.wiki | wiki], [./forum.wiki | forum], + [./alerts.md|email alerts], [./chat.md | chat], and + [./event.wiki | technotes]. + + 2. <b>Built-in Web Interface</b> — + Fossil has a built-in, [/skins | themeable], [./serverext.wiki | extensible], + and intuitive [./webui.wiki | web interface] + with a rich variety of information pages + ([./webpage-ex.md|examples]) promoting situational awareness. + <br><br> + This entire website is just a running instance of Fossil. + The pages you see here are all [./wikitheory.wiki | wiki] or + [./embeddeddoc.wiki | embedded documentation] or (in the case of + the [/uv/download.html|download] page) + [./unvers.wiki | unversioned files]. + When you clone Fossil from one of its + [./selfhost.wiki | self-hosting repositories], + you get more than just source code — you get this entire website. + + 3. <b>All-in-one</b> — + Fossil is a single self-contained, stand-alone executable. + To install, simply download a + [/uv/download.html | precompiled binary] + for Linux, Mac, or Windows and put it on your $PATH. + [./build.wiki | Easy-to-compile source code] is also available. + + + 4. <b>Self-host Friendly</b> — Stand up a project website + in minutes using [./server/ | a variety of techniques]. + Fossil is CPU and memory efficient. Most projects can be + hosted comfortably on a $5/month VPS or a Raspberry Pi. + You can also set up an automatic + [./mirrortogithub.md | GitHub mirror]. + + 5. <b>Simple Networking</b> — + Fossil uses ordinary HTTPS (or SSH if you prefer) + for network communications, so it works fine from behind + firewalls and [./quickstart.wiki#proxy|proxies]. + The protocol is + [./stats.wiki | bandwidth efficient] to the point that Fossil can be + used comfortably over dial-up, weak 3G, or airliner Wifi. + + 6. <b>Autosync</b> — + Fossil supports [./concepts.wiki#workflow | "autosync" mode] + which helps to keep projects moving + forward by reducing the amount of needless + [./branching.wiki | forking and merging] often + associated with distributed projects. + + 7. <b>Robust & Reliable</b> — + Fossil stores content using an [./fileformat.wiki | enduring file format] + in an SQLite database so that transactions are + atomic even if interrupted by a power loss or system crash. + Automatic [./selfcheck.wiki | self-checks] verify that all aspects of + the repository are consistent prior to each commit. + + 8. <b>Free and Open-Source</b> — [../COPYRIGHT-BSD2.txt|2-clause BSD license]. + +<hr> +<h3>Latest Release: 2.28 ([/timeline?c=version-2.28|2026-03-11])</h3> + + * [/uv/download.html|Download] + * [./changes.wiki#v2_28|Change Summary] + * [/timeline?p=version-2.28&d=version-2.27&y=ci|Check-ins in version 2.28] + * [/timeline?df=version-2.28&y=ci|Check-ins derived from the 2.28 release] + * [/timeline?t=release|Timeline of all past releases] + +<hr> +<h3>Quick Start</h3> + + 1. [/uv/download.html|Download] or install using a package manager or + [./build.wiki|compile from sources]. + 2. <tt>fossil init</tt> <i>REPOSITORY-DIR/new-repository</i> + 3. <tt>fossil open</tt> <i>REPOSITORY-DIR/new-repository</i> + 4. <tt>fossil add</tt> <i>files-or-directories</i> + 5. <tt>fossil commit -m</tt> "<i>commit message</i>" + 6. <tt>fossil ui</tt> + 7. Repeat steps 4, 5, and 6, in any order, as necessary. + See the [./quickstart.wiki|Quick Start Guide] for more detail. |