List of version-control software

AccuRev [proprietary, client-server] – source configuration management tool with integrated issue tracking based on "Streams" that manages parallel and global development; replication server is also available; now owned by Micro Focus
Autodesk Vault [proprietary, client-server] – Version control tool specifically designed for Autodesk applications managing the complex relationships between design files such as AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor
CADES [proprietary, client-server] – Designer productivity and version control system by International Computers Limited
ClearCase [proprietary, client-server] – MSSCCI compliant (Source Control Plug-in API) configuration management system by IBM Rational Software
Concurrent Versions System (CVS) [open, client-server] – originally built on RCS, licensed under the GPL
- CVSNT – cross-platform port of CVS that allows case insensitive file names among other changes
- OpenCVS – unreleased CVS clone under a BSD license, emphasizing security and source code correctness
Darcs [open, distributed] – originally developed by David Roundy; track inter-patch dependencies and automatically rearrange and cherry-pick them using a theory of patches
Dimensions CM [proprietary, client-server] – software change and configuration management system developed by Micro Focus, formerly Serena Software, that includes revision control
Fossil [open, distributed] – written by D. Richard Hipp for SQLite; distributed revision control, wiki, bug-tracking, and forum (all-in-one solution) with console and web interfaces; single portable executable and single repository file
Git [open, distributed] – designed by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development; decentralized; goals: fast, flexible, and robust ^[1]
Global Design Platform (GDP) [proprietary, client-server] – design data management for IC design and Perforce infrastructure support
Integrity [proprietary, client-server]
Helix Core (formerly Perforce Helix) [proprietary, client-server] – for large scale development environments
Mercurial [open, distributed] – written in Python as an open source replacement to BitKeeper; decentralized and aims to be fast, lightweight, portable, and easy to use
Panvalet [proprietary, shared] – Around since the 1970s, source and object control for IBM mainframe computers
Plastic SCM (rebranded as Unity Version Control) [open, proprietary] – by Codice Software, Inc and Unity Technologies^[2]^[3]
PVCS [proprietary, client-server] – developed by Don Kinzer at Polytron, first released in 1985; now owned by Micro Focus
Razor [proprietary, ?] – integrated suite from Visible Systems
Revision Control System (RCS) [open, shared] – stores the latest version and backward deltas for the fastest access to the trunk tip^[4]^[5] compared to SCCS and an improved user interface,^[6] at the cost of slow branch tip access and missing support for included/excluded deltas
Source Code Control System (SCCS) [open, shared] – part of UNIX; based on interleaved deltas, can construct versions as arbitrary sets of revisions; extracting an arbitrary version takes essentially the same time and is thus more useful in environments that rely heavily on branching and merging with multiple "current" and identical versions
StarTeam [proprietary, client-server] – coordinates and manages software delivery process by Micro Focus, formerly Borland; centralized control of digital assets and activities
Subversion (SVN) [open, client-server] – versioning control system inspired by CVS^[7]
Surround SCM [proprietary, client-server] – version control tool by Seapine Software
Synergy [proprietary, client-server] – MSSCCI compliant (Source Control Plug-in API) integrated change management and task-based configuration management system, proprietary of IBM
Team Concert [proprietary, client-server] – Collaboration and application lifecycle management platform by IBM Rational Software
Team Foundation Version Control [proprietary, client-server] – version control system developed by Microsoft for Team Foundation Server, now Azure DevOps Server
The Librarian [proprietary, shared] – Around since 1969, source control for IBM mainframe computers; from Applied Data Research, later acquired by Computer Associates
Vault [proprietary, client-server] – version control tool by SourceGear; first installation can be used for free

The following have been discontinued or not released in more than a decade.

Bazaar [open, distributed] – written in Python, originally by Martin Pool and sponsored by Canonical; decentralised: goals: fast and easy to use; can losslessly import Arch archives; replaced by friendly fork named Breezy
BitKeeper [open, distributed] – (discontinued) was used in Linux kernel development (2002 – April 2005) until its license was revoked for breach of contract; open-sourced in 2016
Code Co-op [open, proprietary] – (discontinued) peer-to-peer version control system (can use e-mail for synchronization)
Configuration Management Version Control (CMVC) [proprietary, client-server] – version control system, no longer available
GNU arch [open, distributed] – A very early system; deprecated since 2009 in favor of Bazaar
DCVS [open, distributed] – A decentralized spin on CVS, last released 2006 and since discontinued
Monotone [open, distributed] – not updated since 2011
Quma Version Control System – [open] VCS, final release 2010, abandoned 2013
Sun WorkShop TeamWare – Designed^{[citation needed]} by Larry McVoy, creator of BitKeeper
Vesta [open, client-server] – (discontinued) build system with a versioning file system and support for distributed repositories
Visual SourceSafe (VSS) [proprietary, client-server] – version control tool by Microsoft; oriented toward small teams. Final release in 2005.

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