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Fossil

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Fossil

Summary

Fossil is a distributed revision control system[1]. Fossil draws 166 Wikipedia views per month (distributed_revision_control_system category, ranking #3 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fossil's instance of is recorded as distributed revision control system[3].
  • Fossil's instance of is recorded as free software[4].
  • Fossil's instance of is recorded as version control system[5].
  • Fossil's instance of is recorded as communication protocol[6].
  • Fossil's instance of is recorded as bug tracking system[7].
  • Fossil's instance of is recorded as source code repository[8].
  • Fossil's instance of is recorded as forge[9].
  • Fossil's instance of is recorded as repository web interface[10].
  • Fossil's instance of is recorded as wiki software[11].
  • Fossil's logo image is recorded as Fossil SCM logo.svg[12].
  • Fossil's developer is recorded as D. Richard Hipp[13].
  • Fossil's developer is recorded as FLOSS contributor[14].
  • Fossil's copyright license is recorded as 2-clause BSD License[15].
  • Fossil's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[16].
  • Fossil's programmed in is recorded as Q47607[17].
  • Fossil's operating system is recorded as cross-platform[18].
  • Fossil's software version identifier is recorded as 1.33[19].
  • Fossil's software version identifier is recorded as 1.28[20].
  • Fossil's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2[21].
  • Fossil's software version identifier is recorded as 2.3[22].
  • Fossil's software version identifier is recorded as 2.4[23].
  • Fossil's software version identifier is recorded as 2.5[24].
  • Fossil's software version identifier is recorded as 1.18[25].
  • Fossil's software version identifier is recorded as 1.19[26].
  • Fossil's software version identifier is recorded as 1.20[27].

Body

Publication

Fossil's publication date is recorded as +2006-00-00T00:00:00Z[28].

Why It Matters

Fossil draws 166 Wikipedia views per month (distributed_revision_control_system category, ranking #3 of 8).[2] Fossil has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29]

Fossil has been cited as an influence by Jsish[30], a scripting language[31].

FAQs

Who did Fossil influence?

Fossil has been cited as an influence by Jsish[30].

Related Entities

cross-platform D. Richard Hipp free software Jsish

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . fossil-scm.org. Retrieved . fossil-scm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . fossil-scm.org. Retrieved . fossil-scm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . fossil-scm.org. fossil-scm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . fossil-scm.org. fossil-scm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . fossil-scm.org. Retrieved . fossil-scm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . fossil-scm.org. Retrieved . fossil-scm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . fossil-scm.org. fossil-scm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . fossil-scm.org. fossil-scm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . fossil-scm.org. fossil-scm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . fossil-scm.org. fossil-scm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . fossil-scm.org. Retrieved . fossil-scm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . fossil-scm.org. Retrieved . fossil-scm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . fossil-scm.org. Retrieved . fossil-scm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . fossil-scm.org. Retrieved . fossil-scm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . fossil-scm.org. Retrieved . fossil-scm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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