What is Mercurial?

Mercurial is a versatile, open-source version control system that is distributed and designed to accommodate projects of any scale while offering an intuitive interface for users. It effectively handles projects of varying complexities, ensuring that each cloned repository retains the complete history of the project, which allows for most tasks to be executed locally, swiftly, and conveniently. Supporting a wide array of workflows, Mercurial also provides users the opportunity to enhance its functionality through various extensions. This tool is built to deliver on its promises, as many of its operations typically succeed on the first try without requiring advanced expertise. Users can expand Mercurial’s features by enabling the official extensions that come with the software, downloading additional extensions from the community wiki, or even creating their own personalized extensions. These user-developed extensions, written in Python, can alter existing commands, introduce new functionalities, and access all of Mercurial's core features, making it an exceptionally flexible tool for managing version control. With its adaptability, Mercurial empowers users to customize their version control experience to align perfectly with their unique requirements and workflows. As a result, it fosters a more efficient and tailored approach to project management.

Pricing

Price Overview:
free

Screenshots and Video

Mercurial Screenshot 1

Company Facts

Company Name:
Mercurial
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
www.mercurial-scm.org

Product Details

Deployment
Windows
Mac

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

Mercurial Categories and Features

Version Control System

Branch Creation / Deletion
Centralized Version History
Code Review
Code Version Management
Collaboration Tools
Compare / Merge Branches
Digital Asset / Binary File Storage
Isolated Code Branches
Option to Revert to Previous
Pull Requests
Roles / Permissions

Source Code Management Software

Access Controls/Permissions
Bug Tracking
Build Automation
Change Management
Code Review
Collaboration
Continuous Integration
Repository Management
Version Control