Pijul
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The facts
Each one read from Pijul's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Collaboration
- Collaboration works by sending and receiving patches and applying them to repositories.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Commutation
- Independent changes can be applied in any order without changing the result or version identifier.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Conflict resolution
- A conflict resolution applies to the same two changes everywhere and does not recur.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Hosted repositories
- Pijul Nest is described as Pijul’s repository hosting platform, with free hosting linked from the homepage.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The recommended installation method is from source using Cargo and the Rust toolchain.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The Nest account manual says users can sign in with GitHub, Google, or Twitter.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Large files
- Pijul handles large files, but the FAQ says it does not currently have a good diff algorithm for them.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- Pijul is GPL version 2 or later and may be used for commercial projects.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Maintainers
- The site credits Pierre-Étienne Meunier and Florent Becker.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Merge behavior
- Pijul says it preserves line order in merges and surfaces conflicts when the order is unknown.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Merging
- Pijul preserves line order in merges and surfaces conflicts when the order is unknown.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Nest privacy
- The Nest privacy policy says content uploaded to Nest accounts is stored on its servers while the account is active.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Nest security
- The Nest privacy policy says data is encrypted in transit and database backups are encrypted; most data is not encrypted while in the database.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Partial clones
- Pijul can clone a subset of a repository, and changes made in a partial clone can merge into the full repository.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Pijul is a distributed version control system built on a patch-based theory.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The Pijul community page lists Zulip for questions and Discourse for longer discussions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Version identifiers
- The FAQ says Pijul uses elliptic curve cryptography primitives to communicate a specific version number.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- The Nest terms identify the company as Pijul OÜ, an Estonian company.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Monorepos
- The FAQ says Pijul can retrieve a subset of patches and handle their dependencies for files consistent with a large remote repository.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Platforms
- The download page recommends installation from source using Cargo and lists community-maintained Windows binaries.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Windows support
- The downloads page links to community-maintained Windows binaries.checked 11 Oct 2026
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