5 Best Alternatives to Mercurial - Remote Work Products

Huge number of open source projects & an industry standard to showcase developer portfolio makes Github the most popular choice. Not having private repos in the free plan is painful though.

• Free to host unlimited public repos.
• Private repos are paid
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If you can afford the monthly plan for private repos, Github should be your default choice (given the huge community & large number of open-source projects).

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• Hosts a huge amount of open-source projects
• Considered a defacto standard to showcase developer portfolio

• Doesn't allow creation of private repos in the free plan

If you love Atlassian products & want to seamlessly integrate with them, Bitbucket should be your choice. Free private repos (limited to 5 users per project) is a bonus.

• Free upto 5 users (public & private repos)
• Complete Pricing

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Is great if you are looking to have private repos without any additional costs.

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• Free private repos (limited to 5 users per project)
• Only product that supports mercurial repos. So, if you have existing code sitting there, this is your best option

The only product in the list to have a community edition and is open source. Community edition is completely free Disclaimer: There is a restriction of 10GB on the file size (all other products impose a similar restriction).

• Free version Available
• Complete Pricing

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Is a great fit if you love everything open source. Community edition comes with no additional costs.

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• Has a community edition
• The only product whose code is open source (only the community version)

• Has limitations that can be annoying

Beanstalk is built with the intent to effectively host code and manage deployments so that teams can integrate it into their existing workflows of writing good code and developing software. It offers bank-level encryption, control over an account's security and consistent back-ups to ensure data accessibility. With features such as 'no-client' hosting, fluid code reviews including analytics and customize deployments across multiple environments, it becomes easier for the teams to focus on the development process.

• Free for first two weeks. Premium offering post the trial period
• Complete Pricing

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As Beanstalk is a browser and cloud-based system, it can be used by software development teams for better collaboration.

Remote teams can benefit from Beanstalk due to its browser based functionalities. With no additional installations, remote teams can easily write, review and deploy codes via browser.

With an intuitive and easy-to-use interface, Mercurial is a version control management tool that can support different forms of workflows and handle projects of any size. Its functionality can be enhanced by enabling extensions as well - some bundled with Mercurial while others not distributed with Mercurial.

• Free

Irrespective of the project size, Mercurial's decentralized development model can be used by users who are less experienced than pro-developers. This is because unlike other CVS, Mercurial doesn't allow its users to change history.

Even though Mercurial requires on-device installation for use, its efficiency to handle large projects, search functionality, workflow management, access control and secure data migration makes is suitable for remote teams as well.