anything like filehamster (revision system) but opensource?

Question

I know subversion but sometimes I want something simpler like plain old files with just file stamping automatically. http://www.filehamster.com/ does this, but I'd prefer something opensource. Anyone knows anything like this ?

Answer 1

Here is a list that Susan Bugher created at Adras / FileHamster alternatives:

Program: KnowledgeTree Author: Daniel Chalef Windows NT; 2000; XP Ware: (Freeware) (open source: GNU GPL)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kt-dms/

Program: Paper Harbour Company: Supporting Technologies Nordic Author: Stephen Dougall Ware: (Liteware) (free) (open source: GNU LGPL)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/paperharbour/
http://www.supportingtechnologies.com/

Program: DocShield Company: PanIO Systems Ware: (Freeware) (free for personal use)
http://www.docshield.com/

Program: Perforce Company: Perforce Software Ware: (Liteware) (free)
http://www.perforce.com/

Program: TortoiseCVS Author: - project team Ware: (Freeware) (open source: GNU GPL)
http://www.tortoisecvs.org/

Program: TortoiseSVN Author: Tim Kemp and Stefan Kueng Windows 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP Ware: (Donationware) (free) (open source: GNU GPL)
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/

Program: VersionBackup Company: Schr�der-Bergen Anwendungen (Sb-aw) Ware: was (Liteware) (free for personal use) LFW (v 4.1.7.0)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/VersionBackup_d4531.html

Answer 2

Try AutoVer It's (probably abandoned) freeware and works perfectly for me. I have it set to backup files every time I hit save with minimum 1minute intervals. You can then traverse the files through it's viewer. Can back up to ftp and even has a post-backup command so you could integrate with command line tools like diff. I also found a launchpad page for Eloi which aims to do something similar by the look of it but still in development.

Answer 3

You could try the software I wrote called FolderTrack. It is a automatic personal version control system. And the UI is open source. Visitors here can have a free license using discount code BOS