Envy/Developer
Shares rank 22 of 26 version control systems by recommenders
Intuitive, practical Smalltalk version control that was adopted in real workflows and works locally only. One critic says it had a problem common to other Smalltalk tools.
Intuitive, practical Smalltalk version control that was adopted in real workflows and works locally only. One critic says it had a problem common to other Smalltalk tools.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Intuitive to users
“The only one that was truly intuitive to me was Envy/Developer.”
Comment from 4 Jul 2026 in “Why don't people use Git properly?” Practical, adopted in real workflows
“It's a practical workflow that was actually adopted.”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “Ruby and Its Neighbors: Smalltalk” Local-only, like Obsidian without plugins
“Obsidian without the plugins, local only”
Comment from 12 Sep 2026 in “Is it time for a Luddite Renaissance?”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Shares a problem common to Smalltalk tools
“ENVY suffered of a problem that many other Smalltalk technologies suffered”
Comment from 19 Feb 2026 in “LT6502: A 6502-based homebrew laptop”
Other version control systems people recommend
The four most recommended other version control systems, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Git | 814 | 503 | 62% | 13 | 15 yrs42 owners | — |
| Jujutsu (jj) | 335 | 106 | 76% | 13 | 1 yr21 owners | Approved |
| Mercurial | 121 | 43 | 74% | 12 | 19 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| jj (Jujutsu) | 115 | 37 | 76% | 12 | 1 yr7 owners | Approved |
| Envy/DeveloperThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Somebody has never used ENVY”
“Obsidian without the plugins, local only”
“The only one that was truly intuitive to me was Envy/Developer.”
“ENVY suffered of a problem that many other Smalltalk technologies suffered”
“It's a practical workflow that was actually adopted.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.