# Lore by Epic Games Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/lore-version-control-system/ 34 people recommended Lore by Epic Games in Hacker News comments, 11 had mixed feelings and 21 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 9 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. 26 of the 34 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Epic Games announces Lore version control system”. **Verdict:** Version control system from Epic Games that handles large binary assets by chunking and deduplicating, with native Unreal Engine support. Critics note it is immature, with little production use. Summary written by Claude from 54 comments. ## Why people recommend it - Handles large binary files well (5 comments in the sample): "Lore does chunking of binary files which means faster downloads and better de-dupping on the backend." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48571427)) "What makes this worth considering is the fact that they designed it to handle binary assets." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48571272)) "it could be a massive win both for speed and efficiency of downloads" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48573355)) - Native Unreal Engine support (2 comments in the sample): "This is a very promising announcement for Unreal game development specifically." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48572497)) "seems to be well-received so far and natively supported by Unreal Engine" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48966335)) - Alternative to Perforce for games (2 comments in the sample): "This is extremely exciting for anyone who's had to manage revision control for game devs." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48573135)) "It’s great to finally see a possible alternative to Perforce." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48571465)) - Stores team decisions for AI agents (2 comments in the sample): "Lore holds the durable decisions that every change after it has to respect." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48715922)) "it is harness-agnostic, works with OpenAI and Anthropic backends" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48691731)) ## What people warn about - Docs and commits look vibe-coded (4 comments in the sample): "I'm not exactly keen to use Lore myself given the heavy signs of vibe coding throughout the documentation and repo." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48579276)) "the lack of human attention on the docs makes me wonder how much they care" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48571410)) "the commit messages etc. are very clearly products of vibe-coding" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48572878)) - Weak website and Linux UX (4 comments in the sample): "they don't put any effort into having a great UX for Linux devs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48572860)) "it really feels like a missed opportunity to show a typical, simple use case in the front page" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48582050)) "The incredible laggyness of that website does not inspire confidence." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48571323)) - Immature, little production use (2 comments in the sample): "zero production use outside the company and no support for non text assets" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50076658)) "it’s still immature and under resourced" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48966403)) - Doubts about Epic's commitment (2 comments in the sample): "Im not even sure that epic games has the good will, or trust to launch this." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48572184)) "they could give up on this project tomorrow, and nothing will happen to their business" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48578289)) ## Other version control systems people recommend - [Git](https://hackerapproved.com/p/git/): 577 recommend, 160 mixed, 441 criticize - [Jujutsu (jj)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jujutsu/): 304 recommend, 58 mixed, 91 criticize - [Mercurial](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mercurial/): 90 recommend, 24 mixed, 40 criticize - [Fossil](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fossil/): 86 recommend, 15 mixed, 17 criticize ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Lore by Epic Games", https://hackerapproved.com/p/lore-version-control-system/ (34 recommend, 11 mixed, 21 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.