# Twigg

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Twigg and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Open-source version control and forge built around atomic commits, linear history, and automatic rebasing of stacked commits.

## Why people recommend it

- Atomic commits and linear history (1 comments): "Atomic commits, linear history, auto rebase, code review compatible with stacked commits." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46162115))
- Automatic rebase with stacked commits (1 comments): "Atomic commits, linear history, auto rebase, code review compatible with stacked commits." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46162115))
- Open-source release welcomed (2 comments): "Pretty cool that you guys decided to open-source Twigg!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49040918)) "Its really nice to see twigg becoming open source" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49041598))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Git](https://hackerapproved.com/p/git.md): 814 recommend
- [Jujutsu (jj)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jujutsu.md): 335 recommend
- [Mercurial](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mercurial.md): 121 recommend
- [jj (Jujutsu)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jj.md): 115 recommend
- [Fossil](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fossil.md): 106 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Twigg", https://hackerapproved.com/p/twigg/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).