Twigg
Shares rank 22 of 26 version control systems by recommenders
Open-source version control and forge built around atomic commits, linear history, and automatic rebasing of stacked commits.
Open-source version control and forge built around atomic commits, linear history, and automatic rebasing of stacked commits.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: 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: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not 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
Atomic commits and linear history
“Atomic commits, linear history, auto rebase, code review compatible with stacked commits.”
Comment from 5 Dec 2025 in “Stacked Diffs with git rebase —onto” Automatic rebase with stacked commits
“Atomic commits, linear history, auto rebase, code review compatible with stacked commits.”
Comment from 5 Dec 2025 in “Stacked Diffs with git rebase —onto” Open-source release welcomed
“Pretty cool that you guys decided to open-source Twigg!”
Comment from 24 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Twigg – open-source big-tech-like version control and software forge” “Its really nice to see twigg becoming open source”
Comment from 24 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Twigg – open-source big-tech-like version control and software forge”
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 |
| TwiggThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
3 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Its really nice to see twigg becoming open source”
“Pretty cool that you guys decided to open-source Twigg!”
“Atomic commits, linear history, auto rebase, code review compatible with stacked commits.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.