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Mercurial is:

Fast

• Extremely high-performance delta-compressed [:Revlog:storage scheme]

• Optimized for disk layout and access efficiency

• Complete cross-indexing of files and [:ChangeSet:changesets]

• Bandwidth and CPU efficient HTTP and SSH sync [:WireProtocol:protocols]

Scalable

• Distributed development model supports unlimited numbers of developers

• Allows arbitrary [:Merge:merging] between developer [:Branch:branches]

• Doesn't significantly degrade with large numbers of files or changesets
• No waiting for locks!

Robust

• SHA1 integrity checking on [:Repository:repository] data

• Append-only storage model with transaction journalling
• Fast full-repository verification

• Convenient [:BackUp:backup]

Easy to use

• Most commands are familiar to users of [:CVS] and other systems
• Built-in command help

• Integrated stand-alone web interface ([http://selenic.com/repo/hg example])

• Works with various [:GUIClients:GUI tools]

Easy to adopt

• Runs on UNIX, MacOS X, and [:CategoryWindows:Windows]

• [:RepositoryConversion:Conversion tools] available for many popular [:SCM:SCMs]

• Allows a variety of [:WorkingPractices:usage models]

• Supports user-defined [:Hook:hooks] and [:CategoryExtension:extensions]

Free

• [:DeveloperRepos:Source code] available under the GPL license

• Actively [:MailingLists:community] supported and [:DeveloperInfo:developed]