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    #575 this week

    Lore is a next-generation, open source version control system

    backend
    open-source
    Rust
    MIT
    8.9K stars
    458 forks
    8.9K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 12, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    Ranks #575 of 2,845 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 20%).

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 6 days ago, with 32 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Implements a next-generation open source version control system optimized for large binary assets and scalable team collaboration.
    • Offers unprecedented scalability and efficiency through content-addressed storage, immutable revision chains, and on-demand data hydration.
    • Use for managing game development projects combining code and large binary files with efficient deduplication and sparse workspaces.
    • Use for teams requiring cryptographically verifiable history and tamper-evident source control in centralized version control environments.
    • Use for developers needing extensible version control with full API support across multiple languages like Rust, C++, Python, and JavaScript.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

    Next-generation open source version control

    Lore is an open source version control system designed for unprecedented scalability of both data and teams. It is optimized for projects that combine code with large binary assets, including games and entertainment, and caters for the needs of developers and artists alike.

    Excerpt from the EpicGames/lore README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Sep 19: +20Sep 20: +25Sep 21: +10Sep 24: +6Sep 25: +6

    +254 stars over 25 days across 8 snapshot days; best day +25 on Sep 20.

    Forks

    458+25

    Open issues

    117+15

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