Fossil is delightful and definitely nails a feeling of decentralization that I think we ruined completely with `git` by constantly centering around centralized repositories.

I also find it interesting that so many people want to switch to something that's not `git` but are simultaneously somehow super invested in it being basically just `git`.

Most teams could switch to Fossil and just have a better time overall. It's made for smaller, high-trust teams, `git` is not. Fossil also manages to actually support external contributions just fine; it's just that it's not the default.