Fossilrepo

Self-hosted Fossil forge. One command, full-stack code hosting.

Fossilrepo is an omnibus-style installer for a production Fossil SCM server. It packages Fossil, Caddy (SSL/routing), Litestream (S3 backups), and a Django management layer into a single deployable unit.

Think GitLab Omnibus, but for Fossil.

Why Fossil?

A Fossil repository is a single SQLite file containing the full VCS history, issue tracker, wiki, forum, and timeline. No external services. No rate limits. Portable -- hand the file to someone and they have everything.

• Single-file repos -- each .fossil file is the entire project
• Built-in everything -- issues, wiki, forum, timeline, web UI
• No API rate limits -- ideal for CI agents and automation
• Litestream replication -- continuous backup to S3 for free

What You Get

Component	Role
Fossil server	Serves all repos from a single process
Caddy	SSL termination, subdomain-per-repo routing
Litestream	Continuous SQLite replication to S3/MinIO
Django management UI	Repository lifecycle, user management, dashboards
Sync bridge	Mirror Fossil repos to GitHub/GitLab (read-only)
Celery workers	Background sync, scheduled tasks

Quick Start

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/ConflictHQ/fossilrepo.git
cd fossilrepo

# Start the full stack
make build

# Seed development data
make seed

# Open the dashboard
open http://localhost:8000

Architecture

Caddy  (SSL termination, routing, subdomain per repo)
  +-- fossil server --repolist /data/repos/
        +-- /data/repos/
              |-- projecta.fossil
              |-- projectb.fossil
              +-- ...

Litestream -> S3/MinIO  (continuous replication, point-in-time recovery)

New project = fossil init. No restart, no config change. Litestream picks it up automatically.

License

MIT License -- Copyright (c) 2026 CONFLICT LLC.