BitKeeper是一套BitMover公司開發的分佈式版本控制软件，它曾是一款专有软件，其主要競爭对手是Git和Mercurial。BitMover公司總部位於美國加州坎貝爾，總裁拉里·麥沃伊，曾設計TeamWare。
BitKeeper的許多概念取自TeamWare。它的主要賣點是“分佈式”版本控制工具，不同于中心式的CVS或SVN。
歷史
2002年至2005年間，Linux內核開發團隊以BitKeeper來管理Linux內核程式碼。因為BitKeeper的公司收回了給林納斯·托瓦茲（Linus Torvalds）及Linux核心開發者的免費軟體授權，所以林納斯·托瓦茲自行開發Git取而代之
注釋
外部連結
[http://www.bitkeeper.com/ BitKeeper homepage]
*[http://lwn.net/1999/features/BitKeeper.php3 "Not quite Open Source"] Article on Linux Weekly News, circa 1999, discussing features, licensing, Larry McVoy, and OSI.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120523134437/http://kerneltrap.org/node/4966 "No More Free BitKeeper"] Discusses BitMover's decision to phase out the free version of BitKeeper
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080207202800/http://www.linux.com/articles/44147 "BitKeeper and Linux: The end of the road?"] discusses the BitKeeper fiasco from three viewpoints: Linus Torvalds, Larry McVoy, Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell (the alleged reverse-engineer who offers a short explanation of the situation)
*[http://lwn.net/Articles/132938/ How Tridge reverse-engineered Bitkeeper] and [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/14/torvalds_attacks_tridgell/ Torvalds knifes Tridgell], two articles describing Tridgell's 2005 linux.conf.au keynote and comparing what he did to statements by Torvalds and McVoy
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/sourcepuller/ SourcePuller] is the result of Tridgell's efforts
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081120101143/http://www.linux.com/articles/44465 RMS: BitKeeper bon-voyage is a happy ending] Richard Stallman on the Linux/BitKeeper fallout (formerly on NewsForge, currently on Linux.com)
*[http://www.theage.com.au/news/Soapbox/Crunch-time-for-Linus/2005/04/14/1113251731624.html The Age] Crunch time for Linus
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100415212143/http://better-scm.berlios.de/bk/ BitKeeper at the "Better SCM" Site] - a collection of articles and essays about BitKeeper and its history.
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