Lore: Next-generation open source version control
Epic Games has released Lore, a next-generation open source version control system designed for large-scale projects. It aims to provide faster and more efficient handling of massive repositories compared to traditional tools like Git.
Background
- Epic Games (maker of Unreal Engine and Fortnite) has quietly open-sourced Lore, a next-gen version control system designed to replace Git for large-scale game development.
- Traditional Git struggles with huge binary files (common in games: 3D models, textures, audio) and complex merge scenarios. Lore claims to handle both with superior performance.
- Lore is likely a rebranded, open-sourced version of Epic's internal tool used to manage the massive Unreal Engine and Fortnite codebases — think of it as "Git for games."
- This matters because it gives the entire game dev industry (and any field working with large files) a free, modern alternative to Git, which remains the industry standard despite its limitations.