Strata adds to Git. It doesn't replace it.
Git is excellent distributed version control. Strata keeps it and moves the orchestration layer — branches, sequencing, retries, context — into the source control system.
| Dimension | Git | Strata |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Distributed version control | Git-compatible, AI-first source control |
| Concurrent work | Branches, rebases, PRs, merge queues | Isolated workspaces at an authoritative revision |
| Integration | Merge or text conflict markers | Transactional integration; overlaps return as structured conflicts |
| Conflict output | Markers written for people | Data an agent can inspect: file, region, base, overlap |
| Agent context | Lives in chat logs and prompts | Persistent, versioned context records with provenance |
| Interfaces | Git HTTP / SSH | Git HTTP / SSH, plus MCP and gRPC |
| Status | Battle-tested | Qualified private evaluation · not production-ready |
A fair comparison
Strata is not a replacement for Git and makes no claim to be. It is a layer on top of the same distributed model that keeps Git's clients working while giving coding agents primitives they don't otherwise have: workspaces, transactional integration, structured conflicts and persistent context. The comparison above is scoped to those differences, not to Git's decades of hardening.
