The following links are of interest to programmers who want to modify or enhance Fossil itself. Ordinary users can safely ignore this information.
- How To Compile And Install Fossil
 - Theming Fossil
 - Adding New Commands To Fossil
 - The Fossil Build Process
 - A Technical Overview of Fossil
 - Contributing Code Or Enhancements To The Fossil Project
 - Fossil Artifact File Format
 - The Sync Protocol
 - Coding Style Guidelines
 - Pre-checkin Checklist
 - Release Checklist
 - The "backoffice" subsystem