# Preface - Ju! Ju! Tsu!
Source: [https://arialdo.codeberg.page/ju-ju-tsu/](https://arialdo.codeberg.page/ju-ju-tsu/)
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## Ju\! Ju\! Tsu\!
## [In praise of human beings](https://arialdo.codeberg.page/ju-ju-tsu/#in-praise-of-human-beings)
This book was written by a human \(hello, I’m[Arialdo](https://arialdomartini.github.io/)\), not AI, because I respect your intelligence\. It is available in[HTML](https://arialdo.codeberg.page/ju-ju-tsu/)and[PDF](https://arialdo.codeberg.page/ju-ju-tsu/pdf)\.
It aims to be:
- Lean: because your time is precious\.
- Practical: because less talk, more action is 👌
- Incremental: because you want to start using`jj`from day 0\.
- No hand\-holding: because discovering is more fun than being told\.
- Unorthodox: because Jujutsu is extravagant, and ordinary tutorials are boring\.
It’s free[1](https://arialdo.codeberg.page/ju-ju-tsu/#footnote-1)\(as in beer\) because I’m merely giving back what I was given\. And because I love beer\.
If you’d like to pay for it, please donate to a charity of your choice\.
I’m no authority, just a fellow student\. I wrote this the way I wish someone had explained Jujutsu to me\.
It’s long, but it’s mostly commands and terminal output\. You’ll be fine\.
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English isn’t my native language\. If you want to help,[PRs](https://codeberg.org/arialdo/ju-ju-tsu)are welcome\!
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1. CC BY\-SA 4\.0 \- https://creativecommons\.org/licenses/by\-sa/4\.0/deed\.en[↩](https://arialdo.codeberg.page/ju-ju-tsu/#fr-1-1)
[https://arialdo.codeberg.page/ju-ju-tsu/preface/whats-about.html](https://arialdo.codeberg.page/ju-ju-tsu/preface/whats-about.html)
[https://arialdo.codeberg.page/ju-ju-tsu/preface/whats-about.html](https://arialdo.codeberg.page/ju-ju-tsu/preface/whats-about.html)
Jujutsu version 0.45.0 is a version control system that abstracts UI and algorithms from storage, offering Git compatibility and features inspired by Mercurial and Darcs for ease of use in software development.
jj_tui is a fast, intuitive terminal user interface for the Jujutsu version control system, focusing on performance and interactive features like real-time graph previews.
Jujutsu (jj) version control system has released v0.42.0. Jujutsu is an open-source VCS that uses Git as a storage backend while providing a more ergonomic interface with features inspired by Mercurial, Sapling, and Darcs.