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Why Teams Everywhere Use Perforce Helix Core

Version & Scale

  • Find the latest version every time.
  • Scale to 10s of 1000s of users.
  • Manage terabytes of data.

Collaborate & Review

  • Get faster feedback.
  • Automate workflows.
  • Integrate with your favorite tools.

Track & Secure

  • Track every change.
  • Secure access to files.
  • Maintain a complete version history.

Top Teams Trust Perforce Helix Core for Version Control

Across industries, teams who want to innovate at scale trust Perforce Helix Core version control.

Game Dec Studios

19/20

Top AAA Game Dev Studios

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Semiconductor Companies

9/10

Top Semiconductor Companies

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“Helix Core has become the central and critical tool to store everybody's work… The speed, reliability, and scalability of Helix Core are crucial to Ubisoft.”

Nicolas Beaufils
Technical Architect at Ubisoft

Ubisoft

“Helix Core is key to what we do because our business revolves around digital content and data is our lifeblood.”

Mark Holland
Head of Content Management at Dimension

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“Without Perforce, we struggled to release 20 chips a year. Now we have increased our output to 55 chips.”

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TOP SEMICONDUCTOR FIRM

Free VCS (Version Control Software)

For World-Class Development at Scale

Greater Innovation

Spend less time dealing with tools/process and more time delivering value.

Better Security

Give developers access to only the files they need, instead of entire repos.

Lower Costs

Make everyone on your team more efficient.

Higher Quality

Improve code quality across releases by maintaining a single source of truth.

Faster Delivery

For development, coding, and programming, version control is critical to success. Optimize your delivery pipeline and accelerate releases with a Helix Core by Perforce download. 

Version Everything

Version any asset using any tool with Helix Sync desktop client. It's simple version control for all team members.

What Helix Core Does For Your Team

Helix Core gives your team the foundation to accelerate innovation. It provides one secure place to store everything, enables global teams to collaborate better, and versions in the background so you can focus on your work, not your tools.

Save Time When Every Digital Asset is in One Place

Helix Core gives the entire team, from designers to devs, quick access to the latest version of the file they need — and it versions more than just source code. Get to market faster with higher quality products when your team isn’t overwriting each other’s work.

  • Access a complete history of every digital asset, not just source code. Helix Core versions video, large binary files, IPs, and more. And it lets you visualize your assets' evolution over time.
  • See when files are checked out, or automatically lock them, so you don’t waste time editing binary files that can’t be merged.
  • Start working right away. There is no need for team members to download entire projects to their local drives to begin working.

Get a Foundation You Will Never Outgrow

Helix Core scales endlessly while continuing to perform at lightning speed. It won’t slow down as your teams and projects grow.

  • Never outgrow your version control system. Helix Core was built to handle tens of thousands of developers and creatives, tens of millions of daily transactions, and petabytes of data.
  • Develop at high velocity. Your Helix Core server can handle 10,000+ concurrent commits without slowing down.
  • Eliminate WAN wait. Transfer large amounts of data and enormous assets quickly to teams across the globe.
  • Start creating in the cloud. Helix Core has quick and pre-configured deployment options for Microsoft Azure and AWS.

Collaborate Securely with Anyone

Stop sharing valuable IP via unsecured channels. Keep it safe while still enabling efficient collaboration within teams and with external partners.

  • Set permissions all the way down to a single file and IP address.
  • Allow outside contributors to access only the files they need.
  • Provide your users Single Sign On when integrated with your organization's IdP.
  • Review your full audit history to see what was accessed, what was changed, when, and by whom.

Version Without Reinventing Your Workflows

Keep your team focused on their deliverables. Helix Core versions your assets in the background and fits into your existing workflow and toolchain.

  • Keep developing with Git, but with the power of Helix Core. Your developers are probably more familiar with Git, and they don’t need to stop using it. Helix Core and Git  work well together.
  • Easily integrate it with the tools your team already uses – like Unreal Engine, Jenkins, Photoshop, and Maya. Check out our vast inventory of free integrations.
  • One of your tools not on this list? We offer APIs, so you can integrate and automate with any tools we don’t currently have an integration or plugin for.

What Sets Perforce Version Control Apart?

Single Source of Truth

Helix Core provides a single source of truth across teams. You can store code, large binary files, IP, and digital assets (including media files) in one central location. And it can handle both hardware and software assets.

Distributed, global development chooses Helix Core for that very reason. It handles 10,000+ concurrent commits and intelligently syncs across locations. Remote contributors always have the latest version — no matter where they’re located.

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Limitless Architecture

Helix Core includes an unrivaled scalable architecture. This technology provides replication for high performance development and builds.

Remote teams get faster access via edge and replica servers. And all your files synchronized with a central server. Large files. Large numbers of projects and files. High volume automation (millions of transactions a day). Your global teams get it all fast at LAN speed — without compromising security.

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Impenetrable Security

Helix Core offers enterprise-grade security for your most valuable digital assets. You get granular access control — down to the individual file level— giving team members, contractors, and third-party teams only access to only the files they need.

You can use enterprise identity and access management (IAM) infrastructure with SSO, with AD/LDAP and SAML.

Secure Your Files

MFA with Helix Core

Helix Core delivers customizable, automated workflows through Perforce Streams, extensions, and code review tools.

For dev teams, you can set up pre-defined, controlled branch/merge patterns, and other customizable workflows in Perforce Streams. You can also customize workflows and extend server functionally through extensions. And if you’re using Helix Swarm, you can customize workflows for code review.

Go Faster

Helix Core Streams

Complete Version History

Helix Core maintains an immutable history for every change ever made. This includes what the change was, who made it, and why.

You can use Helix Core’s version history and log features to satisfy audits. You can also search through files to reuse them across teams and projects.

Track & Reuse

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World-Class Support

If you need help, we’re here. Our global support team is filled with experts ready to help your team.

You can utilize our expert experience, tools, and processes for migrating from existing systems (such as SVN or ClearCase) to Helix Core. And you can leverage our consultants, who have vast experience in the industry, for tricky projects. Learn more about your support options with Helix Core.

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Create Like a Designer,
Version Like a Developer

Helix Sync allows designers and artists to use their preferred tools while using Perforce alongside them. They simply drag and drop assets into the desktop client to quickly version any type of asset, fast.

Nicolas Beaufils

Technical Architect at Ubisoft

“Helix Core has become the central and critical tool to store everybody's work. Our teams are getting bigger and bigger. The speed, reliability, and scalability of Helix Core are crucial to Ubisoft, with more than 1,000 users depending on it.”

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Helix Core version control?

Helix Core, the industry leading Perforce version control solution, tracks, manages, and secures changes to all your digital assets, including large binary files. Using Helix Core version control, team members can see who made changes and when, as well as ensure that they are working with the latest version of an asset.  

What are some benefits of Helix Core?

Helix Core powers concurrent development, meaning team members won’t duplicate each other’s edits or overwrite recent work. This helps save time and avoid costly rework. A version control tool is especially necessary for teams working on complex, large-scale projects, as well as remote and global teams. Helix Core also provides the benefit of added security, allowing you to quickly deploy fixes when code is impacted.  

What industries and companies are using Perforce Helix Core?

Nineteen out of 20 of the top game development studios and nine out of 10 industry leading semiconductor brands trust Perforce (commonly misspelled as Perfoce or Perforse). This shows how widely adaptable, customizable, and necessary a strong version control foundation like Helix Core is. We help industries including automotive, gaming, media and entertainment, architecture, and more collaborate and scale.  

How do I get started with a Perforce download?

Use our contact us form to hear from our team and get a Perforce download, which is free for small teams of up to 5 users. Our expert team is efficient and responsive.  

Does Perforce have cloud-based version control options?

We recently released Helix Core Cloud, cloud-based version control fully managed and hosted by our experts. This solution is ideal for teams with under 50 members and is offered as a monthly subscription. 

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