A Linux clone starts in 0.14 ms. Stock git takes 4.5 seconds to send its first byte.
Sailfork keeps every repository as ready-to-send pack segments, so a clone is copied, not computed. Push and clone with the git you already have.
Clone race
linux.git, 11,845,633 objects, replayed at the measured speed.
Server time to send the pack, median of 5 runs on one Apple M4 Max; git had a pack bitmap. Your machine still resolves deltas after the pack arrives.
Sailfork sends the first pack byte after 0.14 ms and the whole pack in 1.89 s. git upload-pack sends its first byte after 4.50 s and the whole pack in 8.89 s.