20 best alternatives to SmartGit as of 2025

GitKraken Client

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Beautiful user interface

It's modern and beautiful, it looks clean and refined. It's simple: the most used features (pull, push, branch, stash, commit) are accessible in one click, and are the only buttons. The other features aren't in complicated menus nor in hundreds of buttons, but rather displayed when you right-click on something. It gives more space to the commits, i.e. the most important things. In fact, you can collapse or reduce the other menus/windows. It displays the current path (project, branch) on an horizontal (clickable) bar at the top. It's just a matter of taste but I prefer this to the traditional "tree" view. It has undo and redo buttons on the main window. It supports some drag-and-drop gestures (for example: drag-and-droping the local branch to the remote one pushes it). See More

Top Con

No longer free for use with private repos

You can use GitKraken for free if you're working on a public hosted repo, but you can no longer work on a private hosted one without paying. See More

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Extremely easy to use

A lot of care has gone into trying to make GitKraken as easy and intuitive as possible and it show. Every action is quick and painless with no more user interaction than necessary. For example, switching to another branch is as easy as a double-click on the sidebar. See More

Top Con

Slow

Can take between 2 and 5 seconds to load a repository, if not crashing while loading See More

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Cross-platform

Built on top of Electron, so it runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows. See More

Top Con

Must log into GitKraken servers to use the free version

All functionality is disabled unless you register for a free account and remain logged in. There is the $99/user/yr Enterprise option. It allows you to deploy a Linux License Server in an air-gapped/offline environment. See More

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Offers a simple way of undoing mistakes

GitKraken has simple undo/redo buttons that work the same way you'd expect in any other software. See More

Top Con

Has memory-related issues

Like most Electron apps, GitKraken has some memory-related issues. For starter, it requires more memory for an action than an equivalent non-Electron application. Although this should not be a problem most of the time for people who use machines with lots of RAM (after all, RAM is pretty cheap nowadays), it can have some issues when opening large repositories and there have been cases where GitKraken failed to open very large repositories or started lagging once they were opened. See More

Top Pro

Some of the best integration with hosted version control services

GitKraken can be connected to Github, Gitlab, or Bitbucket accounts through OAuth. From that point onward most if not all actions that are related to these services can be done inside GitKraken. Things like: cloning or forking a repository, adding a remote, pushing to a remote repository hosted on these services can be done inside the app. You can even manage pull requests inside GitKraken for example. All pull requests for a certain branch for example are shown on that branch's graph. See More

Top Con

Not open source

It is gratis (no cost) but is not open source. The community cannot fix problems in it, audit it for security, or trust it in general. See More

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Free version available

There are both pro and free versions available. The free version is pretty complete feature-wise for day-to-day operations. See More

Top Con

Not free for commercial use

The free version of GitKraken cannot be used in commercial projects. See More

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Under constant improvement

A quick glance at GitKraken's release notes shows how frequently it's updated. Updates are released on a 2-4 week cycle and each one brings new features and bug fixes. See More

Top Con

Crashes once in a while

Under specific circumstances, like resetting 5000+ changes, the GUI will crash. See More

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GitFlow support out of the box

Supports GitFlow out of the box. See More

Top Con

Has annoying popup reminders that ask you to upgrade to the Pro version

Understandable, since nobody is entitled to use work done by others for free, but annoying nonetheless. See More

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Has a FuzzyFinder

GitKraken has a fuzzy finder to switch between repos/files. See More

Top Con

Amending merge output is a pro feature

In most cases of Merge Conflicts, users are stuck with auto-merge or manually resolving it by hand. This is because in the Free Tier, users can only (1) Keep File (ver 1), (2) Keep File (ver 2), (3) Auto-merge, or (4) Use External Merge Tool. In addition, using External Merge Tools is very limited because GitKraken (all tiers) restricts External Merge Tools to only those it managed to Auto-detect. It also does not support custom arguments for the External Tools. Modifying the merge output directly, or Selecting lines to keep/discard, is a Paid Feature. See More

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Perfect for beginner developers

GitKraken is easy to use and is brilliant for the beginner developers. See More

Top Con

Can be confusing

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Has a dark theme

No more eyestrain staring at white screens - GitKraken has a lovely dark theme. See More

Top Con

No real commitement to Linux support

Infinite loop on Fedora 28, no debug feature or stacktrace available, no clear dependencies listing.... No real support on Linux. See More

Top Pro

Good keyboard shortcuts

Top Con

Ugly, looks like a web app

Specs

Platforms:Windows, macOS, Linux

Integrations:GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket Server, Jira Issues, GitKraken Boards Issues

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Magit

Top Con

Useful only for people who use Emacs

Magit is only useful if your text editor of choice is Emacs. It wouldn't really make any sense to open up emacs just to run Magit if you use another editor. See More

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Uninterrupted workflow for common tasks

Simple tasks, such as commits, can quickly be made without leaving the editor. See More

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Diffs are easy

Since it's integrated with Emacs, diffs are very easy to fix. You can jump right to any file you want to fix as soon as it comes up in the logs or in the status view. See More

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Easy to remember mnemonics

You can easily learn the mnemonics for the most common tasks and use them to your advantage to speed up your workflow. See More

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Better visualization and interactive workflow

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Stage hunks or even just parts of a hunk using a single key press

In Magit staging a hunk or even just part of a hunk is very easy. Magit also implements several other "apply variants" in addition to staging and unstaging. For example: you can also discard or reverse a change, or apply it to the working tree. See More

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Blame information can be viewed inline with the file

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Multiple buffers are used to show contextual information

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Powerful rebasing

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Available in Homebrew

brew install magit See More

Specs

Platforms:Any supported by Emacs (Linux, Windows,macOS,*BSD...)

License:GPLv3

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tig

Top Pro

Allows you to stay in the terminal

If you prefer to do most of your development inside the terminal, changing windows to move to a GUI git client can be annoying. Since tig runs inside the terminal, that's avoided. See More

Top Con

Steeper barrier to entry as compared to a GUI solution

Since you have to get used to working in the terminal (if you are not already used to doing that) and learn the commands, it has a steeper learning curve than GUI clients which are usually more intuitive and easier to grasp. See More

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Fast

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Vim-like bindings

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Available in Homebrew

Can easily be installed with homebrew simply by running brew install tig See More

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Works on any platform

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac

Technology:C

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SourceTree

Top Con

Can sometimes be slow

Some operations can be slow. If you know what you want (e.g you want to touch a file, add it, commit it, and push it) you can do it much faster on the command line. However you're often not going to know what you want, so the visual diffs (for example) help massively. See More

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Informative branch visualization

In addition to color-coded branches and icons that tell if a file has been added, removed or modified, SourceTree also displays the number of commits that are ahead and behind the remote branch. See More

Top Con

Always slow

Top Pro

Comprehensive layout

SourceTree has three main repository views: file status, history, and search. File status view shows status of currently selected repo. It's split into two areas - file list and diff-view. History view tracks changes made to the currently selected repository. It's divided into three sections. The top section has a graph with progression of commits, branches, and merges. The bottom section shows commit details, files changed, and differences committed. Search view allows looking up commit messages, users, files changes, branches, and commit SHA. There's also a toolbar at the top that allows switching between the three views, as well as giving access to git commands (such as commit, checkout, reset, stash, add, remove, fetch, pull, push, branch, merge, and tag). See More

Top Con

Requires an account to install and use

Need an Atlassian account to install. See More

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Built-in Git-flow and Hg-flow support

Git-flow and Hg-flow provide a consistent development process by defining a strict branching model that is great for managing large projects. SourceTree allows setting up and integrating into repos that follow this model. Clicking the Git-flow / Hg-flow toolbar button will give you access to actions for starting or finishing features, releases or hotfixes depending on the current state of repository. See More

Top Con

Terrible for resolving merge conflicts

It's hard to tell when you are in a conflict state, let alone what to do if it happens. See More

Top Pro

Quick setup

Once installed, SourceTree will automatically try to look for and set up repos that are worked on. SourceTree will also detect if git-flow is used and what is the current development state as long as default git-flow branch names are used. The software tracks all relevant repositories in the bookmark's window. Repositories can be added to the list by creating new ones, adding a local folder, supplying a clone URL or integrating with remote services such as Bitbucket or GitHub. See More

Top Con

Unstable and terrible UX

The Windows version of SourceTree is riddled with bugs, causing some users to find it unusable. These include failing to refresh, frequent freezing, and slow performance. The recent redesign (February 2016) has made the UI difficult to navigate. See More

Top Pro

Simple yet powerful

SourceTree allows you to do advanced Git operations while making them straight-forward for those who are still adjusting to Git. See More

Top Con

Requires users to be online when starting up

As of 2.3.5, it needs to dial home on every start-up, else it raises alerts to compliance. See More

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Allows chunks and lines selection during commit

SourceTree automatically splits the changes to be committed into chunks allowing committing (or discarding) each chunk separately. Furthermore, the user can even select specific lines. This greatly increases the flexibility of the user in that matter. See More

Top Con

DEPRECATED -No dark theme

Dark Theme is now available on Windows as well as the MacOS version. See More

Top Pro

Built-in integration with Stash and Bitbucket

Sourcetree integrates with repositories hosted on Bitbucket, Stash, GitHub, and Kiln. See More

Top Con

Chews CPU

Top Pro

Free

Top Con

The UI of version 2.0+ is so terrible

Tab looks good if you have no more than five repos. If you have a lot, you will know my pain. The source tree will not remember the order of the tab you drag. Everytime you restart the app, it will go back to whatever it likes. See More

Top Pro

Supports Git LFS

Top Con

Does not allow offline installation

Upon installation, the splash screen prompts you to login. There used to be a workaround for you to manually deploy this application in an offline environment, but they've patched it as of 2.0.20.1. It now does a dial-home on each start-up. Since it cannot reach the server, it throws an error to the user, and raises alerts to compliance. Atlassian's final decision was that they are not going to support this feature at all. Quoted from their staff: "We’ve never officially supported any form of pre-installation on device management capabilities. [...] As you know, last year, we removed the notion licensing and asked our developers to register the product by creating an Atlassian account. That said, SourceTree has always been a tool for the individual (emphasis mine) developer." See More

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Git terminal

Comes with own built-in git terminal independent from other git installations and updated regularly. It's especially good for git beginners who would like to use advanced git functions, but are not ready yet. See More

Top Con

Browsing folders is troublesome

Choosing files of specific folders for check-in is troublesome. See More

Top Pro

Supports Git, Mercurial, and Subversion

Allows managing Git & Mercurial repos side by side. It even allows Subversion interoperability via git-svn or hgsubversion plugins which set up a bridge between either Git and SVN or Mercurial and SVN respectively. See More

Top Con

UI is buggy and getting worse with updates

UI elements have been critically broken over the last few updates--interactive rebase for example has been entirely nonfunctional for the last 3 versions--and from the JIRA tickets, it seems UI bugs are not being addressed or triaged. With the declining stability and lack of QA for this product over the last 2-3years, SourceTree seems a risky choice for teams going forward. See More

Top Con

Not even possible to change the password

There are tickets about this issue sitting there for years and marked as medium priority. I experienced this since version 1.8. Up until now, there has been no fix. If your company's policy is going to enforce you to change your password, it means you need to remove all the repos and clone them again everytime you change the password. This is the worst ever experience. See More

Top Con

Varied speeds across different versions

For example, the Windows version is quite slow is comparison to the Mac version. See More

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Poor UX for interactive rebase

The interactive rebase window is a pain to use, with poor UX, such as not refreshing the list once a change is made. It's a downgrade from git rebase --interactive. See More

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Not always recognizes changed files

Seems to not always recognize changed files, which means that they will not be pushed to remote origin either. This means if you switch branches, the files will be overwritten and you lose your progress. Very annoying. See More

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CRLF on Windows is a nightmare

There is a bug in 'Discard hunk' and 'Discard lines' constantly interrupting the work flow with inserting wrong line endings. Click here for more details. See More

Top Con

Has trouble with Github's Yubikey integration

When your 2FA is a hardware key, it is difficult to find a way to bring up the ability to use anything but a pre-programmed password function on the Yubikey, which doesn't add much to security all things considered what a hardware key is supposed to do. See More

Top Con

Crashes frequently

Stops responding every 5 minutes. See More

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Login problems

Frequently unable to log in, despite the correct password. See More

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Uninstalling won't remove the installation completely

If You decide to uninstall, you'll have to manually go to the folder inside the system and directly delete the files. If you uninstalled to reinstall fresh, this is a big issue. See More

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Can't select install location

You can't select the install location (anymore). This is terrible for enterprise environments. It insists to install into "Users/<Name>/AppData/Local". What? Where? Why not "Recycle Bin" or Windows Temp? See More

Top Con

Often rebuilds the graph visually noisy

E.g. after a reset command, the graph disappears and reappears after a few moments. See More

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Flawed installer

Enforced registration process doesn't work, shows failure when connected to Bitbucket. Windows are too small to display installation text and options. Installs unwanted icon on the desktop. Slow and unresponsive at times. See More

Top Con

Blame MS Office's word correction dictionary to be the source of the slowness while it's not

It's so obvious that ever since 2.0, it will try refreshing each of the repo a few minutes. If you have a lot then it will drive you crazy. When you try to expand a branch node, it refreshes. Try again, OOPS, it refreshed again. Sometimes, it will take you five minutes to select the node you want. See More

Top Con

Information density can be a bit much

It's possible to become overwhelmed with the information density presented in SourceTree. This is especially the case in history view, as it includes a lot of data presented in various ways. Though this is great for getting a comprehensive overview of everything that's happening in one place, it can take some getting used to. See More

Top Con

No auto stash

Specs

Platforms:Windows, macOS

Price:Free

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Fork

Top Pro

Fast and easy to use

Top Con

Still a young client, thus not as feature rich

This git GUI client is quite young compared to industry old-timers like git-tower 2 or SourceTree. So it's not as feature rich as you'd like. Still a very capable client for a simple day-to-day work. See More

Top Pro

Comfortable when staging line-by-line changes

This feature is superior to the one that is implemented by SourceTree as it does not reset the file scroll view to the top of the file after each stage. If you do feature-specific commits after some time of development - it's very important to be able to easily compose the commit from different line-based changes. See More

Top Con

No Linux version

This git client is not compatible with Linux making the life harder for the developers that work on both, MacOS and some Linux distro. See More

Top Pro

Smart Diff is very handy

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Requires granting access to your git projects for the developer of the app

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Tabbed interface

Several repos can be open at once in individual tabs, so it's trivial to switch back and forth between them. See More

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Overall aesthetic

The GUI components are flawless on the Mac. It is expected to be a similar experience on Windows. Once you realize that you can filter by branch, your appreciation for the product will go up dramatically. See More

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Dark theme support

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Highlights the difference within a line

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Merge Conflict Resolution is great

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Comfortable keyboard shortcuts

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Repositories with uncommitted changes have a * next to their name

This is an update from previous versions. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, macOS

Price:FREE / $49.99

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GitHub Desktop

Top Con

Limited

Can't handle complex tasks. The Help Manual advises to use command-line Git instead. See More

Top Pro

Great GitHub integration

This is the official GitHub desktop client built by the GitHub team. See More

Top Con

Does not support multiple Remotes for a repo

Only allowed to assign one URL as remote. To manage/sync/fetch other remotes, use command-line Git instead. See More

Top Pro

Simple, streamlined GUI

GitHub Desktop uses an extremely simplistic two-panel view. It's not capable of complex historical visualisations like other GUIs, but it is very easy to use (especially for git novices). See More

Top Con

Overly Simplified UI

UI that is designed not to support the needs of power and enterprise users. Management of more than five repos is next to impossible. See More

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Supports pull requests

In addition to being able to seamlessly and easily integrate with all of GitHub's features, it also supports forking and submitting pull requests on any open source project hosted on GitHub. See More

Top Con

Buggy

Poster child for authors' programming ideology (FRP), likely the cause for the odd quirks and bugs it has. See More

Top Con

Not free/libre

This application is proprietary, and thus cannot be modified or freely distributed. See More

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No Linux support

There's no Linux version of this client. See More

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Non-GitHub repositories are not fully supported

Since this is mainly a GitHub client, other repositories are not fully supported and with as many features and setting up a repo hosted anywhere else but GitHub is troublesome. See More

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GitAhead

Top Pro

Multi-platform

Windows, macOS, and Linux. See More

Top Con

GitAhead is no longer under active development

GitAhead is no longer under active development. Low-level maintenance and bug fix releases will be made as necessary for the forseeable future, but no new features or major changes are planned at this time. See More

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All basic Git features included

Branches, Pull, Push, Fetch, Cherry-pick, Stash, Revert, Rebase... See More

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It is now free and open source

No longer requires an account. See More

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Qt-based

This means it is fast, looks great on any platform and integrates especially well with KDE. See More

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Fastest on Linux

Not based on web technologies and fastest to start and work with, yet featuring all required features. See More

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Designed to support repository exploration

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Can link to most used git cloud providers

Link to gitlab, github and bitbucket accounts. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Mac, Linux

Technology:C++

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Ungit

Top Con

Node.js dependent

Top Pro

Free and Open Source Software

Ungit is open source software available under the MIT Licence. See More

Top Con

Setup is not user-friendly

Ungit is distributed as an NPM package and requires git and Node.js to be installed on your system before you can run it. Ungit must be launched by running ungit in a command line terminal. See More

Top Pro

Cross-platform

Works on Windows, Linux, and OS X. See More

Top Con

Exposes git commands to your network

No authentication, if someone can communicate with your computer on the port this is running on, they can execute any git command they want on your repos as well as view your filesystem's folders. See More

Top Pro

Optional Integration with Modern Text Editors

Ungit can be integrated directly into modern text editors, Atom, Brackets, and VS Code. See More

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Web-based interface

Ungit is web-based, meaning you can run it on your cloud/pure shell machine and then use the UI from your browser. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Mac, Linux

Price:Free

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Tower

Top Pro

Pretty, modern-looking user interface

Tower has a good-looking interface and consists of 3 main views - services, repositories and repository. Services view for managing integrations with hosting services like GitHub, Bitbucket and Beanstalk. Repositories view for organizing local and remote repositories into folders and getting general overview about them. Repo view that consists of two main subviews: Working copy view shows modified files and their diff and allows wrapping up changes in a commit. History shows commits alongside metadata and projects file structure. Additionally, it allows performing various tasks such as merging branches via drag & drop, search allows searching by message, commit hash, author, committer and file and there's a quick open that allows fuzzy-searching for folder names. See More

Top Con

Not free/libre

This application is proprietary, and thus cannot be modified or freely distributed. See More

Top Pro

Offers a visual way to solve conflicts

Tower shows conflicting files, their authors and the commit that made changes. It then allows selecting which files should be used in the final result. See More

Top Con

Expensive

Costs $69 per year! See More

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Github integration

Top Con

Inefficient UI

In order to not overwhelm the users with information, much of the information is either hidden by default or requires navigating to a different section to access. See More

Top Pro

Very polished user interface

Top Con

Doesn't have a built in diff

Top Pro

Cherry-Picking via drag and drop

Top Con

Stability issues on Windows

On a simple repository, the UI often lags or freezes. See More

Top Pro

Git LFS

Tower comes with built-in support for Git LFS. Handy when working with large files. See More

Top Con

Doesn't support Subtrees

Top Pro

Git-flow integration

Git-flow provide a consistent development process by defining a strict branching model that is great for managing large projects. T2 allows setting up and integrating into repos that follow this model. See More

Top Pro

The UI only shows the needed commands at a time

Tower covers most of the daily tasks that a developer may need to complete. It shows only what you need for the most common tasks without overwhelming the user. See More

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Free for students

If you are a student, you can get your free Tower Pro license here. See More

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Interactive Rebase via Drag and Drop

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Undo Support

Many Git actions can be undone in Tower simply by using the keyboard shortcut CMD+Z. Examples: Deleting branches and files, staging changes, rebasing & merging branches, or publishing a branch on a remote See More

Top Pro

GPG support

Tower offers user profiles. You can then connect GPG keys with your profiles, sign commits and see which commits have been signed and by who. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Mac

Features:Pull Requests, Interactive Rebase, Git-Flow, Dark Mode, Undo, Quick Actions, Image Diffing, Reflog, Drag & Drop, User Profiles

Pricing:FREE, $69/year for Basic, $99/year for Pro, $149/year for Enterprise

Free Version:Yes, for students, teachers, schools, universities, coding bootcamps etc.

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fugitive (via vim)

Top Pro

Great visualization and interactive workflow

The visualization and workflow are great in fugitive. You can do side-by-side or even intra-line diffs all without having to leave your text editor. See More

Top Con

Poor documentation

The documentation is rather poor and not very helpful. See More

Top Pro

Uninterrupted workflow for common tasks

Simple tasks, such as commits, can quickly be made without leaving the editor. See More

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Seamlessly "Dive into Diffs" to trace the origin & intent of code

git blame only shows the last change (e.g. a variable rename), but how do you find the origin of the code? :GBlame to open blame window o on the relevant line to "git show" the commit select a diff line from a previous version of the file, and hit o to open it repeat 1 - 3, jumping back through history to find the origin of the line See More

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Git Extensions

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Comprehensive interface

Developer focused and powerful options See More

Top Con

Requires mono

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No registration at all

Doesn't require registration to use. See More

Top Con

Poor UI

Rich developer experience but awful interface. See More

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Free/libre

This application is FOSS, and thus it can be freely modified & distributed. See More

Top Con

Few plugins

A small selection of plugins. See More

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Plugins

It comes with many plugins and you can build your own. Included by default are some very neat visualization tools for Repository metrics. See More

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Easy to add add action in the GUI

Right click to add a script to delete remote branch or tag... See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, MacOS (Linux and Macos up to version 2.5 only)

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Visual Studio Code

Top Pro

Extendable through plug-ins

Visual Studio Code comes fairly complete out of the box, but there are many plug-ins available to extend its functionality. See More

Top Con

Embedded Git isn't powerful enough

You can do nothing but to track changes, stage them and commit. No history, visualization, rebasing or cherry-picking – these things are left to git console or external git client. See More

Top Pro

TypeScript integration

There is very solid TypeScript integration in Visual Studio Code. Both are developed by Microsoft and VSC itself is written in TypeScript. See More

Top Con

The autocomplete and code check is not as powerful as the one on WebStorm

Sometimes it doesn't tell you if you made a typo in a method name or if a method is not used and several other important features. See More

Top Pro

Integrated debugging

VSC includes debugging tools for Node.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript. See More

Top Con

File search is extremely slow

It's absolutely not possible to use this tool with big projects given how long it takes to search for files. See More

Top Pro

Ready to use out of the box

You don't need to configure and add plugins before being productive. However, you can add plugins if needed but for the basics you're well covered. See More

Top Con

Project search limits results

Because file search is so slow your results are limited in order to simulate a faster search. See More

Top Pro

Integrated terminal

There's no need to press alt+tab to go to a terminal: it is directly integrated into the editor. Shift+~ is a handy hotkey to toggle the integrated terminal. See More

Top Con

Very bad auto import

Top Pro

Great performance

For a 'wrapped' web-based application, Visual Studio Code performs very well. See More

Top Con

Generalized

VS Code is a general code/scripting IDE built to be lightweight and for people familiar with their language of choice, not directly comparable to Visual Studio in power or scope. See More

Top Pro

Libre/open source

Released under the MIT License. See More

Top Con

Memory hog

Allegedly, VS Code is "lightweight". Yet, running multiple instances of it at once, you may get many "out of memory" messages from Windows despite 16 GB RAM. (While of course also running other things. The point is the comparison with some other IDEs/editors where running them alongside the same number of other applications doesn't cause Windows to run out of memory) See More

Top Pro

Fast and powerful

VS-Code has the speed of Sublime and the power of WebStorm. Perhaps this is the best software that Microsoft has ever created. See More

Top Con

Poor error fix suggestions

Error detection and suggestions/fixes are poor compared to IntelliJ platforms See More

Top Pro

JavaScript IntelliSense support

JavaScript IntelliSense allows Visual Studio Code to provide you with useful hints and auto-completion features while you code. See More

Top Con

A "me too" offering from MS, far behind other well established editors that it attempts to clone

Other IDEs specific to a language often offer better tools for deep programming. See More

Top Pro

Embedded Git control

Visual Studio Code has integrated Git control, guaranteeing speed, data integrity, and support for distributed, non-linear workflows. See More

Top Con

Slow launch time

Slower than it's competitors, e.g. Sublime Text. See More

Top Pro

Updated frequently

There's a new release of Visual Studio Code every month. If you are one of the insiders then releases are daily. See More

Top Con

Emmet plugin often fails on even simple p tags

Top Pro

ESLint integration

ESLint integrates great. You can define your rules trough .eslintrc.* as usual and vs code will autofix your code on save. So your code is always in style. See More

Top Con

Have no good default js style analyzer

In WebStorm there is analyzer that checks for warnings and highlight this in yellow, here you cannot find or add it even with plugins. It is possible to have it as errors with linter but while you are actively changing file that's not very nice. See More

Top Pro

Extensions (aka plugins) are written in JavaScript

Extensions are written in either Typescript or JavaScript. See More

Top Con

.sass linting is terrible

Top Pro

Active development

It's really nice to see how the code editor evolves. Every month there is a new version with great communication of new features and changes. See More

Top Con

Is not an IDE, is a text editor

Top Pro

Integrated task runners

Task runners display lists of available tasks and performing these tasks is as simple as a click of the mouse. See More

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It has gotten really good

All it takes is one stop for all the features many people need. See More

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Custom snippets support

Snippets are templates that will insert text for you and adapt it to their context, and in VSC they are highly customizable. See More

Top Pro

Huge community behind it

The ease of getting assistance and finding tutorials is increasing as the community grows. See More

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JS typechecking

It leverages TypeScript compiler functionality to statically type check JS (type inference, JSDoc types) with "javascript.implicitProjectConfig.checkJs": true option. See More

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Python support

Excellent Python plugin, originally created by Don Jayamanne, now hired by Microsoft to extend and maintain the extension. See More

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Good support for new Emmet syntax

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High fidelity C# plugin

The Omnisharp plugin is very powerful providing full sln, csproj, and project.json support. See More

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Support RTL languages

It supports pretty web rtl languages like arabic languages when most of other editors don't support it. See More

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Inline definition picking and usages finding

These features allow you to have a glance at code without opening it as a whole in a separate tab. Moreover, editing is allowed. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, macOS, Linux

License:MIT, Proprietary (official builds)

Multi Language Support:Yes

Auto Complete:Yes

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TortoiseGit

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Windows only

No Linux or OSX versions available. See More

Top Pro

Open source

Licensed under GPL. See More

Top Con

Renames git commands

Makes things hard to find for people used to the git CLI. See More

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Windows context menu integration

Context menu enables access to common commands quickly. See More

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Buggy file status icons

The file icons are also often buggy and do not reflect its true status. Often times the icon is missing and makes you think a file or folder is untracked, when it is already staged, or sometimes even already committed and pushed. See More

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Can parse and provide a pretty log of all commits or filter by branch

Top Con

May clutter your Windows Explorer

If you have synced your dev folder to a cloud service, TortoiseGit's git status file icons will override your cloud provider's icons. See More

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Convinient blaming tool

Very friendly blame tool. Easy to walk in the history of a file. See More

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No support for staging

It does not support staging in any way. You'll never guess that this feature is exist in git. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows

Technology:C, C++

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Sublimerge

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Three-way diff allows easy merging of files

Top Con

Bad tech support

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sublimerge

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Top Con

It's NOT Open Source

You can't fix or, implement nothing. And when the developer abandons the project you will be left in the lurch. See More

Top Pro

Highlights intraline changes

Top Con

It's not free

Nither as free price nor as free in freedom. See More

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Built-in support for Git, Subversion and Mercurial commands

Sublimerge automatically integrates with your version control history, and lets you compare between revisions, branches, remotes, and the staging area. See More

Top Con

Cannot compare text within the same file

Sublimerge can only compare entire file diffs, but not two selections within a file. Comparing within files can be useful for example, by refactoring two similar functions to use a shared function. With Sublimerge, you need to copy the sections into two new temporary tabs and compare between the two. This can be cumbersome, as if you have another untitled file, you won't be able to know which one is which. See More

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Can compare to clipboard contents

Top Con

No version control integration

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Sublime Merge

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Pure Git behind the scenes

All actions are real Git actions which minimizes confusion and makes it perfect for beginners and professionals alike. See More

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Too expensive

And they're continuing to increase the price over the time, from the $60 that was at the start. See More

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Speed

Nothing is faster. I used to use Gitkraken, but on large projects Gitkraken is barely usable. See More

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Very keyboard friendly

All actions have either direct hotkeys or corresponding entries in the palette (same as Sublime Text). This means a very streamlined and fast usage. See More

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No account info needed

No account- or server checkbacks (only for updates). All password handling is pure Git which means much less trouble and confusion. See More

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Portable version

Windows portable version. See More

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"Native" performance (Python based)

Very good performance. See More

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Using the trial version forever without limitations

Sublime Merge may be downloaded and evaluated for free, however, a license must be purchased for continued use. There is no enforced time limit for the evaluation. See More

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Lifetime testing

The product is paid but you can test for your life without paying (similar to sublime text). See More

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Excellent user interface

The user interface is designed excellently, and it's really fast to navigate with mouse or keyboard. It's never obscured which git commands are used, and commands can be modified/extended if desired. The visual appearance of the interface can be changed via themes, new git commands can be added, and even the menus can be extended. See More

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Not subscription based

A license gives you 3 years of updates, and you can use the product after that indefinitely. See More

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Bundled license available with Sublime Text (which is an amazing text editor)

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac

Features:Line Staging, Syntax Highlighting, Image Diffs, Merge Tool, Git Flow Integration, Submodule Management, Themes, Custom Commands

Pricing:FREE evaluation without time limit, $99 for personal license (including updates for 3 years), $75 per seat and year for business license, $168 for personal license bundle including Sublime Text (3 years of updates)

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Beautiful user interface

No longer free for use with private repos

Extremely easy to use

Slow

Cross-platform

Must log into GitKraken servers to use the free version

Offers a simple way of undoing mistakes

Has memory-related issues

Some of the best integration with hosted version control services

Not open source

Free version available

Not free for commercial use

Under constant improvement

Crashes once in a while

GitFlow support out of the box

Has annoying popup reminders that ask you to upgrade to the Pro version

Has a FuzzyFinder

Amending merge output is a pro feature

Perfect for beginner developers

Can be confusing

Has a dark theme

No real commitement to Linux support

Good keyboard shortcuts

Ugly, looks like a web app

Useful only for people who use Emacs

Uninterrupted workflow for common tasks

Diffs are easy

Easy to remember mnemonics

Better visualization and interactive workflow

Stage hunks or even just parts of a hunk using a single key press

Blame information can be viewed inline with the file

Multiple buffers are used to show contextual information

Powerful rebasing

Available in Homebrew

Allows you to stay in the terminal

Steeper barrier to entry as compared to a GUI solution

Fast

Vim-like bindings

Available in Homebrew

Works on any platform

Can sometimes be slow

Informative branch visualization

Always slow

Comprehensive layout

Requires an account to install and use

Built-in Git-flow and Hg-flow support

Terrible for resolving merge conflicts

Quick setup

Unstable and terrible UX

Simple yet powerful

Requires users to be online when starting up

Allows chunks and lines selection during commit

DEPRECATED -No dark theme

Built-in integration with Stash and Bitbucket

Chews CPU

Free

The UI of version 2.0+ is so terrible

Supports Git LFS

Does not allow offline installation

Git terminal

Browsing folders is troublesome

Supports Git, Mercurial, and Subversion

UI is buggy and getting worse with updates

Not even possible to change the password

Varied speeds across different versions

Poor UX for interactive rebase

Not always recognizes changed files

CRLF on Windows is a nightmare

Has trouble with Github's Yubikey integration

Crashes frequently

Login problems

Uninstalling won't remove the installation completely

Can't select install location

Often rebuilds the graph visually noisy

Flawed installer

Blame MS Office's word correction dictionary to be the source of the slowness while it's not

Information density can be a bit much

No auto stash

Free software