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Add to SafariWhen comparing TortoiseGit vs GitFiend, the Slant community recommends TortoiseGit for most people. In the question“What are the best visual git GUIs?” TortoiseGit is ranked 11th while GitFiend is ranked 27th. The most important reason people chose TortoiseGit is:
Licensed under GPL.
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Pros
Pro Open source
Licensed under GPL.
Pro Windows context menu integration
Context menu enables access to common commands quickly.
Pro Can parse and provide a pretty log of all commits or filter by branch
Pro Convinient blaming tool
Very friendly blame tool. Easy to walk in the history of a file.
Pro Cross platform
It has native Linux, Windows and Mac clients.
Pro Free
As of version 0.38.2 there is no paid features or license.
Cons
Con Windows only
No Linux or OSX versions available.
Con Renames git commands
Makes things hard to find for people used to the git CLI.
Con 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.
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.
Con No support for staging
It does not support staging in any way. You'll never guess that this feature is exist in git.
Con Limited features
As it is in a new application in development it has a limited feature set if you are a power user.
Con Not open-source
Developer has shared the UI components to GitHub but not the source code of the application.
