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Add to SafariWhen comparing git-cola vs GitAhead, the Slant community recommends GitAhead for most people. In the question“What are the best Git clients for Windows?” GitAhead is ranked 12th while git-cola is ranked 20th. The most important reason people chose GitAhead is:
Windows, macOS, and Linux.
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Pros
Pro Free software
This application is FOSS, and thus it can be freely modified & distributed.
Pro Cross-platform
Works on Linux, Mac and Windows.
Pro Full unicode support
Pro Minimalist interface
Pro Available in Homebrew
Can be easily installed through homebrew by running brew install git-cola.
Pro Multi-platform
Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Pro All basic Git features included
Branches, Pull, Push, Fetch, Cherry-pick, Stash, Revert, Rebase...
Pro It is now free and open source
No longer requires an account.
Pro Qt-based
This means it is fast, looks great on any platform and integrates especially well with KDE.
Pro Fastest on Linux
Not based on web technologies and fastest to start and work with, yet featuring all required features.
Pro Designed to support repository exploration
Pro Can link to most used git cloud providers
Link to gitlab, github and bitbucket accounts.
Cons
Con Limited feature set
You sometimes need to touch the terminal in order to get certain things done.
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.
