When comparing Guitar vs GitUp, the Slant community recommends GitUp for most people. In the question“What are the best open source Git clients?” GitUp is ranked 6th while Guitar is ranked 15th. The most important reason people chose GitUp is:
Fast Git GUI. Everything is already there and loaded when you open up the window.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Blazing fast
Fast Git GUI. Everything is already there and loaded when you open up the window.
Pro Allows doing complex things without memorizing git
Git usage beyond basic checkout/commit is arcane; GitUp lets you do things in git in seconds that would take you a half hour of research with the command line.
Pro Full undo
You can backup, or edit commits, if you make a mistake.
Pro Open Source, GPL-licensed
Cons
Con No search function
No search function yet.
Con No submodules support
Has no submodules support yet.
Con OS X Only
Only available for OSX, so if you are used to working with different OSes and you want the same tools in each of them, it's impossible to have that with GitUp.
Con Font size is not adjustable
Tiny font not good for those with poor vision.