When comparing Gitg vs GitEye, the Slant community recommends Gitg for most people. In the question“What are the best visual git GUIs?” Gitg is ranked 12th while GitEye is ranked 21st.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Client side decoration (CSD)
Pro Beautiful and simple
The UI is very straightforward, once you open it, you can browse your computer to find an existing git repository and open it in the app. Once opened you can browse commits and view remotes immediately. It also allows you to browse the files and preview them.
There's also a commit view which shows past commit messages, as well as unstaged and untracked commits.
Pro Native GitHub GUI support via GitHub Eclipse plugin
GitEye can be integrated with the GitHub Eclipse plugin to have support for GitHub.
Pro Custom commands can be defined that allow launching third-party tools
If you are using a lot of third-part tools besides GitEye, you can set up shortcuts to launch them easily from inside GitEye, greatly improving your workflow.
Pro Has a graphical compare and merge tool
Pro Great for those starting out with git
Cons
Con Some git features are missing
There are some key/authentication issues.
Con Slow on large repositories
Con Poor documentation
The documentation isn't very detailed and does not do a good job at explaining everything.