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Best Git GUI Clients For Developers👨‍💻

Abhijeet Dave on November 02, 2020

Hey there.!!🙋‍♂️ Are you looking for the top git GUI client to make it easy to manage your project? Then you are in right place..!! First of all, ...
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Chad Adams

I’ve been using the built in git from vscode for a while now. If i’m not using vscode then I use Fork. Works really well and $49.99 is a lifetime license unlike Tower, and Git Kraken where you pay yearly for it.

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Marc Ochsner (he/him)

You should really consider downloading gitlens. It doesn't replace existing vscode git, but expands upon it for when you want to diff a file or peruse through its history! Just select a file, then go to gitlens and you can see all the commits to it

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Chad Adams

I use gitlens.

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ThemeSelection

Hi @chad ,

Thanks for sharing your inputs. Yes, fork is also one of the easiest and best GIT GUI clients. The only drawback its not available for Linux.

Stay Safe 🙏

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aderchox

"Fork" sounds awful, watch this to see a demo of its apparent disaster:
youtube.com/watch?v=zr7MpE_Eb6A

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Dan Jones

The only git GUI I've found useful is Magit.

Having to switch to a CLI is quick and easy, but having to switch to a different gui app (when I'm already using an IDE) just slows me down.

Also, having to take my hands off the keyboard and use a mouse slows me down.

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Pierre Le Gall

Never forget to mention Magit, the today best Git client without contest.

But for Emacs users only. I think you omit this information ;)

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ThemeSelection

Thank you very much for your suggestion.👍 We'll add it to the list.

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David Farrell

No Love for Sublime Merge?

FYI: Sublime Merge is a git gui client made by the creators of Sublime. Not to be confused with SubliMerge which is a 3rd party professional merge tool implemented as a Sublime plugin.

Sublime Merge + CLI + IntelliJ/PyCharm/GoLand integration are my tools of choice.

I don't need a ui bad enough to warrant the cost of GitKraken, but it sure does look slick!

I wasn't aware of all of the ui's listed here, and I'll definitely look into some of them.

Thanks for sharing!

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ThemeSelection

Thank you for your feedback and inputs.🙂 We'll add it to the list.👍

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👨🏾‍💻 Kam Banwait

I’ve tried a few of these & you’re missing probably one of the best GUI out there for both windows & Mac: GitTower git-tower.com

Hands down the simplest & nicest client I’ve used out of a bunch of the ones listed above 👌🏽

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ThemeSelection

Yes, we are adding it. Thank You for your feedback.👍

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Mike Cheel

I like GitExtensions

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Dustin Shane Overby

Git Extensions is where it's at for me.

I've been using this client for many years now and still love it. It's intuitive, clean, robust, and free. A real pleasure to work with.

gitextensions.github.io/

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Volkmar Rigo

I've been using Fork for a while now and like it very much.

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ThemeSelection

Yes, Fork is indeed the best git GUI client.👍

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jlabs

We mostly use SourceTree at work, but trying to look for a replacement as there's not one day without an issue with it.
Tried to use GitKraken as a trial, but you need the paid account to work with private repos (ours are all private).

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Michal Dobrodenka

I would recommend trying SmartGit, 30 days trial period. It doesn't look sexy but can be very helpful. I switched from SourceTree recently.

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Mark Blakeney

For me, the best Git GUI is the one that comes with git! I.e. gitk.

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Michal Dobrodenka

I've tried several of mentioned clients. Pretty much the same until I had problems with merging branches, some files were renamed in one branch. Worst client for this scenario was SourceTree, best experience for me has SmartGit + KDiff3. Ine the end I've switched to SmartGit.

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Hennzen

I have been using GitExtensions for years now. Open source, multi-platform, portable... I love it. Only thing lacking (today) is a multi-repo view, tabbed repos, if you want.
gitextensions.github.io

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Eugene Stativka

The best client is the Intellij Idea's built-in client.

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Mohammed Alloboany

I have tried most of them and still preferer Gitkraken .

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ThemeSelection

Great pick..!!👍

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Iceman44

Been using Fork from day 1 and absolutely love it. Developer is super easy to get a hold of regarding features and bugs.

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ThemeSelection

Absolutely..!! 👍

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𒎏Wii 🏳️‍⚧️ • Edited

Best git GUI editor for developers: none.

  • Well documented
  • Cross-platform
  • Programmable
  • Very performant
  • Easy editor integration
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Edmundo Sanchez

I am a fan of Gitkraken too, however I found myself going more and more to the git cli, no plugins.
I use the vs code /atom integration when I want to see the changes in an editor or cherrypick

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ThemeSelection

Thank you for your inputs on Gitkraken.It is getting better with time. In the end, It mostly depends on developers some may like Smartgit some may not.

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GAGAN SURI

which tool is the best to use in 2023 ?