Is there a good (visual) Git tool for Mac OS X or Windows?

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I'm looking at porting my projects to Git from SVN (I'm convinced that Git is worth the move) and I'm trying to come up with a set of tools to use for the project. I've googled around for some tools but I wasn't really impressed with what I found.

What visual tools are recommended for Git users on Mac OS X? What about Windows? (I have multiple development environments and I need git tooling in each one of them)

duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/83789/what-is-the-best-git-gui-on-osx — Nick Dandoulakis, Sep 17 '09 at 17:05

score 32 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 20 '13 at 10:22

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Here's one for Mac: GitX

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answered Sep 17 '09 at 17:01

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Here's one better: GitX(L) http://gitx.laullon.com/. Its the same GitX you know and love, but with more features. I prefer it to the original – Carl Oct 06 '11 at 23:04
@Carl: Broken link? – user541686 Jun 11 '19 at 20:58
@Mehrdad Its been a long time since I've used a Mac now, but try http://macappstore.org/laullon-gitx/ – Carl Jun 19 '19 at 03:36

score 31 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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Windows has TortoiseGit. It is not as mature as TortoiseSVN, but I've been using it and it works well enough for my purposes.

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EDIT [Dec 2014]: I'd also recommend looking at Dan's answer. Github's UI is probably the most mature/supported tool out there now (even if you don't use Github!)

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Is the same Software available for Mac OS. Please post the URL if its have. – srikanth_yarram May 23 '14 at 13:17
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used it on win. great tool. still searching for something similar on Mac – Mladen Janjetovic May 30 '16 at 12:59
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just found GitSnail. TortoiseGit clone. Looks nice at first sight – Mladen Janjetovic May 30 '16 at 14:05
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Tortoise integrates nicely with Windows Explorer, overlaying file and folder status icons. – Cees Timmerman Sep 12 '17 at 11:44
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I really really miss it – Whimusical Oct 17 '19 at 10:19

score 30 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 02 '13 at 13:25

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Source Tree (for MAC)

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Proprietary app from Atlassian. Not such kawai UI as in GitX, but it works. Medium place between GitX and Git Extension IMHO. – Brian Cannard May 14 '14 at 22:45
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This tool is absolutely confusing when it comes to resolving complex merge issues. – Landon Poch Jul 07 '16 at 17:24
check also https://git-scm.com/download/gui/mac – jdev Aug 27 '17 at 12:00
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Lacks a lot of functionality :( Like edit file inplace vs TortoiseGit. – Sklavit Aug 31 '17 at 09:21
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I want to downvote this 10 times. – zwcloud Jun 12 '19 at 04:49

score 18 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 02 '13 at 13:23

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Try Git Extensions.

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answered Sep 18 '09 at 21:27

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I have not come across a better free Git GUI for Windows. – Carl Oct 03 '11 at 20:33

Jakub Narębski · Answer 5 · 2013-03-16T12:07:25.167

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In the vein of teaching how to fish: take a look at https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/InterfacesFrontendsAndTools page on Git Wiki, which has section about GUIs.

Git Homepage also has section about GUIs: http://git-scm.com/downloads/guis

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answered Sep 18 '09 at 21:22

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This is a great resource, thanks! – Malaxeur Sep 18 '09 at 23:53

score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 04 '11 at 17:32

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I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Tower for Mac OSX.

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answered Aug 04 '11 at 17:32

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score 2 · Answer 7 · edited Jul 02 '13 at 13:20

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GitGui comes with git. It has always worked great for me. Is there some problem you have with it?

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answered Sep 17 '09 at 17:38

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i cant figure out how to Start it in mac os x – Johannes Rudolph Sep 18 '09 at 21:17
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The command is "git gui" – Carl Oct 03 '11 at 20:32
@carleeto - It is now. Two years ago when I wrote this answer, `git-gui` also worked. – T.E.D. Oct 04 '11 at 14:44
While trying to execute command "git gui" its showing GUi is not a git Command. Please give me some references for git GUI. Using mac Maverics. sreekanths-mini:~ Reddy$ git GUI git: 'GUI' is not a git command. See 'git --help'. – srikanth_yarram May 23 '14 at 13:18
@sri_bb - Well, this is a 5 year old answer, so things change. I don't have a Mac either, or know what exactly you installed. Consider posting this as a question. I see there's already [a similar question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14673257/git-gui-and-gitk-not-present-after-installing-git) for Ubuntu, and for [Mountain Lion](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11722830/git-gui-not-working-after-installing-mountain-lion) – T.E.D. May 23 '14 at 14:18

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 05 '13 at 13:13

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For OSX I don't like Tower. I have had too many crashes and problems. On the other hand, Source Tree works very well. Albeit it requires a bit more understanding of git itself. IMO Tower is no Cornerstone. I wish Cornerstone would support GIT.

answered Mar 05 '13 at 13:13

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Sep 17 '09 at 17:12

There is a native port of Git to Windows, called mysysgit.

If you use Eclipse, there's a Git client that hooks into that - egit. TortoiseGit is a standalone GUI client. Git#/GitSharp is a client for git for .NET.

Mac users will hopefully be able to provide some examples for MacOS.

Enjoy it!

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Nov 13 '09 at 14:27

Git extensions for Windows works great and integrates with Visual Studio (if you need it). I haven't tried TortoiseGit, but I've heard it's not quite ready.

On Mac, I've tried GitX and wasn't very impressed. It seems to missing many of the git commands and I have to use the terminal on a regular basis. There is another one called Gity, but it's very new and I have not tried it yet. It is free now, but I think that will end once it reaches 1.0.

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 01 '13 at 14:33

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For Windows, I recommend the GitHub for Windows client (which also works with other local and remote repositories, even though it's setup to work with Github by default).

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answered Jul 01 '13 at 14:33

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It is extra simple. It can only push commit to Git(Hub) but no complex operations support. – Sklavit Aug 31 '17 at 09:22

Is there a good (visual) Git tool for Mac OS X or Windows?

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