Git Extensions vs GitHub Desktop

Overview

Git Extensions

Stacks19

Followers20

Votes0

GitHub Stars8.2K

Forks2.2K

GitHub Desktop

Stacks51

Followers38

Votes0

GitHub Stars20.9K

Forks10.0K

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Detailed Comparison

Git Extensions	GitHub Desktop
It is a standalone UI tool for managing git repositories. It also integrates with Windows Explorer and Microsoft Visual Studio.	It is an open-source multi-platform GUI Git client designed for working with GitHub repositories. Focus on what matters instead of fighting with Git. Whether you're new to Git or a seasoned user, it simplifies your development workflow.
Windows Explorer integration for Git; Visual Studio (2015/2017/2019) plugin (download); Feature rich user interface for Git	Attribute commits with collaborators easily; Checkout branches with pull requests and view CI statuses; Syntax highlighted diffs
Statistics
GitHub Stars 8.2K	GitHub Stars 20.9K
GitHub Forks 2.2K	GitHub Forks 10.0K
Stacks 19	Stacks 51
Followers 20	Followers 38
Votes 0	Votes 0
Integrations
Git Visual Studio	Windows Git GitHub macOS

What are some alternatives to Git Extensions, GitHub Desktop?

Diff So Fancy

diff-so-fancy builds on the good-lookin' output of git contrib's diff-highlight to upgrade your diffs' appearances.

Remergr.io

Keep your pull requests automatically up-to-date and resolve your pull requests' conflicts directly from GitHub's UI. Save hundreds of hours you spend resolving conflicts by keeping always your pull requests automatically up-to-date to reduce the chance of conflicts. If conflicts are found, you can straightforwardly resolve them on GitHub's UI with a click of a button.

TortoiseGit

It is a Git revision control client, implemented as a Windows shell extension and based on TortoiseSVN. It is free software released under the GNU General Public License.

Astral

Astral pulls down all of your starred repositories on GitHub and allows you to organize them using one or more tags.

GitUI

It is a blazing fast terminal-UI for git written in Rust. You can inspect, commit, and amend changes. It has context-based help (no need to memorize tons of hot-keys).

pre-commit by Yelp

If one of your developers doesn’t have node installed but modifies a JavaScript file, pre-commit automatically handles downloading and building node to run jshint without root. Pre-commit is a multi-language package manager for pre-commit hooks. You specify a list of hooks you want and pre-commit manages the installation and execution of any hook written in any language before every commit. pre-commit is specifically designed to not require root access.