What is Git LFS?
It replaces large files such as audio samples, videos, datasets, and graphics with text pointers inside Git, while storing the file contents on a remote server like GitHub.com or GitHub Enterprise.
Git LFS is a tool in the Git Tools category of a tech stack.
Git LFS is an open source tool with 13.1K GitHub stars and 2K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Git LFS's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Git LFS?
Companies
3 companies reportedly use Git LFS in their tech stacks, including Front End, Kubikfoto GmbH, and marketing-webiste.
Developers
9 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Git LFS.
Git LFS Integrations
Git LFS's Features
- Large file versioning
- More repository space
- Faster cloning and fetching
- Same Git workflow
- Same access controls and permissions
Git LFS Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Git LFS?
Git
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
GitHub
GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
Visual Studio Code
Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.
Docker
The Docker Platform is the industry-leading container platform for continuous, high-velocity innovation, enabling organizations to seamlessly build and share any application — from legacy to what comes next — and securely run them anywhere
npm
npm is the command-line interface to the npm ecosystem. It is battle-tested, surprisingly flexible, and used by hundreds of thousands of JavaScript developers every day.
