Fork vs GitKraken vs SourceTree

Overview

SourceTree

Stacks10.6K

Followers8.1K

Votes727

GitKraken

Stacks725

Followers909

Votes290

Fork

Stacks197

Followers258

Votes126

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Detailed Comparison

SourceTree	GitKraken	Fork
Use the full capability of Git and Mercurial in the SourceTree desktop app. Manage all your repositories, hosted or local, through SourceTree's simple interface.	The downright luxurious Git client for Windows, Mac and Linux. Cross-platform, 100% standalone, and free.	Manage your repositories without leaving the application. Organize the repositores into categories. Fork's Diff Viewer provides a clear view to spot the changes in your source code quickly.
Full-powered DVCS;Create, clone, commit, push, pull, merge, and more are all just a click away.;Review your outgoing and incoming changesets, cherry-pick between branches, patch handling, rebase, stash, shelve, and much more.;Use Git-flow and Hg-flow with ease. Keep your repositories cleaner and your development more efficient with SourceTree's intuitive interface to Git and Hg's 'branchy' development model.	-	-
Statistics
Stacks 10.6K	Stacks 725	Stacks 197
Followers 8.1K	Followers 909	Followers 258
Votes 727	Votes 290	Votes 126
Pros & Cons
Pros 205 Visual history and branch view 164 Beautiful UI 134 Easy repository browsing 87 Gitflow support 75 Interactive stage or discard by hunks or lines Cons 12 Crashes often 8 So many bugs 7 Fetching is slow sometimes 5 Extremely slow 5 No dark theme (Windows)	Pros 60 Dark theme 34 Best linux git client 29 Great overview 21 Gitflow support 21 Full featured client Cons 4 Hangs occasionally (not as bad as sourcetree) 4 No edit/fixup in interactive rebase 4 Extremely slow when working with large repositories 3 Do not allow to directly edit staging area 3 Not as many features as sourcetree	Pros 19 One of the easiest and fastest git GUIs 14 Nice UX 13 Fast, Great support, Does-it-all, blazing fast 13 Does the job way better than others 11 Dark theme Cons 2 Poorly written license 1 Stability is fragile when looking deeply into history 1 Merges that require interactive user decision
Integrations
GitHub Git Bitbucket Windows macOS Mercurial	Git	Git

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