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Pros of GitKraken
Pros of GitUp
Pros of SourceTree
  • 59
    Dark theme
  • 34
    Best linux git client
  • 29
    Great overview
  • 21
    Full featured client
  • 20
    Gitflow support
  • 19
    Beautiful UI
  • 18
    Very easy to use
  • 16
    Graph
  • 13
    Works great on both linux and windows
  • 13
    Effortless
  • 6
    Easy Merge Conflict Tool
  • 5
    Amazing Github and Bitbucket integration
  • 4
    Great UX
  • 3
    Integration with GitHub
  • 3
    Automatic Repo Discovery
  • 3
    Submodule support
  • 3
    Easy to Learn and Setup
  • 3
    Super fast
  • 2
    Fuzzy find (CTRL P)
  • 1
    Very user friendly
  • 1
    Much more stable than source tree
  • 1
    Great for non-dev users
  • 1
    Because it has Linux client
  • 1
    Command palette (CTRL Shift P)
  • 6
    Fast
  • 6
    Can edit commit messages
  • 5
    Simple interface
  • 5
    Native OSX App
  • 3
    Easy rebase
  • 3
    Great branch visualization
  • 2
    Search commit messages
  • 2
    Beautiful UI
  • 2
    Visual history and branch view
  • 2
    Incredibly easy squash
  • 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
  • 22
    Great branch visualization
  • 18
    Ui/ux and user-friendliness
  • 8
    Best Git Client UI/Features
  • 7
    Search commit messages
  • 5
    Available for Windows and macOS
  • 1
    Log only one file
  • 1
    Search file content

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Cons of GitKraken
Cons of GitUp
Cons of SourceTree
  • 3
    Extremely slow when working with large repositories
  • 3
    No edit/fixup in interactive rebase
  • 3
    Hangs occasionally (not as bad as sourcetree)
  • 2
    Not as many features as sourcetree
  • 2
    Do not allow to directly edit staging area
  • 2
    Does not work like a Mac app
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    • 12
      Crashes often
    • 8
      So many bugs
    • 7
      Fetching is slow sometimes
    • 5
      No dark theme (Windows)
    • 5
      Extremely slow
    • 5
      Very unstable
    • 4
      Can't select text in diff (windows)
    • 3
      Freezes quite frequently
    • 3
      Can't scale window from top corners
    • 2
      UI blinking
    • 2
      Windows version worse than mac version
    • 2
      Installs to AppData folder (windows)
    • 2
      Diff makes tab indentation look like spaces
    • 2
      Windows and Mac versions are very different
    • 2
      Diff appears as if space indented even if its tabs
    • 2
      Doesn't have an option for git init
    • 2
      Useless for merge conflict resolution
    • 2
      Doesn't differentiate submodules from parent repos
    • 2
      Requires bitbucket account
    • 1
      Generally hard to like
    • 1
      No reflog support
    • 1
      Bases binary check on filesize
    • 1
      Can't add remotes by right clicking remotes (windows)

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    What is GitKraken?

    The downright luxurious Git client for Windows, Mac and Linux. Cross-platform, 100% standalone, and free.

    What is GitUp?

    GitUp lets you see your entire labyrinth of branches and merges with perfect clarity. Any change you make, large or small, even outside GitUp, is immediately reflected in GitUp's graph. No refreshing, no waiting.

    What is SourceTree?

    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.

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