Tower

What is Tower?

Use all of Git's powerful feature set - in a GUI that makes you more productive.

Tower is a tool in the Version Control category of a tech stack.

Key Features

Clone & create repos with a click - Manage your GitHub, Bitbucket & Beanstalk accounts from within TowerOpen repos quickly - Tower's "Quick Open" dialog finds and opens repositories in no timeAutomate the boring stuff - Fetching and stashing are automatically done for you, if you wishClone in the background- Downloading large projects happens in the background, while you workMultiple windows - Have multiple projects open side-by-side

Tower Pros & Cons

Pros of Tower

✓Git
✓Just works
✓Version control
✓Awesome
✓Simple layout
✓Multiple windows
✓Automatic repo discovery
✓Multiple tabs
✓Full featured client
✓Gitflow support

Cons of Tower

✗Expensive
✗Subscription based
✗No side by side diff
✗Merge conflict resolution impossible/unclear

Tower Integrations

Bitbucket, TextMate, Visual Studio, GitHub, GitLab and 5 more are some of the popular tools that integrate with Tower. Here's a list of all 10 tools that integrate with Tower.

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Tower Discussions

Discover why developers choose Tower. Read real-world technical decisions and stack choices from the StackShare community.

Cees Timmerman

Software Engineer

May 23, 2019

Needs adviceon

Tower

GitKraken

SourceTree

Tower appears to be between GitKraken and SourceTree in detail, but gave two scary error dialogs when attempting to merge resulted in a conflict. Doing the same in SourceTree just worked and showed the conflict in its handy file view that's always visible (unlike Tower's mere "Merge branch 'X' into develop" message when the commit is selected).

Both GitKraken and Tower lack the commit hash in their history overview, requiring one to select a commit to see it.

GitKraken appears to be the only Windows 10 Git GUI suitable for night shifts, but like Tower is only free for 30 days, unlike SourceTree.

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Tower Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Tower?

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.

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.

SVN (Subversion)

Subversion exists to be universally recognized and adopted as an open-source, centralized version control system characterized by its reliability as a safe haven for valuable data; the simplicity of its model and usage; and its ability to support the needs of a wide variety of users and projects, from individuals to large-scale enterprise operations.

Tower

What is Tower?

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Tower Pros & Cons

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Tower Integrations

Tower Discussions

Tower Alternatives & Comparisons

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