The Best Open Source GitKraken AlternativesTop Version Control Systems & Git Clients like GitKraken

The best open source alternative to GitKraken is GitAhead. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to GitKraken and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to GitKraken are Gittyup, Gitnuro, TortoiseGit and RelaGit.

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  1. GitAhead icon

    GitAhead

     58 likes

    GitAhead lets you filter results and performs advanced searches. It shows you exactly what you need to see and makes navigating through thousands of commits a piece of cake.

    53 GitAhead alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about GitAhead as an Alternative to GitKraken
    scrat
    Positive
    1

    Great UI, many features, user friendly, cross-platform and open-source + free to anybody.

    Guest
    Positive
    0
    • Cross-platform
    • Dark Theme
    • Good licensing: It's a "copyfree" MIT-licensed open source application: thus no copyleft restrictions. Also no constructs of "freemium" at this moment of writing.
    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    jacekdobrzyniecki
    0

    A fairly neat UI and opens repositories without a cinch, but unfortunately, the program lacks the option to commit only individual edited lines - you can only commit entire "hunks". A dealbreaker for me.

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    • Almost everyone thinks GitAhead is a great GitKraken alternative.

    • GitAhead is the most popular Open Source alternative to GitKraken.

    • GitAhead is Free and Open SourceGitKraken is Freemium and Proprietary
    • GitAhead is MinimalisticGitKraken is not according to our users
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    Gittyup

     35 likes

    Gittyup is a graphical Git client designed to help you understand and manage your source code history. Gittyup is a continuation of the GitAhead client.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Qt
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    Git Extensions

     77 likes

    Git Extensions is a standalone UI tool for managing git repositories. It also integrates with Windows Explorer and Microsoft Visual Studio (2010/2012/2013/2015/2017). Linux is supported by 2.51 version with some issues.

    52 Git Extensions alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about Git Extensions as an Alternative to GitKraken
    carlin5
    Positive
    2

    It's totally transparent about what it does and it can handle any situation you get yourself into. I've had GitKraken die on me after I pruned dead branches because it was still referencing them for something. I don't think GitKraken is good for learning git or for people who like to work both in the command line and GUI.

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    • Git Extensions is Free and Open SourceGitKraken is Freemium and Proprietary
  9. LabNex icon

    LabNex

     9 likes

    LabNex is an open-source Android app designed for managing GitLab instances.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    Dashboard
    Activities
    Settings
     

    • LabNex is the most popular Android alternative to GitKraken.

    • LabNex is Free and Open SourceGitKraken is Freemium and Proprietary
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    GitButler

     8 likes

    GitButler is a new Source Code Management system designed to manage your branches, record and backup your work, be your Git client, help with your code and much more. Our focus is everything after writing code in your editor and before sharing it on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    Screenshot from the repo, shows most available features.
     
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    gitg

     54 likes

    gitg is a git repository viewer targeting gtk+/GNOME. One of its main objectives is to provide a more unified user experience for git frontends across multiple desktops. It does this not be writing a cross-platform application, but by close collaboration with similar clients for...

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  13. JitHub icon

    JitHub

     3 likes

    JitHub is a third party UWP client for github.com. You can use JitHub to manage the code, issues, pull requests, commits and much more in your repositories.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  14. git-cola icon

    git-cola

     37 likes

    git-cola is a powerful GUI for git, a distributed revision control system. cola's ingredients include git-python and jsonpickle. cola is released under the GNU GPL v2.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about git-cola as an Alternative to GitKraken
    3psilon
    Positive
    0

    Probably the best FOSS alternative for Linux. Not as fancy in terms of GUI, but still easy to use and it's much faster.

    jacekdobrzyniecki
    Positive
    0

    A lightweight, useful program. The UI isn't particularly pretty but it does what it's supposed to. Furthermore, it allows committing only specific lines, which is an important feature for me. Note that if you want to use it with GitHub, you'll want to learn how to enable SSH authentication: see https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1112#issuecomment-782738748 for instructions.

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    • Almost everyone thinks git-cola is a great GitKraken alternative.

    • git-cola is Free and Open SourceGitKraken is Freemium and Proprietary
    • git-cola is CustomizableGitKraken is not according to our users
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