LabCoat Alternatives

Apps similar to LabCoat include GitHub, which has a free version. Other options are GitLab, GitHub Desktop, GitKraken and Sourcetree. Git Clients like LabCoat are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and the web.

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LabCoat alternatives page was last updated Aug 29, 2026

tig
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Text-mode interface for Git.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Git Client
Platforms
Mac
Linux
BSD
Cygwin
+5
Good alternative?Is tig a good alternative to LabCoat?
Thermal
3 likes
Thermal is a free, open-source, cross-platform Git GUI built by developers for developers. It's a desktop application built with Electron & Vue.js, allowing you to manage your Git repositories at one place by providing a simple to use graphic interface with built-in...
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Git Client
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Node.JS
Good alternative?Is Thermal a good alternative to LabCoat?
ForkHub
3 likes
ForkHub is an open source GitHub client that started off as a fork of the official Android app from GitHub after they abandoned it, and has since seen lots of improvements. You can see a comprehensive list of changes in the change log: .
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Origin
Spain
EU
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Android
Android Tablet
F-Droid
Spain
EU
Good alternative?Is ForkHub a good alternative to LabCoat?
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Tower
Native desktop Git client for macOS and Windows offering GUI access to full Git functionality including Pull Requests, Interactive Rebase, Image Diffing, Undo, Quick Actions, and seamless integration with leading code hosting ser...

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TortoiseHg
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TortoiseHg is an easy to use client for the Mercurial (Hg) distributed revision control system. TortoiseHg adds shell integration into Windows and Linux (Gnome/Nautilus) and includes a command line wrapper.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Version Control
Origin
United States
Platforms
Windows
Linux
United States
Good alternative?Is TortoiseHg a good alternative to LabCoat?
GitPulse
1 like
A lightweight Git activity monitor and developer velocity tracker for tracking daily commit momentum across repositories.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
United States
+3
Good alternative?Is GitPulse a good alternative to LabCoat?
GITK
12 likes
Displays changes in a repository or a selected set of commits. This includes visualizing the commit graph, showing information related to each commit, and the files in the trees of each revision.
64 GITK alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Version Control
Git Client
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
United States
Good alternative?Is GITK a good alternative to LabCoat?
GitSquid
2 likes
A fast, lightweight Git GUI for macOS, Windows & Linux. Visual commit graph, 3-way merge editor, GitHub/GitLab/BitBucket integration. No account required. Pro at €49/year.
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Version Control
Git Client
Origin
France
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
France
EU
+9
Good alternative?Is GitSquid a good alternative to LabCoat?
Gitweb
23 likes
Gitweb is a Git web interface. It is written in Perl and can be used as a CGI script, or as a mod_perl legacy script (run by ModPerl::Registry handler). It allows browsing a git repository (or a set of git repositories) using a web browser.
79 Gitweb alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Self-Hosted
Perl
Good alternative?Is Gitweb a good alternative to LabCoat?
GLab
1 like
GLab is an open source Gitlab Cli tool written in Go (golang) to help work seamlessly with Gitlab from the command line. Work with issues, merge requests, watch running pipelines directly from your CLI among other features. Inspired by gh, the official GitHub CLI tool.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Git Client
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Good alternative?Is GLab a good alternative to LabCoat?
GitFlow
1 like
A free, professional-grade Git client for macOS. Tower-like experience with best-in-class diff visualization. Local-first, privacy-focused, and completely open source.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Git Client
Origin
Canada
Platforms
Mac
Homebrew
Canada
Good alternative?Is GitFlow a good alternative to LabCoat?
Ungit
18 likes
Git GUI (WebUI).
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Origin
Sweden
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Self-Hosted
Node.JS
Atom
Brackets
Sweden
EU
Good alternative?Is Ungit a good alternative to LabCoat?
PuppyGit
2 likes
A Git Client for Android, Open Source and No Ads and Free to use.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Git Client
Platforms
Android
F-Droid
Good alternative?Is PuppyGit a good alternative to LabCoat?