GitHub Desktop is a native Git client for Mac OS X and Windows with a graphical user interface.
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Comments about GitHub Desktop as an Alternative to Tower
- GitHub Desktop is Free and Open Source
- GitHub Desktop is Lightweight
Tower AlternativesTop Version Control Systems & Git Clients like Tower
Tower is described as 'Native desktop Git client for macOS and Windows with Pull Requests, Interactive Rebase, Image Diffing, Undo, and quick actions, integrating with all major code hosting services' and is a popular Version Control system in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Tower for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and Flathub apps. The best Tower alternative is GitHub Desktop, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Tower are SmartGit, Sourcetree, GitKraken and Fork.
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- 67 GitHub Desktop alternatives
72 SmartGit alternativesSmartGit is a front-end for the distributed version control system Git and runs on Windows, macOS and Linux. SmartGit is intended for developers who prefer a graphical user interface over a command line client, to be even more productive with Git.
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Comments about SmartGit as an Alternative to Tower
SmartGit is a very competent git GUI tool
- SmartGit is Freemium and Proprietary
- SmartGit is Lightweight and Customizable
69 Sourcetree alternativesA powerful Mac and Windows client for Mercurial and Git distributed version control systems.
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73 GitKraken alternativesMillions of developers and teams around the world choose GitKraken Client to make Git more visual and accessible with an intuitive UI, the flexibility to switch between a GUI or a terminal, and a seamless experience across operating systems.
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Comments about GitKraken as an Alternative to Tower
GitKraken is a very good git client, but, is personal, if you are working on a public repo, if you are trying to connect to a private or an organization repo in github, you must pay a different license
Most users think GitKraken is a great Tower alternative.
- GitKraken is Freemium and Proprietary
- GitKraken is Lightweight
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Comments about Fork as an Alternative to Tower
natevancouverDon’t be put off by the fact that it runs on both Windows & Mac. It is not an Electron app, and feels native on both platforms. Powerful and frequently updated, with built-in merging. And currently free.
Lack of Gitlab CE compatibility.
Almost everyone thinks Fork is a great Tower alternative.
- Fork is Paid and Proprietary
- Fork is Lightweight and Privacy focused
74 TortoiseGit alternativesTortoiseGit is a Windows Shell Interface to Git and based on TortoiseSVN. It's open source and can fully be build with freely available software.
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23 GitButler alternativesGitButler 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.
52 Git Extensions alternativesGit 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.
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