What GUIs exist for Git on Windows

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+52 Q:

What GUIs exist for Git on Windows

I use Subversion via TortoiseSVN but I hear good things about Git.

Are there any similar tools available for Git on Windows?

Feel free to answer with tools which still in early development.

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Prakash 2008-10-01 13:08:01

This is quite out of date advise, these are not really the main ones to use now.

corydoras 2010-01-20 23:24:15

@corydoras do you know what the main ones are now then?

jasondavis 2010-01-21 10:16:51

While I dont know everyone in the world, I cant comment on what is most popular. However every windows git user I know uses either TortoiseGit or GitExtensions. I have been quite happy with GitExtensions, not sure about TortoiseGit. I would be quite interested to see what is the best answer more than a year on from when this question was first asked.

corydoras 2010-01-22 04:05:58

+2 A:

GitCheetah (although it's early days). And the default tools that ship with git.

Oli 2008-10-01 13:09:09

+6 A:

There's egit for Eclipse.

Peter Boughton 2008-10-01 13:11:49

+31 A:

The git wiki has a comprehensive list of frontends and interfaces.

Aristotle Pagaltzis 2008-10-02 21:17:55

+20 A:

There are some people working on a Tortoise port for GIT: http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/

Still in early stages, but worth to keep an eye on.

BlaM 2009-01-27 17:22:20

I use TortoiseGIT regularly and it's ok, feels a little slower than Tortoise SVN (the explorer window tends to hang for git directories sometimes) but i couldn't find any other problems.

dbemerlin 2010-03-16 15:32:41

If you're not yet used to git you may want to avoid TortoiseGit and instead use the command line + git-gui + gitk. When I used TortoiseGit, it was a broken attempt at porting TortoiseSVN and you get in trouble when you can't do the normal git things. You may want to check out my comment on other GUI's: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/83789/what-is-the-best-git-gui-on-osx/2674017#2674017

UncleCJ 2010-04-20 10:51:46

+12 A:

GitExtensions is a GUI, Visual Studio plugin and shell extensions for Git.

2009-10-23 20:01:46

Necromancer!...

Joshua 2010-04-07 17:47:43

GitExtensions is definitely the best. The proof is that I find myself forgetting git's command line syntax. I believe if a front end can make you forget the command line syntax, it has done its job.

carleeto 2010-08-24 04:11:45

+1 A:

tortoisegit http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/

jmav 2009-10-29 21:54:55

+2 A:

I've been using smartgit for about a month. Certainly worth taking a look at if you prefer a gui.

http://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/index.html

jcrichto 2010-01-31 20:37:31

+5 A:

Usually I prefer free and open source tools but there is a commercial GUI for GIT that looks promising SmartGIT. There is 30 days demo and it costs up to 60$.

I had bad experiences with other GIT GUIs on Windows, regarding this one I don't have a bad one yet but it was recommended to me by a friend.

Sorin Sbarnea 2010-03-16 15:21:58

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