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Alternatives to GitKraken? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For the last 5(?) years or so I have been using GitKraken as my daily git driver for a while. I use it at my job mostly and love the functionality. I still use git via command line but jumping into git bash is nice no matter what os I am currently using.

I mainly use it:

To see what branches have been modified (same as git tree but updates itself).
Hooks into other git hosting like codeberg/gitea/forgeo without any real work. Login is also super easy and built in. Oauth is built in.
Git amend is a one click interface.

There is other niceties like issue tracking, easy auto-creation of branches, etc... that I personally don't use all that much, but I can see the appeal.

The only real issue is the price. It used to be 30$ a year but now it's over 100+. I would happily pay 30 a year or pay one time for a license...but over 100 is too much in my opinion. I may go back to using all command line if the price keeps going up.

Is there any open source tools that do something similar it's the same look/feel?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Probably not very similar, but Git Butler is very interesting. It adds its own layer of management so that you can have multiple branches "applied" to your working tree simultaneously. It's helpful when you have multiple changes that should go into different branches, and some that shouldn't be committed - it has a system of lanes that help keep track of all that. Or you can test how changes from two branches interact.

Last time I used it, maybe 6 months ago, it was rough around the edges so I didn't stick with it. But they've done lots of work since then so I'm thinking of giving it another go. It is (last I checked) an all-in tool. When you're using Butler on a project you probably won't be able to use other git tools.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I'm still waiting for better Windows Git Auth integration in GitButler. I don't want to enter my key password for each remote action (fetch or push).