Git Fork: A fast and friendly Git client for Windows and Mac

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on news.ycombinator.com

Civic Auth - Auth in Less Than 5 Minutes
Civic Auth comes with multiple SSO options, optional embedded wallets, and user management — all implemented with just a few lines of code. Start building today.
www.civic.com
featured
SurveyJS - JavaScript Form Builder with No-Code UI & Built-In JSON Schema Editor
Add the SurveyJS white-label form builder to your JavaScript app (React/Angular/Vue3). Build complex JSON forms without coding. Fully customizable, works with any backend, perfect for data-heavy apps. Learn more.
surveyjs.io
featured
  1. desktop

    Focus on what matters instead of fighting with Git. (by desktop)

    I can't imagine using a paid, closed-source git client when https://github.com/desktop/desktop and https://github.com/Murmele/Gittyup are both great.

    Maybe 10 years ago, but not now that open-source alternatives are so mature and feature-rich.

  2. Civic Auth

    Auth in Less Than 5 Minutes. Civic Auth comes with multiple SSO options, optional embedded wallets, and user management — all implemented with just a few lines of code. Start building today.

    Civic Auth logo
  3. Gittyup

    Understand your Git history!

    I can't imagine using a paid, closed-source git client when https://github.com/desktop/desktop and https://github.com/Murmele/Gittyup are both great.

    Maybe 10 years ago, but not now that open-source alternatives are so mature and feature-rich.

  4. tig

    Text-mode interface for git

    (the official site link screenshots to flikr :)

    https://jonas.github.io/tig/

    it is part of my workflow for years. I prefer direct git commands. But sometimes it is nice to explore history and complex changes there. And most of the parameters are the same as `git diff ...` just `tig ...` with (almost always) same values for the ellipsis.

  5. vscode-git-graph

    View a Git Graph of your repository in Visual Studio Code, and easily perform Git actions from the graph.

    I'm a paying user of Fork, it's my favorite Git GUI, I love it.

    However, it "only" supports macOS and Windows. I'm migrating to Linux for my work and home computers, so I haven't used it in a while, just so I can get familiar with other tools available on Linux - and, importantly, learning to do more advanced Git operations in the terminal.

    So far I still depend on a GUI, mainly VS Code's built-in Git integration and GitGraph.

    https://github.com/mhutchie/vscode-git-graph

    Also looking at GitLens: https://www.gitkraken.com/gitlens

    ..But I sure miss using Fork. I used it everyday for the last couple years. It does everything I want to do with Git, the UI is familiar and well-designed.

    I see the main developer @DanPristupov is on HN, maybe he'd consider supporting Linux? I fully understand if you don't, since creating the same application for two OSes must be quite difficult already, especially for a small team rather than a company.

  6. gitui

    Blazing 💥 fast terminal-ui for git written in rust 🦀

  7. SurveyJS

    JavaScript Form Builder with No-Code UI & Built-In JSON Schema Editor. Add the SurveyJS white-label form builder to your JavaScript app (React/Angular/Vue3). Build complex JSON forms without coding. Fully customizable, works with any backend, perfect for data-heavy apps. Learn more.

    SurveyJS logo
NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

Suggest a related project

Related posts

  • Replacing GitKraken

    2 projects | /r/vscode | 30 Jul 2021
  • Gitui release 0.27 adds simple management of remotes

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Jan 2025
  • Tig: Text-Mode Interface for Git

    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Dec 2024
  • Gex: Git CLI Inspired by Emac's Magit

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Dec 2023
  • GitUI 0.24 supports searching the entire commit history

    1 project | dev.to | 27 Aug 2023

Did you know that TypeScript is
the 1st most popular programming language
based on number of references?