Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to GitHub Desktop

GitHub Desktop

GitHub Desktop is a seamless way to contribute to projects on GitHub and GitHub Enterprise.

As GitHub Desktop is an open source project, you can find more open source alternatives and stats on LibHunt.

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Summary

The top open-source alternatives to GitHub Desktop are TortoiseGit, Git, and GitHub. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

TortoiseGit Landing Page
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TortoiseGit

TortoiseGit is an easy to use client for the Git distributed revision control system.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Git #Git Tools #Code Collaboration 32 social mentions
Git Landing Page
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Git

Git is a free and open source version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. It is easy to learn and lightweight with lighting fast performance that outclasses competitors.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Git #Git Tools #Code Collaboration 221 social mentions
GitHub Landing Page
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GitHub

Originally founded as a project to simplify sharing code, GitHub has grown into an application used by over a million people to store over two million code repositories, making GitHub the largest code host in the world.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Code Collaboration #Git #Version Control 2062 social mentions
GitUp Landing Page
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GitUp

The Git interface you've been missing all your life
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Git #Git Tools #Code Collaboration 10 social mentions
Sublime Merge Landing Page
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Sublime Merge

Fast git client with integrated merge tool from the makers of Sublime Text
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Git #Git Tools #Code Collaboration
Thermal Landing Page
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Thermal

All-in-one place to manage your Git repository.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Git #Git Tools #Code Collaboration
BitKeeper Landing Page
7

BitKeeper

BitKeeper is an open source distributed version control tool.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Git #Code Collaboration #Git Tools 1 social mentions
Plastic SCM Landing Page
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Plastic SCM

Plastic SCM is a cross-platform commercial distributed version control tool.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Git #Code Collaboration #Git Tools 2 social mentions
Git Large File Storage Landing Page
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Git Large File Storage

Git Large File Storage (LFS) replaces large files such as audio samples, videos, datasets, and graphics with text pointers.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Git #Development #Code Collaboration 100 social mentions
Bonobo Git Server Landing Page
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Bonobo Git Server

Set up your own self hosted git server on IIS for Windows.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Code Collaboration #Git #VCS 4 social mentions
Gitless Landing Page
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Gitless

Gitless is an experimental version control system built on top of Git.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Git #Code Collaboration #Developer Tools 13 social mentions
GitHub CLI Landing Page
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GitHub CLI

Official CLI tool for using GitHub from the command-line.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Git #Code Collaboration #Git Tools 104 social mentions