Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
- Cygwin




Retcon is described as 'The native macOS app for effortlessly rewriting Git history. Move and squash commits with drag-and-drop, undo any mistake with cmd+Z, and get crystal-clear context at every step' and is a Version Control system in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Retcon for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Flathub and Self-Hosted apps. The best Retcon alternative is GitHub Desktop, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Retcon are GitKraken, Sourcetree, SmartGit and Gittyup.




git-cola is a powerful GUI for git, a distributed revision control system. cola's ingredients include git-python and jsonpickle. cola is released under the GNU GPL v2.


ForkHub is an open source GitHub client that started off as a fork of the official Android app from GitHub after they abandoned it, and has since seen lots of improvements. You can see a comprehensive list of changes in the change log: .



AngKorGit is a modern, cross-platform Git client for macOS, Windows, and Linux — a 12 MB download instead of the ~1 GB of Electron-based clients, built with Rust and native webviews for speed.




A lightweight Git activity monitor and developer velocity tracker for tracking daily commit momentum across repositories.




Displays changes in a repository or a selected set of commits. This includes visualizing the commit graph, showing information related to each commit, and the files in the trees of each revision.

A fast, lightweight Git GUI for macOS, Windows & Linux. Visual commit graph, 3-way merge editor, GitHub/GitLab/BitBucket integration. No account required. Pro at €49/year.




Gitweb is a Git web interface. It is written in Perl and can be used as a CGI script, or as a mod_perl legacy script (run by ModPerl::Registry handler). It allows browsing a git repository (or a set of git repositories) using a web browser.

A free, professional-grade Git client for macOS. Tower-like experience with best-in-class diff visualization. Local-first, privacy-focused, and completely open source.



This is a passion project of mine where I wanted a cross-platform git client, which would tackle some of the pain-points of existing solutions. Namely, conditional strategies to handle larger repositories (i.e. Kubernetes, Linux kernel, etc.



GitUp is a bet to invent a new Git interaction model that lets engineers of all levels work quickly, safely, and without headaches. It's unlike any other Git client out there from the way it’s built (it interacts directly with the Git database on disk), to the way it works...



