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We've compiled a list of 35 free and paid alternatives to tig. The primary competitors include SmartGit, Sourcetree. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between tig and GitKraken, TortoiseGit, GitHub Desktop. Also you can look at other similar options here: Development Tools.


SmartGit is a front-end for the distributed version control system Git and runs on Windows, Mac OS...

The intuitive, fast, and beautiful cross-platform Git client.

TortoiseGit is a Windows Shell Interface to Git and based on TortoiseSVN. It's open source and can fully be build with freely available software.

GitHub Desktop
Free Open Source

GitHub Desktop is a native Git client for Mac OS X and Windows with a graphical user interface.

Git Extensions
Free Open Source

Git Extensions is a standalone UI tool for managing git repositories.

Tower is a powerful Git client for Mac and Windows.

git-cola
Free Open Source

git-cola is a powerful GUI for git, a distributed revision control system.

GitUp
Free Open Source

The Git interface you've been missing all your life has finally arrived.

GitX
Free Open Source

GitX is an OS X (MacOS) native graphical client for the git version control system.

Tig: text-mode interface for Git

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Tig: text-mode interface for Git

Tig is a git repository browser that additionally can act as a pager for output from various git commands.

When browsing repositories, it uses the underlying git commands to present the user with various views, such as summarized revision log and showing the commit with the log message, diffstat, and the diff.

Using it as a pager, it will display input from stdin and colorize it.

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