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Git Extensions is a Windows program that gives you a visual window for managing code projects tracked with git, a common tool for saving and sharing version history. It is for people who prefer clicking over typing commands, and it also plugs into Windows Explorer and Visual Studio.
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How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does the whole job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
Lazygit is a free program that makes git, a tool for tracking changes to code, easier to use through a simple text-based screen instead of typed commands. It is for programmers and anyone who works with git and finds its commands hard to remember.
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How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does the whole job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
GitUI is a free tool that gives you a git visual interface inside your terminal, controlled entirely by the keyboard. It is aimed at programmers who do their git work in a terminal but want the convenience of a graphical git program.
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How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does the whole job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
GitHub Desktop is a free program for Windows and Mac that lets people manage their code projects on GitHub without typing commands. It is aimed at software developers and anyone who keeps code in git repositories.
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How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
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