Git GUI - git clients with graphic user interfaces

There are many git clients from the base command line interface (CLI) all the way to fully graphical programs.

Here are a short list of programs we recommend.

Git Bash (git cli)

Install git
Git for Windows

• easy things are easy
• hard things are possible
• enough rope to trip over yourself
• Get help with our git cheat-sheet

GitHub Desktop

Download GitHub Desktop

• Best for beginners
• limited and focused UI
• easy to see and revert history
• quick commit / push / fetch / pull workflow

Cons
-limited functionality
-no git graph

SourceTree

Download SourceTree

• Extremely popular and widely used
• Great commit graph
• Fully functional

GitKraken

Download GitKraken

• Best commit graph
• Understand merges
• Resolve issues
• Many people pay for the excellent UI

GittyUp

Download GittyUp

• Excellent commit graph
• Fully functional
• FOSS
  

Visual Studio Code

Download VS Code
Tutorial: how to git VS Code

• Full software dev IDE
• Git plugin
• Can edit text files
• Familiar to software developers

TortoiseGit

Download TortoiseGit

• Windows
• Familiar to users of TortoiseSVN
• Works in file explorer. Right-click on folders and files to commit/push/diff

Many more

There are dozens of programs to help you with git. See a much longer list here: Git GUIs