Which is the best git client for linux?

Question

I am moving out of a windows enviroment where i used Tortoise Git. I heard linux git clients are pretty poor... can you guys help me finding a good one?

Of course this is a matter of opinion, but Ive heard good things about SmartGit and GitKraken. — , May 04 '16 at 22:02
Alternativeto.net is always a good site to help answer this type of question: http://alternativeto.net/software/tortoisegit/?platform=linux — , May 04 '16 at 22:03
without mentioning what you consider a git client needs to be good this is a matter of opinion. — Rinzwind, May 05 '16 at 05:36
This question has more answers here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/227554/what-are-some-gui-clients-for-git — Erel Segal-Halevi, Aug 04 '16 at 05:15

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered May 05 '16 at 02:11

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I would recommend GitKraken because it is pretty polished, but it is closed-source.

answered May 05 '16 at 02:11

edwinksl

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Another vote for GitKraken. I just switched to it recently. It is beautifully designed and usable. And integrates with GitFlow nicely. I tried some other Linux git GUIs and they were ugly as heck, and their missing features kept leading me back to command line. – jwinn Dec 07 '16 at 19:17
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This looks amazing O_O – Kar19 Feb 21 '17 at 09:53
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Downloaded and installed today. Very nice and polished, addictive gui. But the fact that it's an electron app made me uneasy, because I'm among those users who are low in RAM. – Anwar Mar 09 '17 at 08:46
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I've had a lot of troubles with GitKraken. It's nice and pretty, but it isn't stable or supportive of all features. – AlwaysTalkingAboutMyDog Mar 11 '17 at 05:22
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Not only it is closed-source, but it is only free (as in beer) for non-commercial use. So be sure that you have a proper licence if using it for commercial use. – Hans Deragon May 31 '17 at 13:09
Not good for local network, it needs Internet and an account to use it – Phiber Jan 12 '18 at 19:19

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered May 05 '16 at 02:38

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I use command line but two very nice eye candy GUIs here:

http://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/

http://www.collab.net/products/giteye

But you should really learn to use git in command line. It will pay off.

answered May 05 '16 at 02:38

Slava Knyazev

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I installed SmartGit and used it a bit. It looks nice and does have nice integration with BitBucket and GitHub. thanks alot mate. – Tiago Bértolo May 05 '16 at 16:18
GitKraken needs an internet connection and an account to connect to use it, not good for local Intranet. GitExtension too complicate to install on Linux. gitg needs a lot of additional libs to compile , stops at ./configure. So, GitEye is the one that needs nothing to run, download, uncmpress and run :), good job – Phiber Jan 12 '18 at 19:17

Which is the best git client for linux?

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