Alternatives to QGit
A Qt-based Git viewer for browsing revision history, patches and changed files. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
QGit
A Qt-based Git viewer for browsing revision history, patches and changed files.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as QGit.
gitg
A GNOME graphical Git client for browsing repository history and making commits.
gitg is a GPL GNOME client for browsing history that also makes commits, but it runs on Linux only and has fewer advanced features than larger clients.
Gittyup
An open-source graphical Git client for exploring repository history and staging changes.
Gittyup is an open-source client for Windows, macOS and Linux with a clear visual history view, plus staging changes and Flatpak packaging for Linux.
tig
Browse Git history and stage changes in a terminal interface.
tig moves history browsing into a GPL-2.0 terminal interface and adds chunk-level staging, but it needs a suitable terminal environment instead of a Qt window.
Guitar
A Qt-based Git desktop client with a commit graph, diff view and staging.
Guitar is a Qt desktop client with a commit graph, diff view and staging on three platforms, though its license is not open source and its README may be inaccurate.
GitFiend
A free desktop Git client for Windows, macOS and Linux with a visual commit graph.
GitFiend is a free client for Windows, macOS and Linux with a visual commit graph, diffs and staging, but its source code is not published.
Git Extensions
A standalone open-source Git GUI for Windows with commit graph, file history and blame views.
Git Extensions is a free Windows Git GUI with a commit graph, rename-following file history and blame, but its current focus is Windows and the interface is dense.
Git Cola
A free graphical Git interface built with Python and PyQt, focused on staging and committing.
Git Cola is a free Python and PyQt interface for Windows, macOS and Linux that focuses on staging and committing rather than history viewing alone.
SourceGit
A fast desktop Git client for all three platforms that covers rebase, bisect, worktrees and LFS.
SourceGit is a free MIT client for Windows, macOS and Linux that goes beyond viewing, with interactive rebase, bisect, worktrees and LFS, though it needs Git installed separately.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
git-graph
A command-line tool that draws Git history graphs arranged according to your branching model.
Serie
A terminal application that draws a detailed Git commit graph using the terminal's image display protocol.
Flog
A Git branch graph viewer plugin for Vim and Neovim that works with fugitive.
Git
A free and open-source distributed version control system for projects of any size.
Ungit
A Git client that runs locally and shows your repository as a visual graph in the browser.
GitUp
An open-source macOS Git client with a live, directly editable commit graph.
