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SmartGit vs Desktop Plus: catalog facts
SmartGit	Desktop Plus
Freemium Commercial licence, free for open-source work and educational institutions.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Visual history with drag-and-drop operations and undo Built-in conflict resolution and pull request support	Commit search and commit graph in the History tab Multiple accounts across GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Codeberg and Gitea
Paid for commercial use Closed source	Depends on keeping pace with upstream GitHub Desktop Simpler than full-featured clients for complex history rewriting
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License: Proprietary	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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