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Stacked GitGitButler
Free

Free and open source under the GNU GPL version 2.

 Free

Free to download; the source is published on GitHub.

Windows, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Develop several focused patches at the same time
  • Patches are plain Git commits, compatible with normal Git tools
  • Parallel and stacked branches in one working directory
  • Undo and redo for any operation
  • Command line only
  • Patch-stack workflow takes some learning for regular Git users
  • Source-available license rather than open source
  • Its branch model differs from plain Git and takes time to learn
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Closed source
License: GPL-2.0-only License: FSL-1.1-MIT
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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