Better Hub
Shares rank 8 of 18 git clients by recommenders
A GitHub client with a slick interface and VS Code theme import, open source and early-stage. Critics say it asks for too many GitHub permissions.
A GitHub client with a slick interface and VS Code theme import, open source and early-stage. Critics say it asks for too many GitHub permissions.
22 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 14
- approval share
- 36%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Polished, slick design
“a beautiful piece of work, great taste. we're making this our daily driver”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Better Hub – we tried to improve GitHub” “it looks slick, and being able to import our own VS Code themes is so cool”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Better Hub – we tried to improve GitHub”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Asks for too many GitHub permissions
“Write access to public repos is not optional?? As well as full read and write user data?? Flee, far.”
Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Better Hub – A better GitHub experience” “This is vibe coded slop. Why on earth would I give that access to my github account.”
Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Better Hub – A better GitHub experience” “Yeah I'm not giving you all those permissions. Make it more granular maybe?”
Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Better Hub – A better GitHub experience” - Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Better Hub – A better GitHub experience”
- Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Better Hub – A better GitHub experience”
- Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Better Hub – A better GitHub experience”
- Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Better Hub – A better GitHub experience”
Unclear what it does or why better
“The website doesn't tell me what it does or why it's better. It just wants me to sign-up and provide a bunch of permissions”
Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Better Hub – A better GitHub experience” “As it stands, the call to action is poor, so unfortunately there's no way I'm going to login with GitHub”
Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Better Hub – A better GitHub experience” “make a loom showing us why is better.”
Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Better Hub – A better GitHub experience”
Other git clients people recommend
The four most recommended other git clients, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magit | 120 | 20 | 86% | 12 | 10 yrs6 owners | Approved |
| Sublime Merge | 22 | 1 | 96% | 10 | — | Approved |
| GitButler | 21 | 19 | 53% | 6 | — | — |
| Fork git client | 17 | 2 | 89% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Better HubThis page | 8 | 14 | 36% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
21 of the 22 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Only the permissions you grant will be used.”
“As it stands, the call to action is poor, so unfortunately there's no way I'm going to login with GitHub”
“It does tend to lose it on refresh, which is bad.”
“This is vibe coded slop. Why on earth would I give that access to my github account.”
“This is insanity, I'm not giving some random app these permissions”
“they are saving everything to a database”
“including admin access to all your orgs”
“Write access to public repos is not optional?? As well as full read and write user data?? Flee, far.”
“make a loom showing us why is better.”
“I don’t see the appeal of tacking on to a dependency that I’d prefer to get rid of.”
“I am not gonna trust a random tool with this level of access.”
“it wants a lot of permissions, and to sign in with my GitHub account”
“This looks awesome! I remember the Mitchell tweet”
“why you wanted me to give you all my permissions?”
“Yeah I'm not giving you all those permissions. Make it more granular maybe?”
“this is nearly unreadable in the sun”
“The website doesn't tell me what it does or why it's better. It just wants me to sign-up and provide a bunch of permissions”
“A dash in the product name? Yeah, no.”
“it looks slick, and being able to import our own VS Code themes is so cool”
“a beautiful piece of work, great taste. we're making this our daily driver”
“It's still very early and pretty ambitious, but I hope you like it. It's open source as well.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.