GitButler

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1. Parallel git branching seems to be a useful feature for me, given AI agents can be used work on multiple features at same time.

   Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

2. allows you to do this incredibly easily. This and stacked commits is IMO their main selling point.

   Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

3. handles all of this pretty automatically, if you don't want to deal with the Git gymnastics

   Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “Stacked Diffs with git rebase —onto”

4. This seems quite a bit nicer than checking out worktree branches in the primary workspace

   Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

5. This Gitbutler seems to address some of them but I can't say it really feels next gen.

   Mixed · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

6. Try it out and it's a very sticky product, clearly superior workflow to vanilla Git.

   Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

7. I can just create another branch, drag the changes in there, push and done.

   Mixed · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

8. Gitbutler still a better option than any worktree like variant

   Recommends · Jun 2026 · in “GitHub Copilot App”

9. One command, pretty simple, all in memory and extremely fast.

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “Splitting a Git Commit”

10. It was the first git GUI I preferred over the command line.

    Mixed · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

11. I liked the ideas, multiple/stacked branches.

    Mixed · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

12. gitbutler is actually a great product tbh

    Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

13. I don't think anyone here wants ads on Git or to argue with a manager to get the premium version of GitButler

    Criticizes · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

14. The time constraint ("faster") is, of course, entirely self-imposed for business reasons.

    Criticizes · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

15. This GitButler thing fails all my tests for a thing that's serious about replacing git

    Criticizes · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

16. I feel like GitButler came about because there was a need for funding.

    Criticizes · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

17. Gitbutler is just UI that makes it easier to do the mentioned stuff.

    Criticizes · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

18. installs malicious Git hooks to take over the git commit workflow

    Criticizes · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

19. redirect `git commit` to `but commit` is dishonest and unethical.

    Criticizes · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

20. these seem to be built-in git features, not Gitbutler features.

    Criticizes · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

21. It allows me to test coworkers branches with mine without merging or creating new branch.

    Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

22. watching the video of git butler, it seems like a jj UI could take a lot of inspiration

    Recommends · Nov 2025 · in “The lazy Git UI you didn't know you need”

23. my 10yo T420 takes around an hour to rebuild gitbutler-cli (not yet packaged in NixOS)

    Mixed · Jun 2026 · in “NixOS 26.05 Released”

24. it works for them because they have a lot of Git systems code and it's all in Rust

    Recommends · Nov 2025 · in “Electron vs. Tauri”

25. doesn't separate out files -- the changes are still visible to other sessions

    Mixed · Nov 2025 · in “A desktop app for isolated, parallel agentic development”

26. I want version control to do more for us, easier, faster and smarter.

    Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

27. GitButler does this well because we focus specifically on it

    Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “Splitting a Git Commit”

28. I like their vision, though, this is compelling to me

    Mixed · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

29. or magit, or GitButler, or whatever other GUI or TUI

    Mixed · Dec 2025 · in “You Need to Ditch VS Code”

30. it mentioned GitButler. That was a good talk.

    Mixed · Dec 2025 · in “Stacked Diffs with git rebase —onto”

31. First thing that came to mind was git butler.

    Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “GitHub Stacked PRs”

32. other than GitButler idk where I'd even start

    Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “Jujutsu Megamerges for Fun and Profit”

33. It takes a stunningly long time to build

    Mixed · Sep 2026 · in “Swap, ZRAM, Zswap and Hibernate on NixOS”

34. when you accidentally break GitButler, it can become really difficult to recover all your unpushed progress

    Criticizes · Nov 2025 · in “A desktop app for isolated, parallel agentic development”

35. It hasn't been organically popular here among people who would be forced to actually use it

    Criticizes · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

36. it totally takes over your branching strategy and locks you into GitButler

    Criticizes · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

37. committed temporary files into GitHub without me explicitly approving it

    Criticizes · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

38. git isn't limited to one flow, why should its successor be?

    Criticizes · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

39. You're another layer, like jj and like GitHub's UI.

    Criticizes · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”

40. Why on earth would I ever want to do that?

    Criticizes · Apr 2026 · in “We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git”