GitUp
Shares rank 16 of 18 git clients by recommenders
Free Mac Git client that people recommend for powerful operations and undo.
Free Mac Git client that people recommend for powerful operations and undo.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not 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
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, 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
Powerful operations and undo
“Any insane operation you want at your fingertips.”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Rebasing in Magit” “which gave me undo way before jj existed”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “Git Rebase for the Terrified”
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 |
| GitUpThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Some of my idiosyncratic usage I developed with GitUp doesn't even exist in most (all?) Git tools”
“As a user I found GitUp to be a much better tool than Magit.”
“people need to remember to look outside their own bubble”
“It's Mac-only. That's a pretty serious limitation for a modern Git tool.”
“Any insane operation you want at your fingertips.”
“Colour scheme like GitUp.co is very readable for me.”
“which gave me undo way before jj existed”
“There are several really good Git clients for macOS”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.