# Git Tower

12 Hacker News commenters recommended Git Tower and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months; owners who said how long report a median of 8 years (3 owners). It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Native Mac Git client people prefer over Fork and SourceTree for its friendly interface, though critics note newer versions need a paid subscription.

## Why people recommend it

- Preferred over Fork and SourceTree (3 comments): "Tower is also very good. Probably just due to having used it more, I prefer it over Fork" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45881139)) "I find both Fork and Tower to be much better than SourceTree" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45881072)) "Git Tower is the best native UI client" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45881927))
- Native macOS Git client (3 comments): "We need to advocate and evangelize for native apps, like RapidApi on macOS and also Tower." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48002195)) "Those apps all run on current Macs today" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46112234)) "Git Tower is the best native UI client" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45881927))
- Easy and fun to use (2 comments): "I just click on tower and open it, much better" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49502688)) "Try it out, it's pretty fun" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49242360))

## What people warn about

- Newer versions need paid subscription (4 comments): "refusing to pay a subscription for the newer versions" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49276643)) "it kind of just makes it impossible to progress at a satisfying pace without payment" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49534516)) "refusing the monthly subscription to upgrade to a fresher version" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49690475))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Magit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/magit.md): 120 recommend
- [Sublime Merge](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sublime-merge.md): 22 recommend
- [GitButler](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gitbutler.md): 21 recommend
- [Fork git client](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fork.md): 17 recommend
- [SourceTree](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sourcetree.md): 12 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.git-tower.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Git Tower", https://hackerapproved.com/p/tower/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).