OpenGit is a modern desktop Git client designed to provide a clear, visual Git experience, while remaining powerful enough for everyday development workflows.
The goal is simple :
Make Git easier to understand, safer to use, and more enjoyable, without hiding how it actually works.
| Platform | Status |
|---|---|
| macOS | ✅ Supported |
| Windows | ⏳ Soon |
| Linux | ⏳ Soon |
brew tap DevThibautMonin/tap
brew install --cask opengitbrew update
brew upgrade --cask opengit- Go to the Releases page.
- Download the latest
.dmgfile (e.g., OpenGit-1.0.2.dmg). - Open the downloaded
.dmgfile. - Drag and drop the OpenGit icon into your Applications folder.
- Open a local Git repository.
- Automatically reopen the last repository on launch.
- Clone a remote repository using SSH.
- Display the repository name.
- List local branches.
- Highlight the current branch.
- Switch between branches.
- Create and checkout a new branch.
- Delete branches.
- Rename local branches.
- Fetch remote branches.
- Show remote branches state (deleted, active).
- Checkout remote branches locally.
- Group branches by prefix. (feature/, bugfix/).
- Visual Git Graph of commit history, forks, and merges.
- GitHub user avatars integrated.
- Display modified, added, deleted, and untracked files.
- File-type icons based on extensions.
- Stage / unstage files.
- Stage / unstage all files.
- Keyboard navigation (Arrow Up/Down to navigate, Space to toggle staging).
- Create commits
- mandatory commit summary
- optional commit description
- Push commits to the remote repository.
- Display the number of commits waiting to be pushed.
- Discard changes (all files / single file).
- File-by-file diff visualization.
- Clear distinction between
- added lines
- removed lines
- unchanged lines
- Line numbers support.
- Support for newly created files.
- Unified / Split view.
- List commit / merge history.
- Display author, date, and message.
- Show full commit description in scrollable details panel.
- Auto-select first commit and file on feature load.
- Visual indicators for selected commits and files.
- Clean and readable chronological view.
- Commit diff split view from history.
- Show unpushed commits.
- Display GitHub user avatars for authors.
- Automatic detection of SSH issues.
- Friendly UI to
- guide SSH setup
- handle unknown host verification
- manage SSH permission errors
- Help converting HTTPS remotes to SSH.
- Resizeable areas.
- Light / Dark theme supported.
- Fetch / Pull with behind/ahead indicators.
- Conflict resolution UI.
- Extended keyboard shortcuts coverage (branches, commit history).