GitComet
Fastest Open Source Git GUI
GitComet is built for teams that want fast Git operations with local-first privacy, familiar workflows, and open source freedom.
Available for Linux, Windows, and macOS on x86-64 and ARM64. Linux supports Wayland, X11, and WSLg.
Documentation · Features · GitComet Pro
Download
Download the latest Open Source binaries/installers from GitHub Releases, or see all installation options. Windows installers are signed, and the macOS disk image is notarized.
Bought a GitComet Pro license? Download the separate Pro client from your account. It installs beside the free edition.
Download the latest Windows installer or portable binary from GitHub Releases.
Install from the Microsoft Store:
App and gitcomet command from tap:
brew install --cask gitcomet
On Linux, the cask installs the AppImage build. If your system cannot launch AppImages, use the APT repo, the RPM, the release tarball, or the .deb instead.
The gitcomet-bin package repackages the release tarballs for x86_64 and aarch64 and is updated by the release workflow:
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/gitcomet-bin.git
cd gitcomet-bin && makepkg -si
emerge --ask dev-vcs/gitcomet
Run without installing:
nix run nixpkgs#gitcomet
Install for your user:
nix profile install nixpkgs#gitcomet
On NixOS, add gitcomet to environment.systemPackages in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix and apply it with sudo nixos-rebuild switch. See the Nixpkgs package.
curl -fsSL https://apt.gitcomet.dev/gitcomet-archive-keyring.gpg | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/gitcomet-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null
curl -fsSL https://apt.gitcomet.dev/gitcomet.sources | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gitcomet.sources >/dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gitcomet
If you install a Linux tarball or Homebrew binary on Debian, Ubuntu, or WSLg instead of the official apt package, install the GUI runtime libraries separately. GitComet uses Fontconfig to discover fonts, draws with Vulkan, or EGL when Vulkan is unavailable, and uses the Wayland libraries in Wayland sessions:
sudo apt install libfontconfig1 libxcb1 libxkbcommon0 libxkbcommon-x11-0 libvulkan1 libegl1 libwayland-client0 libwayland-egl1
Download the .rpm for your architecture from GitHub Releases and install it:
sudo dnf install ./gitcomet-<version>-1.x86_64.rpm
The RPM supports Fedora 42 and newer. It needs glibc 2.35 or newer, so RHEL 9 and its rebuilds (glibc 2.34) cannot install it.
Requirements
GitComet requires a local Git installation of 2.53 or newer. With an older Git, GitComet shows a notice asking you to update, and features that need newer Git (such as repository maintenance) are turned off.
GitComet User Survey
We’re running this short survey to better understand how people use our Git GUI client in their daily work. Your feedback will help us improve the product and prioritize the features that matter most.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8DKIl222UomSXrpv1q9rWodRlBSQo9pJDD62GbZEANTgD1A/viewform?usp=dialog
Why GitComet
GitComet started from frustration with existing tools on huge codebases like Chromium. We could not find a product that stays responsive and functional when browsing large repositories and file diffs.
Editions
Open Source
- Price: €0 forever
- Usage: Free for personal and commercial use
- Privacy: No account or cloud upload required; works with private repositories
- Includes:
- Full local-first desktop workflow
- Git remotes, branch-scoped Pull, push, staging, commits
- Configurable automatic background fetch across open workspaces (docs)
- Worktrees, branching, and full history, without agent checkpoints and other tool refs (docs)
- Bare repository browsing and conversion (docs)
- Multi-repository workspaces and windows
- Inline and side-by-side diffs, line-level staging, and Difftastic
- 2-way and 3-way merge tools
- Interactive rebase, cherry-pick, blame, stashes, and submodules
- Built-in editor, embedded terminal, and custom themes
- Git LFS: file status, content downloads, locks and tracking (docs)
- git-annex: content get/drop/copy/move, special remotes, adjusted branches (docs)
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