Gitnuro vs Sourcetree

Gitnuro is a free, open-source Git client for Linux, macOS, and Windows, aimed at newcomers and experienced users. It supports cloning, committing, merging, rebasing, pushing and pulling, stashing, and managing branches and remotes. For reviewing changes, it offers text diffs, image comparisons, commit search, file history, blame, and staging or unstaging selected lines and hunks. Its listed capabilities also include Git LFS, submodules, and interactive rebase. The source code is licensed under GPL-3.0, and the maker says the app does not track users or their projects. Gitnuro uses the JVM and avoids web technologies, which the maker says helps it work with large repositories. Users can create themes and customize the colour palette. Downloads include Linux Flatpak and JAR builds, Windows installable and portable versions, and a macOS app bundle ZIP or Homebrew installation. Git Credential Manager is supported when its full binary path is specified in .gitconfig. The macOS version is currently unsigned; multicast DNS remote URLs and self-signed server certificates are identified as setups that can cause authentication failures.

Sourcetree is a graphical desktop client for visualizing and managing Git repositories on Windows and macOS, with Mercurial support as well. From its interface, users can create, clone, commit, push, pull and merge repositories, then stage or discard changes by file, hunk or line. The client supports Git Large File Storage for large assets, Git-flow branching, submodules, local commit search, interactive rebase and remote repository search and cloning. Sourcetree connects with Bitbucket Cloud, Bitbucket Server, GitHub, GitLab and VSTS. It is described for beginners and advanced users. The Windows Enterprise edition adds MSI deployment, silent installs, centrally managed updates and sign-in with existing Bitbucket Data Center credentials without another account signup. The Free plan costs nothing and includes the Windows and Mac desktop client for Git and Mercurial. Pull-request comments, approvals and repository access changes remain in the hosting service.