# Best Version Control Clients

  *By [Adam Crivello](https://research.g2.com/insights/author/adam-crivello)*

   Version control clients are software tools that developers use on their computers to interact with version control systems. Version control clients enhance the features of version control systems by keeping track of multiple projects, providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for easier control, and allowing development integration to move faster. While typical version control systems are managed on the command line by default, version control clients put all this functionality into a GUI to increase developer productivity. Version control clients help to simplify processes for developers with complex activities, such as managing multiple branches and code merge conflicts, or those who are not comfortable with the command line. Version control clients often integrate with multiple version control systems and expose all, or most, of their functionality. Version control clients interact with version control hosting solutions to push to and pull code from master repositories.

To qualify as a version control client, a product must:

- Have a GUI that interacts with a version control system
- Interact with multiple code repositories
- Push code to and pull code from a hosted code repository
- Utilize all of the core features of the version control system including committing code, merging code, viewing a history of changes, branching, and pushing code to an online master repository





## Category Overview

**Total Products under this Category:** 20


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## Best Version Control Clients At A Glance

- **Leader:** [SourceTree](https://www.g2.com/products/sourcetree/reviews)
- **Highest Performer:** [Assembla](https://www.g2.com/products/assembla/reviews)
- **Easiest to Use:** [GitKraken Desktop](https://www.g2.com/products/axosoft-gitkraken-desktop/reviews)
- **Top Trending:** [SourceTree](https://www.g2.com/products/sourcetree/reviews)
- **Best Free Software:** [GitKraken Desktop](https://www.g2.com/products/axosoft-gitkraken-desktop/reviews)


## Top-Rated Products (Ranked by G2 Score)
  ### 1. [SourceTree](https://www.g2.com/products/sourcetree/reviews)
  SourceTree simplifies how you interact with your Git and Mercurial repositories so you can focus on coding. Visualize and manage your repositories through SourceTree's simple interface.


  **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 370

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Ease of Admin:** 8.7/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 8.8/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 8.1/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.0/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Atlassian](https://www.g2.com/sellers/atlassian)
- **Year Founded:** 2002
- **HQ Location:** Sydney and San Francisco
- **Twitter:** @Atlassian (106,006 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/atlassian (21,797 employees on LinkedIn®)
- **Ownership:** NASDAQ:TEAM

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 37% Small-Business, 35% Mid-Market


  ### 2. [Git Tower](https://www.g2.com/products/git-tower/reviews)
  Tower is a beautiful, native Git client designed to make Git easy (and actually enjoyable!) to use. With its best-in-class features and seamless integration with popular code hosting platforms such as GitHub or GitLab, Tower grants you all the power of Git in an intuitive interface. Available for Mac and Windows.


  **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 186

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Ease of Admin:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 9.3/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.0/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Tower](https://www.g2.com/sellers/tower-b81d3d62-7868-463b-accd-5a2540b32973)
- **Company Website:** https://www.git-tower.com
- **Year Founded:** 2010
- **HQ Location:** Stuttgart
- **Twitter:** @gittower (11,322 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/1212253/ (14 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** Software Engineer, Web Developer
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 56% Small-Business, 20% Enterprise


  ### 3. [GitKraken Desktop](https://www.g2.com/products/axosoft-gitkraken-desktop/reviews)
  Millions of developers and teams around the world choose GitKraken Desktop to make Git work for them. It makes Git more visual and accessible with an intuitive UI, the flexibility to switch between a GUI or a terminal, and a seamless experience across operating systems. Integrations with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps make it swift and simple to clone, fork, and add remotes. You can even create, view and manage pull requests. Download it today for free at https://gitkraken.com/git-client


  **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 195

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Ease of Admin:** 8.5/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 9.0/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 8.2/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.3/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Axosoft](https://www.g2.com/sellers/axosoft)
- **Year Founded:** 2002
- **HQ Location:** Scottsdale, AR
- **Twitter:** @axosoft (4,455 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/138569/ (1 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 54% Small-Business, 33% Mid-Market


  ### 4. [Google Cloud Source Repositories](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-source-repositories/reviews)
  Multiple private Git repositories hosted on Google Cloud Platform


  **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 64

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Ease of Admin:** 8.5/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 7.9/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 8.4/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.5/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Google](https://www.g2.com/sellers/google)
- **Year Founded:** 1998
- **HQ Location:** Mountain View, CA
- **Twitter:** @google (31,885,216 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/1441/ (336,169 employees on LinkedIn®)
- **Ownership:** NASDAQ:GOOG

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 53% Small-Business, 31% Mid-Market


  ### 5. [GitLens](https://www.g2.com/products/gitlens/reviews)
  GitLens is the most popular Git extension for Visual Studio Code. It supercharges the Git capabilities built into your IDE. GitLens unlocks the untapped knowledge within each repository to help visualize code authorship by leveraging CodeLens and Git blame to expose your Git history at every line of code. Seamlessly navigate and explore Git repositories, gain valuable insights via powerful comparison commands, and unleash the full power of Git without breaking your development flow. While GitLens is powerful and feature-rich, it is also highly customizable to meet your specific needs. Find code lens intrusive or the current line blame annotation distracting? No problem, it is quick and easy to turn them off or change how they behave.


  **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 27

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Ease of Admin:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 9.3/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 9.3/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [GitKraken](https://www.g2.com/sellers/gitkraken-3bf47684-3426-40e0-8604-607ec922b965)
- **HQ Location:** Scottsdale, US
- **Twitter:** @gitkraken (17,083 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/gitkraken/ (98 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 44% Mid-Market, 37% Small-Business


  ### 6. [Assembla](https://www.g2.com/products/assembla/reviews)
  Assembla is the most secure version control and project collaboration platform in the world. We provide secure cloud hosting for Subversion, Perforce and Git repositories with integrated project management for more than 5,500 customers around the globe. Assembla helps development teams meet and even exceed HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI and GDPR compliance standards with our best practice VCS. Embrace agile, meet compliance, and stay innovative while managing all of your projects and source code from a central control point with industry-leading compliance and security.


  **Average Rating:** 4.1/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 125

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Ease of Admin:** 8.5/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 8.2/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Assembla](https://www.g2.com/sellers/assembla)
- **Year Founded:** 2005
- **HQ Location:** San Antonio, TX
- **Twitter:** @assembla (3,819 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/339775/ (20 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** Software Engineer
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 47% Small-Business, 43% Mid-Market


  ### 7. [P4](https://www.g2.com/products/p4/reviews)
  P4 (formerly Helix Core) is enterprise-class version control for faster, more collaborative development for teams of any size. With P4, developers can use their preferred tools — like Git and Visual Studio — while enjoying lightning-fast workflows, support for all file types, and faster builds from a single source of truth. Organizations around the globe rely on Helix Core to build and deliver complex digital products faster and with higher quality. P4 is trusted by the world’s most innovative brands, including Pixar, NVIDIA, Scania, EA, Ubisoft, and VMware.


  **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 93

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Ease of Admin:** 7.7/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 7.7/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 8.8/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.6/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Perforce](https://www.g2.com/sellers/perforce)
- **Year Founded:** 1995
- **HQ Location:** Minneapolis, MN
- **Twitter:** @perforce (5,092 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/perforce/ (2,032 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** Principal Software Engineer
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Games, Computer Software
  - **Company Size:** 39% Enterprise, 36% Mid-Market


  ### 8. [IBM Engineering Workflow Management](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-engineering-workflow-management/reviews)
  IBM Rational Team Concert lets you use one tool to collaborate across teams, manage code, run meetings, plan sprints and track work - cloud or on-premise. Work smarter and faster Work on the right things with work tasks that link plans with development and execution. Bring teams together Linked work enables teams to find, fix and test things faster than using isolated, disjointed tools with fragile integration. Project reporting made easy Stay on top of activities and overall progress with simple, automated cross-project reporting with a single view of the truth Reliable and repeatable work Learn, adapt and change your process to meet your needs. Make every team high-performing by sharing best practices. Accelerate time to value Use the cloud to get up and running faster leaving you to focus on innovation.


  **Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 42

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Ease of Admin:** 7.1/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 6.9/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 7.4/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 7.6/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [IBM](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ibm)
- **Year Founded:** 1911
- **HQ Location:** Armonk, NY
- **Twitter:** @IBM (709,023 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/1009/ (324,553 employees on LinkedIn®)
- **Ownership:** SWX:IBM

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Defense & Space, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 78% Enterprise, 16% Mid-Market


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Features (1 reviews)
- Integrations (1 reviews)
- Tool Integration (1 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Difficult Learning (1 reviews)
- Expertise Requirement (1 reviews)
- User Difficulty (1 reviews)

  ### 9. [Code Compare](https://www.g2.com/products/code-compare/reviews)
  Devart Code Compare is a smart and flexible tool that provides you with the easiest possible way of comparing and merging source code, files, and folders. Now you can install and integrate it with Visual Studio 2022 and experience all of its capabilities right there! Key features of Code Compare 1. File comparison. First and foremost, you can use Code Compare to find differences between any blocks of text. The comparison window is divided into two panes—source and target—and the differences are shown with convenient highlighting. 2. Source code comparison. As for your source code, it can be compared just as effectively. In this respect, Code Compare supports lexical comparison of code in major programming languages, including C#, C++, Visual Basic, JavaScript, Java, and XML. You get syntax highlighting, matching of similar lines, and code outlining for collapsing and expanding regions of code. 3. Folder comparison. Besides blocks of text/code and files, Code Compare allows comparing and merging entire folders. Here, you get color coding for added, deleted, and modified files, filtering options for excluding or including certain file types, quick opening of individual files, and batch copying of files to another pane or to a selected folder. 4. Version control integration We’ve saved the best for last. Code Compare helps you merge files and resolve conflicts in a variety of version control systems that support external comparison tools, including Git, Mercurial, Perforce, TFS, and a few others. It has also never been easier to quickly resolve conflicts using tools like Sourcetree.


  **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 54

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Ease of Admin:** 8.8/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 8.4/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Devart](https://www.g2.com/sellers/devart)
- **Year Founded:** 1997
- **HQ Location:** Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- **Twitter:** @DevartSoftware (1,738 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/800325/ (254 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** Software Engineer
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 43% Enterprise, 30% Mid-Market


  ### 10. [TortoiseHg](https://www.g2.com/products/tortoisehg/reviews)
  TortoiseHg is a Windows shell extension and a series of applications for the Mercurial distributed revision control system that includes a Gnome/Nautilus extension and a CLI wrapper application to be able to used on non-Windows platforms.


  **Average Rating:** 3.9/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 42

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Ease of Admin:** 8.7/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 7.9/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 8.6/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Bitsy](https://www.g2.com/sellers/bitsy)
- **HQ Location:** Cottonwood Heights, UT
- **Twitter:** @Bitbucket (46,672 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/No-Linkedin-Presence-Added-Intentionally-By-DataOps (1 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 43% Enterprise, 33% Small-Business


  ### 11. [Digital.ai TeamForge](https://www.g2.com/products/digital-ai-teamforge/reviews)
  An award-winning open platform for collaborative software development, TeamForge helps leading companies and government agencies accelerate software delivery while maintaining the highest standards of governance, compliance, and IP security. Boost development productivity with Agile, Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), and DevOps. Equip cross-functional teams with best-of-breed tools, while maintaining governance, compliance, and code security standards. Create high-quality applications at speed with this open, extensible, and flexible platform. Build an integrated application delivery pipeline from best-of-breed commercial and open source tools like Artifactory®, Chef®, Git®, Gerrit®, HP® ALM, JIRA® Software, Jenkins®, Nexus®, Subversion®, TeamCity®, and TestLink®. Leverage the development methodologies—Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid—and version control systems—Git or Subversion—as appropriate for your IT and business needs. Connect cross-functional and distributed teams, helping them effectively collaborate and share expertise, best practices, and code. Drive development efficiency by enabling the reuse of existing assets, resources, and processes in new projects. CollabNet’s leadership in Agile training and consulting builds an introduction to Agile development practices in a way and at a pace that best fit your organization—from empowering Agile teams to facilitating global enterprise wide Agile transformations. Adopt the Agile methods of your choice—Scrum, Kanban, or others—and implement Agile throughout your entire application lifecycle, from planning (upstream) to deployment (downstream).


  **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 20

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Ease of Admin:** 7.2/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 8.0/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 7.9/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 7.1/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Digital.ai](https://www.g2.com/sellers/digital-ai)
- **HQ Location:** Plano, Texas
- **Twitter:** @digitaldotai (815 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/65034840/ (960 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software
  - **Company Size:** 43% Mid-Market, 33% Small-Business


  ### 12. [Git Integration for Jira](https://www.g2.com/products/git-integration-for-jira/reviews)
  Git Integration for Jira simplifies connectivity between applications, boosting productivity for Jira users—like project managers—seeking to view Git commits, branches, tags and pull requests inside of Jira without context switching. All Git integrations are supported, including serving customers with self-hosted or cloud-based Git servers. Git Integration for Jira is also enhanced with features to meet the unique needs of those requiring strict source code control with Webhook Indexing. Even non-technical users will understand what’s happening in your Git repository when it’s presented alongside your Jira issues and projects, leading to better cross-department collaboration and organization-wide transparency.


  **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 15

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Ease of Use:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 8.5/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [GitKraken](https://www.g2.com/sellers/gitkraken-3bf47684-3426-40e0-8604-607ec922b965)
- **HQ Location:** Scottsdale, US
- **Twitter:** @gitkraken (17,083 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/gitkraken/ (98 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software
  - **Company Size:** 47% Mid-Market, 33% Enterprise


  ### 13. [Perforce TeamHub](https://www.g2.com/products/perforce-teamhub/reviews)
  Helix TeamHub can host your source code repository, whether it’s Mercurial, Git, or SVN. You can add multiple repositories in one project — or create a separate project for each repository.


  **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 13

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Ease of Admin:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 7.2/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 9.3/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Perforce](https://www.g2.com/sellers/perforce)
- **Year Founded:** 1995
- **HQ Location:** Minneapolis, MN
- **Twitter:** @perforce (5,092 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/perforce/ (2,032 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Company Size:** 54% Enterprise, 31% Mid-Market


  ### 14. [GitAtomic](https://www.g2.com/products/gitatomic-gitatomic/reviews)
  GitAtomic is the only truly integrated GUI/CLI Git client for Windows. Its use of native technology gives you the fastest, lightest, most powerful Windows Git client available. Perfect for power users - access every command from the fully integrated terminal. Ideal for beginners – intuitive GUI means no knowledge of Git commands needed to get started. Powerful, yet easy to use. GitAtomic offers you superior features and performance at a fraction of the cost of the most popular alternative Git clients.


  **Average Rating:** 3.7/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 19

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Ease of Use:** 7.9/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 6.9/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [GitAtomic](https://www.g2.com/sellers/gitatomic)
- **HQ Location:** N/A
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/No-Linkedin-Presence-Added-Intentionally-By-DataOps (1 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software
  - **Company Size:** 50% Small-Business, 35% Enterprise


  ### 15. [GitBreeze](https://www.g2.com/products/gitbreeze/reviews)
  GitBreeze is the AI Git client for Windows, Mac, & Linux. It boosts your software development with code analysis and suggestions in a fully featured Git GUI that makes Git simple. The unique user interface prevents errors, delivers clarity, and enhances confidence. GitBreeze is a Git GUI that manages version control so that engineers can get on with coding. The clear layout of GitBreeze underlines its effectiveness. The 'Branches' area gives previews as it merges, pushes and creates branches. It has a powerful search to find any commit easily. The 'Compare Branches' section gives visual insights into which commits are similar between the branches. So you can immediately see when commits have been cherry picked or merged, and understand which commits from one branch are missing from another. 'Pending' either commits or stashes files without you ever wasting time worrying about 'staging' to the index. GitBreeze just handles it for you. And 'Stashes' manages and compares stashed files with your working files so you don't lose any working files. GitBreeze also has a unique rewind function, a simpler and more powerful way of reverting or resetting. It helps to prevent errors using previews and the offers the ability to keep your working files. Simplicity is key, and your time is saved.


  **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 13

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Ease of Admin:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 9.3/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 8.9/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [GitBreeze Ltd.](https://www.g2.com/sellers/gitbreeze-ltd)
- **Year Founded:** 2020
- **HQ Location:** Marylebone, GB
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/65027023 (2 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software
  - **Company Size:** 43% Small-Business, 29% Mid-Market


  ### 16. [BitKeeper](https://www.g2.com/products/bitkeeper/reviews)
  BitKeeper is a source code management software with simple-to-use command line interface and auto-merging capability for projects of any size.


  **Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 15

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Ease of Admin:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 8.0/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [BitKeeper](https://www.g2.com/sellers/bitkeeper)
- **Year Founded:** 1998
- **HQ Location:** United State
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitmover/ (3 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 47% Small-Business, 33% Enterprise


  ### 17. [Liquibase](https://www.g2.com/products/liquibase/reviews)
  Liquibase is a database change automation software that extends CI/CD pipelines to the database, removing the SDLC bottleneck of schema changes. Empowering database DevOps, Liquibase helps development teams version, deploy, and track database schema changes for their applications quickly and safely. Why Teams Love Liquibase Liquibase automates the database CI/CD pipeline to remove manual code reviews, mitigate security concerns, and improve speed and reliability. It also enables database observability, simplifying audits and powering insights for continuous improvement. Liquibase speeds up the development process. Teams that use Liquibase deploy 233% more often, breaking through the bottleneck of manual reviews to get features to customers faster. Liquibase eliminates database code errors. Teams that use Liquibase have 94% fewer errors since teams can fully test and roll back database changes before they get to production. Liquibase improves developer experience and collaboration. By treating database code like application code, Liquibase makes it easier for app developers to work with the database team leveraging the same tools that they’re already comfortable with. Liquibase provides the capability and partnership to tackle database DevOps with confidence. With support for 59+ databases (including noSQL) and more than 100 million downloads, Liquibase has the integrations and wisdom teams need to succeed. Liquibase is easier, faster, and safer. No one enjoys missing date night or a dance recital because the database deployment failed. Many teams rely on DBAs and database developers to fix issues and manually review code 24/7. Liquibase helps automate the tedious manual, error-prone processes so that the database team can focus on more important tasks.


  **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 28

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Ease of Admin:** 8.5/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 8.4/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.1/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Liquibase](https://www.g2.com/sellers/liquibase)
- **Year Founded:** 2012
- **HQ Location:** Austin, US
- **Twitter:** @liquibase (1,922 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/liquibase/ (71 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Information Technology and Services, Computer Software
  - **Company Size:** 40% Mid-Market, 30% Enterprise


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Automation (1 reviews)
- Automation Efficiency (1 reviews)
- Change Tracking (1 reviews)
- Task Automation (1 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Complex Features (1 reviews)
- Complexity (1 reviews)
- Inefficiency (1 reviews)
- Time-Consuming (1 reviews)

  ### 18. [OpenText AccuRev](https://www.g2.com/products/opentext-accurev/reviews)
  AccuRev is a software configuration management tool which addresses complex parallel and distributed development environments with its stream-based architecture, to accelerate your development process and improve asset reuse.


  **Average Rating:** 3.8/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 20

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Ease of Admin:** 6.3/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 7.5/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 7.8/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [OpenText](https://www.g2.com/sellers/opentext)
- **Year Founded:** 1991
- **HQ Location:** Waterloo, ON
- **Twitter:** @OpenText (21,588 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/2709/ (23,339 employees on LinkedIn®)
- **Ownership:** NASDAQ:OTEX

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Semiconductors
  - **Company Size:** 55% Enterprise, 25% Mid-Market


  ### 19. [Diversion Version Control](https://www.g2.com/products/diversion-version-control/reviews)
  Diversion is a modern, cloud-native alternative to Perforce, built for the scale of today’s game and creative productions. Its architecture supports parallel, asset-heavy workflows with fast branching, real-time collaboration, and stable performance under load, without the IT overhead of traditional version control systems. Built for studios working with engines like Unreal, large environments, procedural pipelines, or multi-disciplinary teams, Diversion adapts to the way modern productions operate. It offers teams that are building ambitious games, virtual productions, and large-scale 3D content, flexible deployment models (cloud or on-prem), seamless migration from Perforce, and an intuitive UI that supports both developers and artists. Diversion is becoming the version control standard for teams looking to iterate faster, automate more, and ship at the speed their projects demand. A few benchmarks: • Branch, commit 100K files and merge back to main in less than 60 sec • Slash costs by up to 70%
(vs. Perforce) • Migrate from P4 in days or even hours (!!!) W/O interrupting production • The most recommended VCS for Unreal ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Key capabilities include: High-performance version control for very large files and repositories Scalable cloud, hybrid, and on-prem deployments Seamless workflows for artists, programmers, and technical teams Fast syncs via smart caching and proxy architecture Branching and merging designed for real production pipelines Asset and code review with modern collaboration features Native integrations with Unreal Engine and industry-standard tools Diversion is used by professional studios to improve iteration speed, reduce infrastructure complexity, and modernize version control for real-time gaming and 3D productions.


  **Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 2

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Ease of Admin:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Diversion Company](https://www.g2.com/sellers/diversion-company)
- **HQ Location:** San Francisco, US
- **Twitter:** @diversion_hq (265 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/diversion-company-inc/ (20 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Company Size:** 100% Small-Business


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Collaboration (1 reviews)
- Customer Support (1 reviews)
- Ease of Setup (1 reviews)
- Ease of Use (1 reviews)
- Easy Management (1 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Navigation Issues (1 reviews)

  ### 20. [Glint](https://www.g2.com/products/logic-over-snacks-ltd-glint/reviews)
  Manage your Git repositories in an easier and more visual way. Features: - A graph showing branches, commits, and where merges have happened in an easy to digest visual format - Perform merges and resolve conflicts with a 4-way diff editor - Manage multiple merges at once, without affecting the files on disk or needing to switch branch - Search commits and files in your repository history - Integrate with GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket to easily clone or create repositories - Squash commits together - Insert new commits in the middle - Move individual changes from one commit to another - Edit commit messages


  **Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 1

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Ease of Use:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Logic Over Snacks Ltd.](https://www.g2.com/sellers/logic-over-snacks-ltd)
- **HQ Location:** N/A
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/No-Linkedin-Presence-Added-Intentionally-By-DataOps (1 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Company Size:** 100% Small-Business




## Parent Category

[Source Code Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/source-code-management)




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## Buyer Guide

### What You Should Know About Version Control Clients

### What are Version Control Clients?

Version control clients allow developers to interact with [version control systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/version-control-systems) more intuitively and with greater control. [Version control systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/version-control-systems) are vital to the development process; they grant developers the ability to collaborate on isolated branches of code without compromising the master code repository, then merge any finalized branches with the master repository. Upon an attempted merge, [version control systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/version-control-systems) alert developers to merge conflicts if code changes are at odds with each other. Merge to merge, a version history is maintained so developers can revert back to a previous version if severe problems appear throughout the process. Developers can make changes to code and add new code to projects while protecting pre-existing code with this software.

Version control clients utilize many of the core features of a [version control system](https://www.g2.com/categories/version-control-systems) and interact with that system to provide developers a more intuitive graphical user interface (GUI). This tool gives developers access to multiple code repositories and allows them to push and pull code from a hosted repository. Essentially, version control clients sit atop version control systems and help developers get the most out of their version control systems. The ease of use introduced by version control clients empowers developers to be more productive and grants them complete visibility into their version control systems. Without version control clients, developers would spend unnecessary time and energy managing version control systems on the command line. Version control clients provide a more intuitive GUI, and enhance features of version control systems that ultimately benefit development workflows.

Key Benefits of Version Control Clients

- Enhance version control system functionality
- Grant developers better control over version control systems
- Make version control system functionality more intuitive via GUI

### Why Use Version Control Clients?

Version control clients go hand in hand with [version control systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/version-control-systems). [Version control systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/version-control-systems) are vital for the successful collaboration and version maintenance of software development projects. Version control clients enhance the functionality of [version control systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/version-control-systems) and provide a GUI to streamline collaborative coding and make changes while protecting existing code.

**Intuitive, powerful interface —** Version control clients help developers interact with their [version control systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/version-control-systems) via intuitive GUI. This visually intuitive functionality frees development teams from the monotony of operating within the command line. Version control clients’ interfaces also grant developers better control of their [version control systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/version-control-systems) by embedding clear, readily available interactivity. Thanks to version control clients’ GUI overlay, development teams become more efficient by reducing consumption of resources and improving workflows.

**Enhanced functionality —** Version control clients enhance the existing functionality of [version control systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/version-control-systems) by allowing easy management of multiple code repositories. With version control clients, developers can have all their code repositories under one umbrella—reducing the stress of working with multiple [version control systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/version-control-systems).

### Who Uses Version Control Clients?

Version control clients present clear benefits for development teams of all sizes thanks to its intuitive and collaborative functionality. However, even solo developers find themselves relying on software to enhance the functionality of [version control systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/version-control-systems) to make development more foolproof.

**Software development teams —** Software development teams use version control clients to overlay with their [version control systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/version-control-systems) to achieve organized collaboration and parallel development via branching. With version control clients, team members can work on separate tasks simultaneously while keeping the master repository intact. Version control clients’ GUIs make version history and merges visible to the entire team, helping keep everyone on the same page.

**Solo developers —** The benefits of version control clients extend beyond team collaboration. Solo developers rely on version control clients’ enhanced version control system functionality to safely make changes to their projects, without breaking their builds. If a branch merge ruins a project, solo developers can easily revert to a prior version to preserve their overall progress.

### Version Control Clients Software Features

The great thing about version control clients is that they retain and enhance the features of [version control systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/version-control-systems). These features include committing code, merging code, viewing a history of changes, branching, and pushing code to an online repository. Because version control clients allow developers to visually engage with these features and functions through a GUI, these tools improve overall productivity and efficiency. The benefits are comprehensive, but there are a couple features granted by version control clients’ visual, intuitive tools that stand out.

**Branch visualization —** With version control clients, team members can access an overall view of any completed, in-progress, or planned code branches across the development team. This intuitive visual insight keeps developers on track and on the same page as they progress through projects.

**Visual repository management —** Version control clients make repository management easier through user-friendly GUIs. Rather than meticulously managing separate repositories from the command line, developers can access all their repositories in the same place.

### Software and Services Related to Version Control Clients

[**Version control systems**](https://www.g2.com/categories/version-control-systems) **—** Version control systems help track changes to software development projects, and allow team members to change and collaborate on the same files. This is accomplished using version history, branching, and managed repositories. Version control systems provide the meat of version control functionality, enhanced and visualized by version control clients.

[**Version control hosting**](https://www.g2.com/categories/version-control-hosting) **—** Version control hosting solutions are products that host multiple code repositories in the cloud and integrate with online tools that enhance the use of [version control systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/version-control-systems). Version control hosting software gives developers the ability to collaborate remotely in real time, a vital piece of the version control framework.

[**Static code analysis**](https://www.g2.com/categories/static-code-analysis) **—** Static code analysis is the analysis of computer software performed without actually executing the code. Static code analysis software scans all the code in a project and finds vulnerabilities while validating code against industry best practices. Some solutions allow users to set company-specific practices as well. Static code analysis software coexists with version control frameworks to give developers a comprehensive tool kit for transparent, flexible [source code management](https://www.g2.com/categories/source-code-management).