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Git Tower Demo - Commit History
Tower's powerful Commit History in Dark Mode
Git Tower Demo - Pull Requests
Create, merge, close, comment and inspect Pull Requests right from within Tower. Integrated into its clear, responsive, and powerful desktop interface, Pull Requests become so much more useful.
Git Tower Demo - Conflict Wizard
Solve merge conflicts easily in a visual way with Tower's unique Conflict Wizard.
Git Tower Demo - Working Copy
Tower's working copy
Git Tower Demo - Tower Windows (Light Mode)
Tower Windows in Light Mode
Git Tower Demo - Tower Windows (Dark Mode)
Tower Windows in Dark Mode
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Priyanshu K.
PK
Software Engineer (Android)
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Git Tower - UI for Git"
What do you like best about Git Tower?

Git tower provides UI for version controlling the code. Merge conflicts can be easily solved via a virtual wizard. Repositories can be cloned in a single click and operations like cherry-picking can be easily done with its help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git Tower?

The thing I dislike about GitTower is its pricing as I believe its pricing is on a bit higher side. Also, one improvement I can suggest is that there can be a filter basically with the help of which one can go directly to dates to see the commit history of that date. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Bruno Brito of Git Tower

Thank you for your review, Priyanshu!

Regarding your feature suggestion, which we appreciate: this has already been implemented.

Please go to the "History" view and on the top right corner, start typing a date and run the search. You can then define if this is yours "Since" or "Until" date. To get the commits added on that day, you can then tweak the filter, setting it as a "Date is in range" with the same end date.

I hope this makes sense! Please contact us at support@git-tower.com if it doesn't.

Md. Rezowan T.
MT
Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Review on git Tower"
What do you like best about Git Tower?

Creating pull request directly from this tool. Very powerful and organized tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git Tower?

There are not that much downside except switching between branch a little twisting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Bruno Brito of Git Tower

Thank you for your review! Glad you enjoy Tower 🙏

You can use our Quick Actions command (CMD+SHIFT+A) to quickly search for/checkout other branches. Just type the first characters of the branch you're looking for — this also works for tags or files in your working tree :)

GB
Senior Web Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The perfect GIT client for Mac!"
What do you like best about Git Tower?

As a web developer, I've been using Tower for 4 years to manage all of my GIT repositories. Being a native Mac app, it's fast and has a familiar UI - making it easy to do everything I need: committing, managing branches, merging, rebasing, stashing and working with remotes. Even though I'm a confident CLI user, I still find myself using Tower for even the simplest of tasks. The software is well supported with regular updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git Tower?

This might be asking a lot - but I wish there was a built-in tool for viewing (&possibly resolving) merge conflicts. It would also be nice to be able to jump to a specific date / month when browsing commit history. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Bruno Brito of Git Tower

Thank you for your kind words, George! We hope you continue to enjoy using Tower for many more years to come 🙏

You can view the commits made in a specific period by adding a "Date is in range" filter. Regarding Merge Conflicts: we plan on improving merging soon, so stay tuned! 🙂

SJ
Founder
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The best git client out there!"
What do you like best about Git Tower?

I have been using Git Tower for years and it is hands down the best Git client on the market. We use it on our development team and it is worth WAY more than we pay for it. Git Tower lets me focus on the task of development instead of remembering git commands or using tools that are difficult to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git Tower?

Honestly, there is nothing that I dislike with Git Tower. My only complaints are with a few minor features of git itself, but there is nothing I dislike about Git Tower. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Bruno Brito of Git Tower

Thank you for the kind words, Stephen! We hope you continue to enjoy Tower for many more years to come 🙏

RO
Software Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best Git client out there"
What do you like best about Git Tower?

Tower provides a comprehensive, simple interface to perform basic and advanced Git commands. Managing repositories are easy with the many Git service integrations such as Bitbucket and GitHub. The GitHub integration is great since you can manage PRs through the UI. The integration simplifies code reviews if you want to do everything through Tower. The project branches and commits are easy to see. There is also a helpful search feature that provides the ability to search via keywords, author, commit hash, etc. The company also routinely updates the product to keep up with Git features. They also implement advanced Git features, making it more accessible than using the Git command line. There is an auto fetch feature which is helpful to ensure that your work is up to date. By ensuring that you are aware of the latest changes, this may reduce conflicts and improve collaboration among peers. Another convenient aspect of Tower is the many keyboard shortcuts for Git commands. After memorizing a bunch of commands, using Git will become much faster reducing button clicks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git Tower?

Discovering new or advanced features of the Tower Git client is not easy. There is no product onboarding or walkthrough through the application. At most, there is a changelog that displays new features when the application has a new update. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Bruno Brito of Git Tower

Thank you for your thoughtful review, Ryne! We’re happy to learn you appreciate our range of advanced features, such as auto-fetching, advanced search, and the integration with Git Hosting platforms! 😎

Regarding Tower’s new features: when we release a new version, we update the “Highlights” section on our Release Notes page (https://www.git-tower.com/release-notes) and usually write a blog post (https://www.git-tower.com/blog/). This should bring you up to speed, but we will also try our best to improve the onboarding process inside the app.

We hope you continue to enjoy using Tower!

André W.
AW
Senior Fullstack Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"A tool that makes daily git flows enjoyable"
What do you like best about Git Tower?

Tower makes it easy to check in the code you work on daily while enabling you to focus less on how git works and more on doing things. You don't need to be a total master at git, which mostly is not required anyways for day-to-day work. I love that you can easily stage single chunks/lines, stash work in progress code and manage your commits easily. It certainly improves my daily work with git to the point where I rarely use the command line - probably if I would learn the inside out of Tower, I may not even need to use the command line at all anymore. I've once stumbled across their knowledge base, which I probably will read through more in-depth soon - the fact that such a knowledge base exists is another big plus. The UI is beautiful and follows apple's human interface guidelines, making it easy to navigate other than the points mentioned below. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git Tower?

Switching between repositories feels a bit counterintuitive, but I cannot quite nail down what would be necessary to make it a better experience - may be that the back and forward buttons are not what I'd expect at first. Tend to forget it always. Perhaps it's also because the navbar, in general, only consists of icons which sometimes are required to hover on understand what actions they trigger.

Not much of a dislike but rather a feature request to improve navigation: tools commonly nowadays have some command palette, usually triggered by CMD+K - such tool could allow to search, jump to branches, switch views (going to working copy or other places, commit or any other shortcut that you may not want to learn via keyboard shortcuts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Bruno Brito of Git Tower

Thank you for the thoughtful review, André! We're delighted to have you on board 😎

To quickly navigate to other repos, you can use Quick Open (CMD+SHIFT+O) and type the name of the project you are looking for. You can learn more here https://www.git-tower.com/help/guides/faq-and-tips/tips-and-tricks/open-quickly/

To navigate to a different view, branch or commit inside a project, you can use our very own Quick Actions (CMD+SHIFT+A), which is very similar to the Command Palette feature you were suggesting ☺️

You can learn more about Quick Actions here: https://www.git-tower.com/help/guides/manage-repositories/quick-actions/

Verified User in Internet
UI
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"One of the best tools to manage Git repositories on Mac"
What do you like best about Git Tower?

I like how easy it is to manage the repositories, branches, etc. I can create a branch, commit code, revert commits, undo deleting branches, etc. I don't have to remember the complex git commands like reflog. I can also manage multiple repos under my organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git Tower?

It is not easy to manage merge conflicts. It is hard to manage PR standards, like having a standard for commit messages and PR templates. The UI design is also not sleek (maybe my personal opinion). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Bruno Brito of Git Tower

Thank you for your recommendation! We're glad to have you with us! 🥳

Les P.
LP
Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The best Mac git UI"
What do you like best about Git Tower?

It's the clearest git UI interface I have been able to find for Mac, and it's very reliable with no surprises and seldom any bugs. My co-workers who still insist on a terminal or other apps tend to complain about switching branches or having to do various git commands. For me, it's no problem to jump around all the time because Tower does all the heavy lifting. I hope some day they come to their senses... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git Tower?

Minor issue: I have trouble distinguishing the store/apply stash buttons from each other, and I don't like to have text labels on toolbar buttons. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Bruno Brito of Git Tower

Thank you for your kind words, Les! We hope you continue to enjoy using Tower for many more years to come 🙏

Swati R.
SR
Senior Software Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Utilizing Git capabilities on a MAC seamlessly"
What do you like best about Git Tower?

- When our team switched to MAC laptops , we worked on getting the tools friendly with MAC.

-One of those tools was Git tower which we use in integration with Gitlab.

- Git tower has been giving us the best experience by providing us the client which is intuitive , has a good intellisense and gives undo feature.

- It also has a great UI with which we can manage our gitlab repos easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git Tower?

- Sometimes, the pre-commit check fails, and then we need to go back to command-line utility.

- A --no-verify option would be helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Bruno Brito of Git Tower

Thank you for your feedback, Swati! We plan to implement the --no-verify option soon.

CM
Website designer & content manager
"Tower has made learning Git more approachable and has been saving me time from the start."
What do you like best about Git Tower?

Its clear interface simplifies getting started with Git. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git Tower?

The only real downside is that Tower can’t take the place of a basic, fundamental understanding of Git. Which isn’t Tower’s fault. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Bruno Brito of Git Tower

Thank you for your review, Christopher! Glad we made Git easier to use ✌️

We hope you continue to enjoy using Tower for many more years to come 🙏

Pricing Insights

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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

10 months

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