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# SourceTree Reviews
**Vendor:** Atlassian  
**Category:** [Version Control Clients](https://www.g2.com/categories/version-control-clients)  
**Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 376
## About SourceTree
SourceTree simplifies how you interact with your Git and Mercurial repositories so you can focus on coding. Visualize and manage your repositories through SourceTree&#39;s simple interface.




## SourceTree Reviews
  ### 1. Best tool to manage the git repos

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Arsh S. | CEO, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

Its good to see the git operations done with UI. Also it guves us full visibility to all the git operations.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

Only one dislike is that addicting to this software is we are forgetting the git core commands.

**Recommendations to others considering SourceTree:**

One solution for all your gut problems

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Git operations are easy to achieve, no need to learn the Gut commands

  ### 2. SourceTree - a great product with just a few bugs

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Bryan T. | Senior Web Administrator, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 02, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

Visual Git tree. Ease of use. Ability to move easily between origin branches for cloning to local. Ease of use to clone a repository from origin.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

Every so often, there is a bug in the interaction between the keychain and the application that makes it so you have to enter your password multiple times when authenticating.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Collaborative work with collegues.  moving toward more advanced features leveraging pull requests and automated builds.

  ### 3. The easy way to use git

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Omar C. | Software developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 28, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

It facilitates the handling of git for the branches, commits, and other things

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

Sometimes the application crashes, and this makes it challenging to handle the branches

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Complex git issues, which are difficult to handle by code

  ### 4. Best version control for Onprem applications

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Mohammed R. | Technical Lead, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** December 30, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

It is very user friendly and provides a lot suggestions

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

There are no dislikes here, just the UI can turn more appealing

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

ETL/BI/Big Data related code movements to different environments are easily handled through source tree

  ### 5. Simply not good enough

**Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Dennis N. | Software Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** December 20, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

I like the most that is bug free and never crashed on me.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

I dislike the way they decided to design the UI for the versions tree and its branches, it simply is too dull and hard to read.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I used it while building an web application

  ### 6. Good for basic usage

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** December 23, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

Simple setup, simple user interface, intuitive design

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

Slooooooooooow, maybe because it's not native for windows, on some occasions, it's difficult to configure the token to access Bitbucket

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It helps me explain basic GIT usage for software development and quickly detect problems on merging branches

  ### 7. A developer's must have for source control

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Sam S. | Full Stack Web Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 16, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

A great, simple to pick up GUI for a developer wanting to simplify their dev ops.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

I did find sometimes the branch visualisations werent as intuitive as other git clients.

**Recommendations to others considering SourceTree:**

Personally I prefer Fork, but SourceTree does integrate with otherAtlassian services really well.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

SourceTree made it easy to do more complex git functions like rebasing. Also made debugging git problems a breeze.

  ### 8. Good and Easy git GUI for tracking and commit code changes

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** DINESH KUMAR MAURYA . | Software Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 26, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

So much easy and convenient than git command.
We can do all git action from GUI like fetch, commit, push, stash etc.
easily can compare code changes with original code.
split the code changes in linewise and chunks, allowing committing or discarding linewise and chunks.
Can view all open branches in good UI visualization.
Best work with bitbucket.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

Not good to resolve merge conflicts.
Sometimes code changes doesn't reflect in source tree. need to switch repository or branches to see code changes.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Writing codes and committing changes into code repository. 
Easy to track code changes, commit or discard changes.

  ### 9. Good tool for interacting with your repos

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Electronics | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

I like the graphical view of my timeline. I use this the most to see how commits relate to each other.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

The integration with my preferred diff tool (BeyondCompare) isn't as seamless as I would like.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Committing code within a team requires the ability to retrieve commits from co-workers and put your changes in the right place. SourceTree has enabled me to do that.

  ### 10. SourceTree App Review

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Sujit S. | Full Stack Architect, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 22, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

The User Interface is very much dynamic & easy to use.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

It supports only Bitbucket integration, but others got issues like Gitlab.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Multiple projects deployment process streamline.

  ### 11. Source Tree - A Gateway to Git

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 11, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

Provides a GUI experience to interact with Github. Can be used for Commit, Push, Pull or merge. I use this with Eclipse as an IDE. Its better than SVN in some aspects.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

Its costly while code can be merged/pushed/pulled for free through command line. At times it gives unnecessary conflicts. Installation is an additional task in some environments.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We use this for fixing a broken Git repository. Its provides a GUI so anyone can use it. Its quick and efficient. Increases the overall productivity of team. Saves man hours for us.

  ### 12. Source tree review

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Sonali P. | Senior Software Analyst, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** December 29, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

The way the modules and versions are managed

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

Nothing found as a dislike. Its easy to use

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We use to do version control, and have tracking of the updates

  ### 13. Straightforward GIT control and collaboration

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Tyler S. | Senior Web Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 27, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

Sometimes CLI doesn't cut it; SourceTree lets us easily visualize commit history.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

There's a short but rewarding learning curve, especially for developers not too familiar with GIT.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

SourceTree makes those dreaded conflicts a relatively painless experience.

  ### 14. Better than Git

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 28, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

We can do Branch, pull, push easily than GIT. I liked the most SourceTree because It is very easy and the UI is also look good. We dont have to use Command prompt for this software.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

The SourceTree is free for everyone but it's code is not open sourse.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I am not fond to use GIT for version controlling. I tried my best to understand the GIT but I am not able to because I am too much confused. In my job, I introduced with SourceTree and really I enjoying this software to do my work.

  ### 15. Source tree advantage

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** December 17, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

Managing branchee in Source tree is easy. People codes are secure and safe. No need to keep the back up each and every time. You have all the time and date record over here. 
Multiple user can work on a single branch.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

Time consuming at merge time when multiple users are working on the same project

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

No need to keep the backup of project on regular and day to day basic.

  ### 16. Source tree is a great git visualizer

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** December 08, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

I like simplicity of this tool, how easy it is to connect to local and remote repos. It is great tool and complements GitHub in so many ways!

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

It takes up quite a bit of disk space. I use macOS version and it comes as a heavy package

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I use Source tree to do merging and seeing fit history on the GUI instead of relying on CLI since I'm a visual person

  ### 17. Integrated solution for visualizing Git/Version Control

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Caree Y. | Regional Director of Dallas/Fort Worth, Computer Software, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 06, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

I like how easily it integrates with other Atlassian products.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

I think that the UI is a little busy, it can take a while to get acclimated to it and know where to find things. It is packed with useful information but I would not say it's intuitive or easily consumed. Definitely a learning curve but maybe that isn't a bad thing.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Branch management, primarily.

  ### 18. Helps with Version Control

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Shreyas T. | Hardware Designer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 09, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

I can maintain all my edits and track the changes when sharing code with my team

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

The application seems bulky and takes some time to start up. It was easier to just use other simpler svn applications that were smaller.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

As a team we are maintaining production codes

  ### 19. Best software for git environment and for developers.

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Omkar Vilas M. | Software Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 24, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

It has an intuitive graphical user interface.
It works with bitbucket and git very conveniently.
It's open-source, and it's free.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

It requires practice as the interface is a little intimidating; otherwise, it's perfect.

**Recommendations to others considering SourceTree:**

Keep it up!

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I am using it every day with git and bitbucket.

  ### 20. Great UI for version controlling

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Sandeep R. | Full Stack Developer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 09, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

The version control visibility and the ease with which you can switch between branches is incredible.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

There should be a console visible that shows what commands are run in the background while we do any operation.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Ease of multiple teams working on the same repo.

  ### 21. SourceTree VCS

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Biotechnology | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

MacOS app / one-stop-shop for all things git

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

Nothing much really. I use the desktop app primarily, and I like it a lot

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

No problems. Benefits: git history tracking, Branch tracking etc. is idiomatic

  ### 22. Buggy but better than GitHub

**Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 01, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

The interface is far more useful and meaningful than the one included in GitHub desktop. I like being able to see the visual indicator of when a branch is created, edited and merged

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

The software is very prone to crashing when using hosting other than bit bucket. I've had consistent issues with GitHub gits and Amazon code commit gits. Especially if you're not using password authentication.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It is responsive and highly effective at visualizing changes. It makes tracking team members' work significantly easier.

  ### 23. Short Review on SourceTree GUI Desktop

**Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** January 05, 2022

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

It is user friendly and smooth and fast, no lag

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

nothing about dislike, it is spend more resources on R&D

**Recommendations to others considering SourceTree:**

i would like to recommed to my colligues or frnds to review

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

By using SourceTree software , I can directly interact with Git and write my code and saves my time

  ### 24. SourceTree review

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

GUI is simple to understand. Color coding of various things makes it easy to look at what you want to look at.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

I found it not so easy to get it to work behind proxy and an extra auth for privately hosted GHE

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It makes a developer's life easier who is not so CLI passionate(there are such developers). It fastens the development lifecycle and helps developers easily find things that they want to look at

  ### 25. Clean and clear UI with basic features

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 21, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

I like the appearance of the app and how it's simple to do basic tasks like checking out a branch.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

I dislike how it does not have an integrated merge tool.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Sourcetree helps me visualize my code changes without needing to look at an ugly cluttered terminal.

  ### 26. New Version Control Tool which gives a competition to Tortoise

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Rajat M. | Test Lead, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 18, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

I like the Very Nice User Interface, good functionalities to control versioning, and integration with BitBucket.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

There is nothing much to dislike in it, but the improvement I would say integration with Visual Studio or other IDEs

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Version Control, bitbucket integration of code, and CI/CD

  ### 27. Acceptable, but not the best

**Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 28, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

It is built/maintained by a well-known company.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

It's pretty slow, hangs a lot on big projects.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I'm using it from time to time because some of my colleagues use it, but every time switch to other, more stable/performant clients.

  ### 28. version control simplified

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** akshay d. | doftware developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 28, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

Easy to use, straightforward version control Interface

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

tight integration with Atlassian id makes it a bit difficult for people coming from different domains

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

seamless versioning of source code with having to memorize or run into  trouble of using commands

  ### 29. A useful tool for version control

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** December 08, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

You can see easily the different between commits. It's more friendly than GIT command line

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

It consumes a lot of memory, it's very slow to start sometimes is unacceptable

**Recommendations to others considering SourceTree:**

There's another options that works better

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It's an easy application for non experimented people, for that reason all the people can use it

  ### 30. Software Engineer

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** January 06, 2022

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

Sourcetree reduces the interaction with Git repositories on old terminal/command prompt and provides a friendly GUI.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

It can integrate more features like file comparing.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Using SourceTree to work with multiple repositories for pulling, pushing/merging the code.

  ### 31. Review for Source tree

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** December 15, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

It makes Git very easy to maintain and understand. Logs are very easy to watch and keep track of activity.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

Color combinations to differentiate various changes makes it easy to understand.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I use it to manage Git. Version controlling is made super easy with it.

  ### 32. It just works

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Victor H. | Software Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 28, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

The way to checkout branches and how to commit and push the latest changes.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

The conflict editor. It should contain a better way to solve conflicts.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Tracking my code projects

  ### 33. Useful and good interface

**Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Sporting Goods | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** December 08, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

It had a good user interface, we connected it to bitbucket

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

It was hard to find appropriate documentation and how to do --- websites/articles/manuals

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We used it for source controls ui. It has a good interface and most of the time the error messages are easily comprehendabld

  ### 34. Great and easy to use

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 31, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

The way to orders branch and maintain all code with simples hit

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

its appearance of old software and improve updates

**Recommendations to others considering SourceTree:**

It is an excellent tool that facilitates branching strategies and improves the reading and resolution of code conflicts in the work team.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Handling multiple branches, doing code merge, all this is much easier from this tool.

  ### 35. Easy to use source code managment tool

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Siddhant J. | Technical Project Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 14, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

Easy to understand with good Ui comparing from the traditional terminal Ui

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

Lot of options can br confusing sometimes.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

To manage all the repository and shifting from one repo to another is easy

  ### 36. Best Git UI on Mac OS

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Farming | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 13, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

Ease of Use, UI is informative, Branch Management is easy, Provides all commands of git.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

Initial Setup after installation can be improved and repository browser can be opened directly

**Recommendations to others considering SourceTree:**

It is better then Git Hub desktop UI

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Git Repo managements is easy, Merging is pretty simple, Tagging, forking, stashing is easily achievable

  ### 37. Sourcetree review

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

Hiw easy we have create a PR and pul the previous code with ease

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

It is little hard to understand at first with all the tabs. But nothing major.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Sharing of code and maintaining the level of code builds are really helpful.

  ### 38. Very Easy To Use

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 25, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

Easy to push, pull, commit and see branches

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

Setting up on your computer can be a little hard but once used, it is very easy to use from then on

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Very easy to manage branches, can quickly check file diffs before merging two branches.

  ### 39. Source Tree to manage your Code Branch

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

It helps to create a new branch of code from the existing branch called branch cut.
Clone the code on the local repository easily.
It's an interface that also helps to identify the code changes and compare the same.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

The user interface needs to be more user-friendly.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Release activities.

  ### 40. SourceTree is a game changer in how i handle my versioning tools! Its makes it so simple and easy

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 24, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

The branch tree visualisation. It helps me know exactly how my branches are evolving over time

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

The bugs! Sometimes it crashes and i have to use my terminal again or restart it

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Lack of branch graph visutalization in github and others

  ### 41. Great app! UI could be a little better

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** December 21, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

ease of moving between different branches

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

UI is a little less appealing. Could be more intuitive

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We use it as a primary version control tool

  ### 42. Source tree review

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

Easily able to merge conflicts and commit work faster.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

Can sometimes be confusing on what things are on what branches.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Easy to do merge conflicts. Diffs are easy to view.

  ### 43. Good product!

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** December 06, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

The ease of use as well as intuitive UI!

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

There's nothing to dislike. It fits the needs for what it's meant to do

**Recommendations to others considering SourceTree:**

NA

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Visualizing git

  ### 44. Simple to use and learn, but uses some confusing terminology and not great for rebasing

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** April 30, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

Most features are very intuitive. The program is lightweight and responsive. It lets you switch between using the UI and git command line.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

Some of the terminology doesn't match standard git terminology. I still have not gotten rebase to work in the way that I expect.

**Recommendations to others considering SourceTree:**

As a free product, there is no formal support. Installer sometimes does not correctly create a program group.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It lets you largely avoid remembering the git command line, which is useful for occasional users of git. I can spend less time looking up/figuring out commands and more time working.

  ### 45. Good gui for version control systems

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Dhyey T. | Analyst, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 08, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

Gives you a graphical interface for performing version control operations

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

There should be better UX, also with IDE usefulness has decreased

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Better version control in an easier way

  ### 46. Source tree dev review

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 24, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

Easy branch history tracking and convenient source control actions

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

UI might be complex and confusing sometimes

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Source control commands are easy to execute with single click actions instead of using command prompt, merging and branch tracking is easier

  ### 47. Source Tree - quick GIT management tool

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 02, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

It the easy to use for manage git branches per project. 
Also, the ability to solve merge conflicts.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

Sometimes it is slow to load on windows.

**Recommendations to others considering SourceTree:**

Similar to git Kraken

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Manage git branches on a git repository. Multiple users and made a quick code review changes.

  ### 48. SourceTree Review

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Banking | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 02, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

SourceTree is the best tool for managed the Bitbucket repository or Github repository

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

SourceTree UI is a little poor. It would improve to have the main features in buttons, and UI will be more acceptable.

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

SourceTree manages the Bitbucket repositories the best way.

  ### 49. Great product

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 03, 2021

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

The UI tool for sourcetree makes challenging tasks easier

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

The ability to switch between branches while having unstaged changes

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I use it everyday at work

  ### 50. Simplify GIT workflows using this UI centered source control application

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 13, 2020

**What do you like best about SourceTree?**

The simplicity to perform basic GIT functions as well as more advanced features like backing out commits and merging.  The UI presents a list of files that has been changed and an easy context menu to perform actions on the files, like adding, discarding and diffing on the change with the historic previous commit.  

I appreciate the tool is compatible with multiple operating systems allowing to switch from my mac to my windows desktop without having to use a different, unfamiliar user interface.

**What do you dislike about SourceTree?**

There will be times when you get lost in the shuffle of multiple commits from remote that you haven't pulled down quite yet and the interaction can be a bit confusing when you are scared of losing all your local changes.  This is common in all source control solutions but I feel like SourceTree could work more on conflict resolution in a more friendly manner.

**Recommendations to others considering SourceTree:**

If you are seeking a source control utility to give you a less stressful experience working with every day code commits and merging, this tool is very good for that.  It also has added som more advanced features as well custom actions.  It supports both GIT as

**What problems is SourceTree solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Easier source control management with multiple users.  Ability to more clearly see the changing flow using their line graphs.  Easy capability to search commit history is a big plus.


## SourceTree Discussions
  - [How you resolve conflicts of file.](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-you-resolve-conflicts-of-file) - 3 comments, 1 upvote
  - [How do I resolve conflict states using Sourcetree](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-do-i-resolve-conflict-states-using-sourcetree) - 2 comments, 1 upvote
  - [What is SourceTree used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/sourcetree-what-is-sourcetree-used-for) - 1 comment
  - [Should I use Sourcetree?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/should-i-use-sourcetree) - 1 comment
  - [What is Sourcetree used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-sourcetree-used-for) - 1 comment

- [View SourceTree pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/sourcetree/reviews?page=4&section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-06+15%3A40%3A59+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=bef2ae86-767b-4c23-97e8-5925f3dd7a47&secure%5Btoken%5D=f2a2acb975f6ff471b95f166063bb2edc7d186343e51fb6b0838586cc12013d3&format=llm_user)
## SourceTree Integrations
  - [Bitbucket](https://www.g2.com/products/bitbucket/reviews)


## Top SourceTree Alternatives
  - [GitKraken Desktop](https://www.g2.com/products/axosoft-gitkraken-desktop/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (197 reviews)
  - [Git Tower](https://www.g2.com/products/git-tower/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (190 reviews)
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