--- title: TortoiseHg Reviews meta\_title: 'TortoiseHg Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 42 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how TortoiseHg works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 3.9 review\_count: 42 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Source Code Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/source-code-management --- # TortoiseHg Reviews & Product Details 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. * * * Seller [Bitsy](https://www.g2.com/sellers/bitsy) Discussions [TortoiseHg Community](https://www.g2.com/products/tortoisehg/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/tortoisehg/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![SourceTree](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "SourceTree") SourceTree 4.3/5(376) ](https://www.g2.com/products/sourcetree/reviews) [ ![GitKraken Desktop](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "GitKraken Desktop") GitKraken Desktop 4.5/5(201) ](https://www.g2.com/products/axosoft-gitkraken-desktop/reviews) [ ![Git Tower](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Git Tower") Git Tower 4.7/5(191) ](https://www.g2.com/products/git-tower/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/tortoisehg/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 42 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) TM Tee M. Lawyer Apparel & Fashion Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/28/2018 "Another decent source and revision control tool from Tortoise\*\*\*" 2.5/5 What do you like best about TortoiseHg? I have used TortoiseSVN as my default SVN client for several years. I am working on a project that is source in Mercurial and have found TortoiseHg to be a great tool for working with Mercurial. I enjoy the command line tool but the best use I have for TortoiseHg is the visualized branching and merging. It really helps prevent errors from branching Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TortoiseHg? There are a few bugs I am suprised have not been resolved. One such bug is related to how the client side password is stored. Additionally the GUI while strong is not super intuitive. Furthermore, the GUI takes a lot longer to use than the command line tool. Additionally I have a problem with GUI's in general because programmers should learn to use command line tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering TortoiseHg: First learn to use command line tools, then use TortoiseHg command line tool for branching only Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TortoiseHg solving and how is that benefiting you? The biggest issues that TortoiseHg solve is around bugs caused by branching and also by reducing the cost (in time) spent branching and merging. TortoiseHg has also been very helpful in lessening the onboarding process for developers who are not particular strong working on the Linux command line. Additionally it's similiarity to tortoisesvn and tortoisegit helps because people who are not familiar with mercurial source/version control have an easier time picking it up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/20/2019 "it's very manual" 2.5/5 What do you like best about TortoiseHg? I like the interface and the fact that it is readily available on Linux. I also like the potential uses of this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TortoiseHg? I don't like that every option is so complicated if you don't read the docs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering TortoiseHg: read the docs and make the appropriate setup before. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TortoiseHg solving and how is that benefiting you? version control Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Albert B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Albert B.") AB Albert B. R&D Hardware Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/10/2018 "Everything under version control" 5/5 What do you like best about TortoiseHg? It is difficult to use at the beginning, but when you are used to it is very easy to work. It allows to work together with other teammates in the same project, document or file. It also can be easily integrated in Windows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TortoiseHg? The integration with Windows could be better, sometimes the status is not properly shown Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TortoiseHg solving and how is that benefiting you? Control version of files, security copy, merging files... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Richard M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Richard M.") RM Richard M. Java Software Developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/26/2018 "a good application to manage git repositories in the cloud." 3/5 What do you like best about TortoiseHg? I like the simplicity of this application, it goes straight to the point to download the repository and work quickly from any source.... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TortoiseHg? I do not really like the graphic interface of this platform I think it can improve to increase the experience of using the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering TortoiseHg: recommended to the entire technological community. an application very easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TortoiseHg solving and how is that benefiting you? With this application I have managed to work with heavy projects in JSF and it has behaved quite well when saving and recovering data in my GIT repository. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Defense & Space](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Defense & Space") UD Verified User in Defense & Space Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/27/2018 "TortoiseHG Review" 4/5 What do you like best about TortoiseHg? TortoiseHG is easy to use and stable. We used it while developing an enterprise architecture which included a series of c sharp scripts. Similar to other CM tools, tortoise works well considering its low price point. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TortoiseHg? Hmmm, overall I dont have anything that I really disliked. A web based version of the tool might be a nice thing if it doesnt exist already. I'm also curious how well you could option metric reports from tortoise since we never exercised that type of functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TortoiseHg solving and how is that benefiting you? We used tortoise to configure manage various software products being developed by multiple team members in various geographical locations. It allowed for easy tracking of our software product versioning and justification for our changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Tim B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Tim B.") TB Tim B. Director Of Information Technology Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/29/2018 "Clunky and Old, but Gets the Job Done" 2.5/5 What do you like best about TortoiseHg? Met minimum needs for version control. Allowed developers to used client locally and sync software to server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TortoiseHg? Seemed a bit old and cumbersome. Took a while to learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TortoiseHg solving and how is that benefiting you? Checking in/checking out software for developement; version control. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Riccardo R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Riccardo R.") RR Riccardo R. Sviluppatore senior Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/28/2017 "Easy mercurial management" 4/5 What do you like best about TortoiseHg? Easy to use and friendly interface. It is reliable as the command line usage and it works better than some hg handler integrate in some IDE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TortoiseHg? It has a poor integrated conflict tool handler. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TortoiseHg solving and how is that benefiting you? I use it every day and it allows me to handle every mercurial functions between branches (merge and graft mostly). We use a lot of repositories and related branches, and this software helps us to manage developments among them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") AI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/1/2018 "Superb visualization for Mercurial" 5/5 What do you like best about TortoiseHg? Find changes you looking for in few clicks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TortoiseHg? Becomes unresponsive when refreshing a large repo. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TortoiseHg solving and how is that benefiting you? Maintaining a branch collaboratively developed by tens of people. Good tool for teaching a versioning system to beginners. Improves efficiency of development and code review. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/27/2018 "Just does it’s job" 2.5/5 What do you like best about TortoiseHg? I like how easy it is to view your code and it’s easy to branch Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TortoiseHg? Wish it was more streamlined into our ide Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TortoiseHg solving and how is that benefiting you? Standard source control Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/20/2017 "Ufficial tool for Mercurial" 5/5 What do you like best about TortoiseHg? I like the way it use to manage branches and makes changeset graft beetween them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TortoiseHg? I dislike the native merging tool. It shuld use winmerge by default. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TortoiseHg solving and how is that benefiting you? It provides to help us working togheter in the same system using different branches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about TortoiseHg? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about TortoiseHg ](https://www.g2.com/products/tortoisehg/discussions/new) GU Guest User • Last activity about 4 years ago What is TortoiseHg used for? 0 Upvotes 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-tortoisehg-used-for) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/tortoisehg/discuss) ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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