--- 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) ![Alwin Shobanraj M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Alwin Shobanraj M.") AM Alwin Shobanraj M. SDE 3 Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/19/2021 "TortoiseHg - Simple and Efficient" 4/5 What do you like best about TortoiseHg? Tortoise HG is a simple and efficient tool for handling the version control system. The best thing about it is that it has most of the frequently used features in the form of menus and buttons and provide GUI to understand the versioning system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TortoiseHg? Sometimes we feel like the GUI is a bit old, and the versioning tree seems confusing when viewing in the old GUI. It has a lot of alternatives that came into the market recently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering TortoiseHg: When searching for an easy-to-use and quickly configurable tool, then can go for the Tortoise HG. Though many different tools may arrive like Tortoise SVN, Tortoise GIT, etc. Tortoise HG stand separately to the command line users who use commands to execute the version control activities Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TortoiseHg solving and how is that benefiting you? When there is any problem occurs while merging the branches in the GIT (Version Control System), then the Tortoise HG is used to visualize the branch conflicts and help to resolve the confusion easily. Also every version control activities like pull, push, fetch, commit, etc are easily done through Tortoise HG Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Dama D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Dama D.") DD Dama D. Senior Technical Lead Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/28/2021 "TortoiseHg - Advantages and Disadvantages" 4.5/5 What do you like best about TortoiseHg? TortoiseHg is the lightest tool to perform version control. TortoiseHg will also speedily perform version control. TortoiseHg consists of very less number of operations when compared with SVN. TortoiseHg can be installed with merealy one Windows executable file consuming memory around 30 MB only. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TortoiseHg? TortoiseHg will only work with Windows operating system. TortoiseHg will not allow us to perform branching for a single folder. TortoiseHg will not have vast features as provided by Azure DevOps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TortoiseHg solving and how is that benefiting you? TortoiseHg needs to be compatible with other operating systems apart from Microsoft Windows to increase its sales. TortoiseHg's feature multi-branch merging needs to be robust and efficient. The help section needs to be appropriate to clear most users' doubts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 6/28/2023 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 Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/4/2022 "Review of TortoiseHg" 3.5/5 What do you like best about TortoiseHg? The TortoiseHg is the light and efficient tool for version control system. It's UI helps to check the errors. It's menu also gives us a easy way to understand the operations that are available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TortoiseHg? TortoiseHg does not have many features. The latest tools in the market is much advanced when compared to TortoiseHg. It will not allow to perform branching for a single folder. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TortoiseHg solving and how is that benefiting you? The whole project is maintained by this tool easily. It keeps the track of the changes which is helpful if we need information of the work done in emergency cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Raúl G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Raúl G.") RG Raúl G. Software Development Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/1/2021 "Tool to resolve problems relate to version control systems" 5/5 What do you like best about TortoiseHg? The UI provided to check the errors and the simple lateral menu that allows you to understand the available operations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TortoiseHg? Sometimes I face some issues related to GitHub Authorization. Maybe because of the version or the changes GitHub performs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering TortoiseHg: First search on Internet videos about how to use it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TortoiseHg solving and how is that benefiting you? My work is related to Version Control Systems. Since we have to manage GitHub to control the versions for an app, sometimes I have many problems because many developers work on the same topics. With TortoiseHg, I can find the issues during the merge process faster and solve them so we can continue working. Also, it is helpful to check the differences between the current and the new code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Mohan Rajesh K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mohan Rajesh K.") MK Mohan Rajesh K. Lead Software Developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/14/2021 "Awsome tool for code management" 5/5 What do you like best about TortoiseHg? The check-in and check-out process is too good, the option to track all the merges is also a good option Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TortoiseHg? Missing some options like stash and saving the credentials doesn't work well sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering TortoiseHg: It is one of the best tools for source code management available in the market. It works well with JIRA also, Where it allows developers to tag their ticket directly on JIRA. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TortoiseHg solving and how is that benefiting you? We used to manage our whole project code using Tortoise Hg, which helped our clients and customers to track all the code changes and who did them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite KV kinjal v. engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/31/2022 "Best gui for our mercurial setup" 4.5/5 What do you like best about TortoiseHg? Repo explorer, synchronisation, commit dialog feature with web ui is world class Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TortoiseHg? Not compatible with all system, some times after commit hang for a while Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TortoiseHg solving and how is that benefiting you? Continues development support, git commit code from multiple. Developer by merging Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ahmed A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ahmed A.") AA Ahmed A. Staff Software Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/24/2021 "Forget TortoiseHG and use Git. Everyone else already does!" 2.5/5 What do you like best about TortoiseHg? When we were still using Mercurial repositories across our organization, TortoiseHG was the best free tool to manage our code repositories. There was nothing specific to like about it; it just worked as expected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TortoiseHg? The UI is very outdated, and it was a little buggy at times also. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TortoiseHg solving and how is that benefiting you? We used TortoiseHG as a tool to interact with Mercurial source control systems. We still have some old repositories that we have not migrated to git (due to client requirements), and these projects still use TortoiseHG. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 10/8/2021 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Fabricio O.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Fabricio O.") FO Fabricio O. Mid-level Software Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/4/2022 "It works great for college projects and learning about versioning." 3.5/5 What do you like best about TortoiseHg? During my software engineering process, it helped me a lot in the collaborative work between the members of the same project. The servers were on the university's network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TortoiseHg? I did not find free servers for my academic purposes. Therefore it depended on the availability of the university servers and the people who support them. A little bit difficult to my goals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering TortoiseHg: Desktop client should be improved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TortoiseHg solving and how is that benefiting you? Versioning about a GYM system to enhance management about routines, memberships, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Vipul A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Vipul A.") VA Vipul A. Lead Software Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/24/2021 "TortoiseHg review" 4/5 What do you like best about TortoiseHg? TortoiseHg UI provides a lot of features to effectively manage repositories without having to know underlying commands. I have also used workbench for manage local repositories. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TortoiseHg? UI is less modern. Other tools are more modern view and provide ease of use. It took me a while to get hang of the tool. However, once onboarded it was smooth throughout. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TortoiseHg solving and how is that benefiting you? I was trying to manage repositories both local and remove. it is very efficient alternative to git. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/16/2022 "Tortoise Hg for ci/cd" 4/5 What do you like best about TortoiseHg? Definitely the speed, compared to git it is way faster and while checking out ,if you use two different folders for two different checkout , conflicts are managed easily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TortoiseHg? Lack of luster UI interface as web interface . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering TortoiseHg: Well a simple version countrol source code management which can be integrated with eclipse as well as intelliJ idea Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TortoiseHg solving and how is that benefiting you? Basic developers working across globe managing code , branching, merging and all Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated 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. 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