Best Git client for Mac? An honest Git GUI comparison

Every client, side by side

We read each client’s own website, documentation, release notes or repository on 10 November 2026. Unknown means we couldn’t confirm it there, not that it’s missing. Partial means it does some of it; hover a value for the detail, or open the client’s page for the full notes.

Mergepond and ten other Git clients compared, checked on 10 November 2026. Each value links to its source.
Feature	Mergepond	Fork	GitHub Desktop	Tower	GitKraken Desktop	Sourcetree	Sublime Merge	SmartGit	GitButler	lazygit	GitUp
Commit graph	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes
Interactive rebase	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Merge conflict tool	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Partial
Line and hunk staging	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Blame	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	No	Unknown
Stashes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes
Git LFS	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Unknown	Yes
Submodules	Partial	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Partial
Worktrees	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown
Repos on another machine over SSH	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Partial	Unknown
Per-project Git identities	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Unknown	Partial	Partial	Unknown	Unknown
Coding-agent worktree board	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	No	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Partial	Partial	No	No
Coding-agent plugin (MCP and CLI)	Yes	No	Unknown	Partial	Partial	Unknown	No	No	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Command palette	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Partial	Partial	Unknown
Pull requests	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	No	Yes	Yes	Partial	Partial
Platforms	macOS	macOS, Windows	macOS, Windows	macOS, Windows	macOS, Windows, Linux	macOS, Windows	macOS, Windows, Linux	macOS, Windows, Linux	macOS, Windows, Linux	macOS, Windows, Linux	macOS
Price	Free; Pro US$49.99 once	US$59.99 once	Free	From US$69 a year	Free tier; Pro US$120 a year	Free	US$99 once	Free non-commercial; paid from US$5 a month	Free	Free	Free
Open source	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Source available	Yes	Yes

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What both do, what only Mergepond does, what only the other client does, and what each costs.

Mergepond vs ForkmacOS, Windows. US$59.99 once.
Mergepond vs GitHub DesktopmacOS, Windows. Free.
Mergepond vs TowermacOS, Windows. From US$69 a year.
Mergepond vs GitKraken DesktopmacOS, Windows, Linux. Free tier; Pro US$120 a year.
Mergepond vs SourcetreemacOS, Windows. Free.
Mergepond vs Sublime MergemacOS, Windows, Linux. US$99 once.
Mergepond vs SmartGitmacOS, Windows, Linux. Free non-commercial; paid from US$5 a month.
Mergepond vs GitButlermacOS, Windows, Linux. Free.
Mergepond vs lazygitmacOS, Windows, Linux. Free.
Mergepond vs GitUpmacOS. Free.

Which one should you pick?

If you need Windows or Linux, pick one of the others: Mergepond is Mac only for now. Windows and Linux are coming soon. GitHub Desktop, lazygit and GitUp are free and open source. If you live in the terminal, lazygit runs anywhere a terminal does.

Pick Mergepond if you work on repos on other machines over SSH, keep several worktrees going with coding agents in them, or commit under more than one identity. It is free for repos on your Mac, and Pro is a one-time purchase. See everything Mergepond does.

Git clients for the Mac, compared honestly.

Every client, side by side

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Which one should you pick?

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