GitKraken Desktop Description

GitKraken Desktop: Your Command Center for Git Excellence

With 40 million+ developers and over 100,000 organizations relying on it, GitKraken Desktop is the Git client built for serious dev workflows. Whether you're committing from your IDE, managing branches via CLI, or syncing with remote repositories in the cloud, GitKraken makes Git easier and smarter.

Use features like AI-assisted merge resolution, drag-and-drop branch management, and visual rebase to reduce friction and avoid costly mistakes. Built for speed and collaboration, GitKraken connects seamlessly with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps, helping you focus less on Git, and more on building great software.

Pricing

Pricing Starts At:
$0
Free Version:
Yes

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Company Details

Company:
GiKraken
Year Founded:
2014
Headquarters:
United States
Website:
www.gitkraken.com/git-client
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Product Details

Platforms
Web-Based
Windows
Mac
Linux
Types of Training
Training Docs
Customer Support
Online Support

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GitKraken Desktop User Reviews

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  • Name: Brooke C.
    Job Title: Student
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
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    Useful Git client

    Date: Nov 02 2021

    Summary: Useful tool to have for working on both personal and collaborative projects. Can help with diagnosing issues with a Git repo--the graphical view is much more intuitive than the Git CLI!

    Positive: Works well either standalone or as a companion to the git command line. Graphical layout reinforces the core concepts of Git.

    Negative: Pricing model can be frustrating sometimes-- local-only repos are allowed, but private GitHub or GitLab ones are not.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Embedded software engineer
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 26 - 99
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Fantastic git gui as long as you don't have to use WSL2

    Date: Dec 05 2025

    Summary: GitKraken is a fantastic Git client—right up until you’re a Windows developer using WSL2. On macOS, Linux, or native-Windows repos, it’s a joy: it makes complex Git history approachable, reduces mistakes, and speeds up routine tasks in a way the CLI rarely matches. But the modern Windows development story is WSL2-first, and GitKraken still treats that setup as second-class. When the community’s most-requested feature is “good WSL2 support” and it’s still missing, it undermines trust in the roadmap. I’d recommend GitKraken enthusiastically to non-WSL2 users, but for WSL2-heavy teams, it’s hard to justify until GitKraken closes this very visible, very frustrating gap.

    Positive: GitKraken is still one of the most pleasant ways to work with Git day-to-day. The UI is clean, modern, and genuinely helps you understand what’s happening in a repo at a glance. The commit graph is readable even on busy projects, and common operations like branching, rebasing, cherry-picking, and resolving conflicts feel safer thanks to clear visual cues and good diff tools. Integrations with GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket are smooth, and linking commits to issues or PRs is effortless. Workspaces and tabbed repos make juggling multiple projects easy. Overall, it’s fast, stable, and lowers the cognitive load of Git without hiding the power you need.

    Negative: The biggest disappointment is the lack of a solid WSL2 workflow. If your repos live inside WSL2 (which is now the default setup for tons of Windows developers), GitKraken still can’t handle them cleanly without clunky workarounds or slow cross-filesystem access. What makes this sting more is that proper WSL2 support has been the #1 requested feature on GitKraken’s own user suggestions page for a long time, yet it remains unresolved. For a paid product, that gap feels increasingly out of step with real-world Windows dev.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Backend engineer
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 26 - 99
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Lost day's progress because of a bug with git rebase

    Date: Sep 26 2023

    Summary: I will be extra careful with it from now on, and I don't recommend using it.

    I can't express how much I am frustrated being forced to do all of the hard work once again since this thing annihilated all of the changes I've done through the hard day of work.

    Positive: The basic convenience of a Git UI tool. Cool interface. Cute octopus. New octopus animation on the startup screen every few months.

    Negative: - Critical bugs that can ruin your whole day of work, if not more (taking into account that you have certain expectations/deadlines)
    - Awful pricing policy, taking into account the critical bugs.

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