Download the free Git client for Windows, Mac and Linux. GitKraken Git GUI is free for use with public repositories.
Features
- Cross-Platform
- Repo Management
- Seamless Integrations
- Drag & Drop
- Git LFS
- 1-Click Undo & Redo
- Git Hooks Support
- Fuzzy Finder
- Gitflow Support
- Resizable Commit Graph
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- File History & Blame
- Submodules
- Light & Dark Themes
- In-App Merge Tool
- Visual Interactions
Pro Features
- Merge Conflict Editor
- Multiple Profiles
- Additional Integrations
- Email Support
What's New
New
- Experimental section now available from Preferences, and users may now opt-in for:
- Experiment 1: AI Generated Commit Messages
- Generate commit messages from any staged changes by connecting with an OpenAI API key.
- Experiment 2: Bundled Git Executable
- GitKraken Client will use Git instead of the Nodegit library for actions like fetch and commits, plus deliver some performance improvements.
- Refreshed the new-user onboarding, for a smoother experience into the app.
Improvements
- When adding repos to a Workspace connected to Azure DevOps, you may now select specific Azure DevOps repos instead of syncing an entire project.
- Improved position of "traffic light" window controls on MacOS.
- Improved the left panel resize handle UI.
Bug Fixes
- Deleting the default branch name setting no longer sets the default branch name to empty string in .gitconfig.
- Changing this setting also no longer edits the .gitconfig file at all if the sync .gitconfig with profile setting is not checked.
- Basic text-editing context menu has been added to Left Panel filter input.
- Added error toast if the app detects different capitalization in remote URLs.
- Fixed issue retaining selected Jira project or Trello board when changing Workspaces.
- Fix duplicate repos in the Local Workspace repo list when the repo was deleted from the users machine.
- Fix error 'Checkout Failed: stdout maxbuffer length exceeded' when checking out in some big LFS repos.
- Improved the app's handling of commits with an empty message.
- Fixed a case where opening a file in an external editor would not complete the action.
Previous release notes
New
- Updated OpenSSL to 1.1.1t, which includes important security updates.
- Fixed file contents not loading when opening diffs/merges in external tools.
- Improved WSL 2 support for the Linux version of GitKraken Client.
- Users may now install GitKraken Client in a WSL 2 distribution with WSLg and work with their Linux repos.
- For the best experience, we recommend users also install GitKraken Client on their Windows machine to work with repos hosted outside their WSLg distribution.
- For installation or upgrade instructions, check out the WSL 2 Help Center documentation.
- New encoding support ð
- Configure from Preferences > Encoding or from the top right of any File Diff view.
- Users may now bypass Git Hooks when committing after entering a commit message.
- GitKraken Insights is now available for Cloud Workspaces connected to Azure DevOps.
Improvements
- Amend (rename) stashes:
- Right-click a stash in the graph and then click Edit stash message.
- Right-click on a stash in the Left Panel to access Edit stash message.
- Click the stash message in the Commit Panel to edit the stash message.
- Workspace improvements:
- Workspace columns can now be sorted on Repositories, Issues, Pull Requests and WIP tables.
- All GitKraken Insights metrics now have a dropdown for changing the time period between 7 days or 14 days for licensed users.
- From the Interactive Rebase editor, the first commit can now be set Drop.
Bug Fixes
- Fix submodules update being triggered twice during a Pull (rebase), Rebase, cherry-pick, revert commit, reset, checkout, or undo/redo.
- Local Workspaces may now be edited again while working offline.
- Users will now get a more helpful message when an integration fails to connect due to a problem with SSL certificate verification.
- When amending commit messages, the draggable resize handle will now correctly resize the text box.
- When amending commit/stash messages, the summary-line text input will now be focused automatically.
- Fixed an issue where Jira Server issues would not show up for a Workspace.
- Fixed a timing issue where Shared Workspaces would not show up for Organization owners if the user was not a team member of that Workspace.
- Fixed an issue where manually inputting the token to login with GitHub would not save the token for the Github Provider.
- Fixed a timing issue that caused branches not to show when relaunching the app from a Workspace.
Improved WSL 2 Support
We've heard that WSL is an essential part of many of our users' development setup, and as WSL's popularity continues to grow, we're excited to start offering some improvements for users working in this environment. To give users an opportunity to have a more native-like experience as quickly as possible, we've improved the Linux version of GitKraken Client to fix common issues when operating within a WSL 2 environment.
With 9.1, users may now install GitKraken Client in a WSL 2 distribution with WSLg and better work with their Linux repos. For the best experience, we recommend users install GitKraken Client both on their Windows machine as well as their WSLg Linux distro. This allows users to quickly swap between GitKraken Client on each of their operating systems.
For more information about WSL 2 / WSLg, and the additional features we've introduced to better manage GitKraken Client in this environment, check out the Help Center documentation.
Workspace Improvements
Workspace columns can be sorted on Repositories, Issues, Pull Requests and WIP tables. This should help you better organize your Focus View or Team View.
GitKraken Insights is now available for Cloud Workspaces connected to Azure DevOps, which should help Azure DevOps users measure how fast pull requests get merged.
And all GitKraken Insights metrics now have a dropdown for changing the time period between a 7 day or 14 day time period for licensed users.
Previous release notes
Workspaces
- There are now two types of GitKraken Workspaces: Local and Cloud.
- Local Workspaces are a new type of Workspace that reference only repositories on your machine.
- Select individual repositories, a directory of repositories, or a VS Code Workspace (.code-workspace) to create a Local Workspace.
- Local Workspaces can also be created from existing Project Directories in the Repository Management view.
- Quickly open repositories in a Repo Tab, or in a VS Code Workspace.
- View the currently checked out branch, remote status, and work in progress across all repositories in the Workspace.
- View repository details, including the README for each repository in the Workspace.
- Fetch all repositories in a Workspace at once.
- Cloud Workspaces (previously Personal and Shared) are enhanced with Pull Requests and Issues from hosting and issue tracking services.
- Cloud Workspaces can be easily created from Local Workspaces from the Workspace menu.
- The Overview is now out of Preview and has been renamed to the Focus View. It displays Pull Requests, Issues, and work in progress that are relevant to you.
- The Team Overview is now out of Preview and has been renamed to the Team View. It displays Pull Requests and Issues for everyone on your team.
- Tables inside the Focus View and Team View can now be customized to toggle specific columns on/off.
- Repositories can now be marked as favorites within all Workspaces.
GitKraken Insights - Preview
- GitKraken Insights measures how fast pull requests are merged into your repositories and more! Get metrics like:
- Average Cycle Time: Measures the average time it takes for a pull request to be merged for the selected timeframe.
- Average Throughput: Measures the average number of pull requests merged for the selected timeframe.
- Merge Rate: The percentage of merged pull requests compared to open pull requests for the selected timeframe.
- Open: The total number of pull requests opened for the selected timeframe.
- Merged:The total number of pull requests merged for the selected timeframe.
- Note: GitKraken Insights will be gradually rolled out to all users. Look for it soon!
Improvements
- Workspaces -
- The Create Workspace form has been refined to include Local and Cloud Workspace types and to make sharing and adding repositories easier.
- The Workspace loading spinner is less-boring ð
- Improved speed at which Focus View and Team View start to load.
Left Panel
- Resizing sections in the Left Panel now behaves better in edge cases, like pushing several sections at once.
- Sections in the Left Panel can now be maximized via context menu to collapse all other sections.
- Icons and text in the Left Panel have been aligned and have consistent indents in all sections.
- The resize handle for adjusting Left Panel width is now centered on the panel edge.
UI / Themes
- The UI has been refreshed in most views to reduce visual noise. This mostly involved reducing the dependency on background colors to separate sections of content and will be noticeable in custom themes.
- Color values in default Light themes have been updated to be generally brighter.
- Color values in the Dark (High Contrast) theme have been updated to better separate content after the UI refresh.
- Menu bar and context menus will now match the GitKraken Client theme in Windows.
- The Mac application icon has been updated to match current Apple guidelines.
- Windows and Linux application icons have also been refreshed.
- Improved LFS performance for cherry-picking or reverting a commit with a large amount of LFS files.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where submodules were left uninitialized (even with 'Keep submodules up to date' enabled in the preferences) after the following actions:
- Undo or redo a checkout or reset hard
- Cherry-pick, revert, rebase, interactive rebase, reset, pull
- Fixed some theme-ability issues on the toolbar and the New Tab.
- Fixed an issue with false positives in private repo detection.
- Fixed an error that will occur when Ctrl/Shift clicking within the Left Panel.
