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Fork vs GitKraken: What are the differences?
Developers describe Fork as "Fast and Friendly Git Client for Mac". Manage your repositories without leaving the application. Organize the repositores into categories. Fork's Diff Viewer provides a clear view to spot the changes in your source code quickly. On the other hand, GitKraken is detailed as "Git GUI Client for Windows Mac and Linux built on Electron". The downright luxurious Git client for Windows, Mac and Linux. Cross-platform, 100% standalone, and free.
Fork and GitKraken belong to "Source Code Management Desktop Apps" category of the tech stack.
"One of the easiest and fastest git GUIs" is the top reason why over 6 developers like Fork, while over 46 developers mention "Dark theme" as the leading cause for choosing GitKraken.
According to the StackShare community, GitKraken has a broader approval, being mentioned in 42 company stacks & 38 developers stacks; compared to Fork, which is listed in 4 company stacks and 7 developer stacks.
I explored many Git Desktop tools for the Mac and my final decision was to use Fork. What I love about for that it contains three features, I like about a Git Client tool.
It allows * to handle day to day git operations (least important for me as I am cli junkie) * it helps to investigate the history * most important of all, it has a repo manager which many other tools are missing.
Pros of Fork
- One of the easiest and fastest git GUIs18
- Nice UX13
- Does the job way better than others12
- Fast, Great support, Does-it-all, blazing fast12
- Dark theme10
- Intuitive interactive rebase and conflict resolution UI9
- Gitflow support9
- Excellent commit history tree view7
- This even looks the same as SourceTree5
- Repository Manager4
- Countless quality of life features3
- Built-in developer feedback3
- Not buggy, works smoothly2
- Keyaboard-only2
- Visual branch history2
- Reflog support2
- Github Notifications2
- Git ammend1
- Smart 'Open in' menu; e.g. explorer, bit, giithub .1
- Native application1
- Interactive rebase window1
- Intuitive merge conflict resolution1
- Unique Activity Manager shows current/past operations1
Pros of GitKraken
- Dark theme59
- Best linux git client34
- Great overview29
- Full featured client21
- Gitflow support20
- Beautiful UI19
- Very easy to use18
- Graph16
- Works great on both linux and windows13
- Effortless13
- Easy Merge Conflict Tool6
- Amazing Github and Bitbucket integration5
- Great UX4
- Integration with GitHub3
- Automatic Repo Discovery3
- Submodule support3
- Easy to Learn and Setup3
- Super fast3
- Fuzzy find (CTRL P)2
- Very user friendly1
- Much more stable than source tree1
- Great for non-dev users1
- Because it has Linux client1
- Command palette (CTRL Shift P)1
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Cons of Fork
- Stability is fragile when looking deeply into history1
- Merges that require interactive user decision1
- Poorly written license1
Cons of GitKraken
- Extremely slow when working with large repositories3
- No edit/fixup in interactive rebase3
- Hangs occasionally (not as bad as sourcetree)3
- Not as many features as sourcetree2
- Do not allow to directly edit staging area2
- Does not work like a Mac app2
