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Fork vs SourceTree: 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, SourceTree is detailed as "A free Git GUI client for Windows and macOS". Use the full capability of Git and Mercurial in the SourceTree desktop app. Manage all your repositories, hosted or local, through SourceTree's simple interface.
Fork and SourceTree can be primarily classified as "Source Code Management Desktop Apps" tools.
"One of the easiest and fastest git GUIs" is the top reason why over 6 developers like Fork, while over 199 developers mention "Visual history and branch view" as the leading cause for choosing SourceTree.
Zillow, PedidosYa, and Coderus are some of the popular companies that use SourceTree, whereas Fork is used by JustWatch, Lancaster Solutions, and Center for Open Science. SourceTree has a broader approval, being mentioned in 615 company stacks & 400 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 SourceTree
- Visual history and branch view205
- Beautiful UI164
- Easy repository browsing134
- Gitflow support87
- Interactive stage or discard by hunks or lines75
- Great branch visualization22
- Ui/ux and user-friendliness18
- Best Git Client UI/Features8
- Search commit messages7
- Available for Windows and macOS5
- Log only one file1
- Search file content1
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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 SourceTree
- Crashes often11
- So many bugs8
- Fetching is slow sometimes7
- Extremely slow5
- Very unstable5
- Can't select text in diff (windows)4
- No dark theme (Windows)4
- Can't scale window from top corners3
- Freezes quite frequently3
- UI blinking2
- Installs to AppData folder (windows)2
- Diff makes tab indentation look like spaces2
- Windows and Mac versions are very different2
- Windows version worse than mac version2
- Diff appears as if space indented even if its tabs2
- Doesn't have an option for git init2
- Useless for merge conflict resolution2
- Doesn't differentiate submodules from parent repos2
- Requires bitbucket account2
- Generally hard to like1
- No reflog support1
- Bases binary check on filesize1
- Can't add remotes by right clicking remotes (windows)1
