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GitKraken vs NetBeans IDE: What are the differences?
GitKraken: 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; NetBeans IDE: Quickly and easily develop desktop, mobile and web applications with Java, HTML5, PHP, C/C++ and more. NetBeans IDE is FREE, open source, and has a worldwide community of users and developers.
GitKraken and NetBeans IDE are primarily classified as "Source Code Management Desktop Apps" and "Integrated Development Environment" tools respectively.
"Dark theme" is the primary reason why developers consider GitKraken over the competitors, whereas "Rich features" was stated as the key factor in picking NetBeans IDE.
Accenture, Edify, and Adsia are some of the popular companies that use NetBeans IDE, whereas GitKraken is used by Tradecore, SCORE42, and Atbox. NetBeans IDE has a broader approval, being mentioned in 62 company stacks & 46 developers stacks; compared to GitKraken, which is listed in 43 company stacks and 38 developer stacks.
Pros of GitKraken
- Dark theme60
- Best linux git client34
- Great overview29
- Full featured client21
- Gitflow support21
- Beautiful UI20
- Very easy to use19
- Graph17
- Works great on both linux and windows14
- Effortless14
- Easy Merge Conflict Tool6
- Great UX5
- Amazing Github and Bitbucket integration5
- Easy to Learn and Setup4
- Integration with GitHub4
- Super fast3
- Submodule support3
- Automatic Repo Discovery3
- Very user friendly2
- Fuzzy find (CTRL P)2
- Great for non-dev users1
- Because it has Linux client1
- Command palette (CTRL Shift P)1
- Much more stable than source tree1
Pros of NetBeans IDE
- Rich features76
- Crossplatform69
- Plugins(Git, SVN)49
- Easy to use38
- Extensible38
- PHP Support35
- Java support34
- File History28
- Code analysis21
- MySQL support18
- Free14
- Open source14
- Code completion10
- Strong Maven Support9
- NodeJs support8
- Webdev king6
- Easy maven project start6
- Best6
- Jira Plugin4
- Foss4
- Out of the box integration with maven, git, svn3
- History of changes, friendly tabs3
- Mandatory3
- Intuitive ui2
- Chrome plugin to live update javascript from browser2
- Groovy support2
- Native Nette support2
- I don't like NetBeans2
- Smarty support2
- Visual GUI Builder for Swing / AWT2
- Custom html tags support2
- Powerful refactoring1
- Composer commands inside IDE1
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Cons of GitKraken
- Hangs occasionally (not as bad as sourcetree)4
- No edit/fixup in interactive rebase4
- Extremely slow when working with large repositories4
- Does not work like a Mac app3
- Do not allow to directly edit staging area3
- Not as many features as sourcetree3
Cons of NetBeans IDE
- PHP debug doesn't support conditional breakpoints2
