Developer tools

Version control

10 listings are ranked by release freshness and adoption until verified reviews arrive; then review quality, volume and vendor responsiveness join the score. Open any row to see its receipt. See the formula

  • 3 fresh released in the last 90 days
  • 1 aging no release for 90 to 179 days
  • 0 stale no release for 180 days or more

10 ranked listings

  1. Gitea

    Self-hosted Git service written in Go, with pull requests, issues, packages and CI actions.

    Gitea No reviews yet Open source Linux macOS Windows Web
    Updated 68 days ago
    1 90.9 =
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    Rank receipt: Gitea
    #40 overall · #1 in category
    90.9/100
    1. Platform readiness +40.0 100.0 × 40%
    2. Release freshness +31.0 88.7 × 35%
    3. Adoption signals +19.9 79.4 × 25%
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  2. Jujutsu

    Version control system compatible with Git repositories, with first-class conflicts and an operation log.

    Jujutsu No reviews yet Open source Linux macOS Windows
    Updated 63 days ago
    2 90.3 =
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    Rank receipt: Jujutsu
    #44 overall · #2 in category
    90.3/100
    1. Platform readiness +40.0 100.0 × 40%
    2. Release freshness +31.5 90.1 × 35%
    3. Adoption signals +18.8 75.0 × 25%
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  3. Git

    Distributed version control system that tracks content history through snapshots and branches.

    Git Project No reviews yet Open source Linux macOS Windows
    No release for 129 days
    3 84.6 =
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    Rank receipt: Git
    #73 overall · #3 in category
    84.6/100
    1. Platform readiness +40.0 100.0 × 40%
    2. Release freshness +24.6 70.4 × 35%
    3. Adoption signals +20.0 80.0 × 25%
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  4. Fork

    Fast and friendly Git client for Mac and Windows with interactive rebase, merge conflict resolver and repository manager.

    Fork No reviews yet Paid macOS Windows
    Updated 62 days ago
    4 65.6 =
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    Rank receipt: Fork
    #213 overall · #4 in category
    65.6/100
    1. Platform readiness +34.0 85.0 × 40%
    2. Release freshness +31.6 90.4 × 35%
    3. Adoption signals +0.0 0.0 × 25%
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  5. GitHub Desktop

    Desktop GUI application to manage Git repositories, visualize diffs, resolve conflicts and collaborate on GitHub.

    GitHub, Inc. No reviews yet Free Windows macOS
    No dated release history published
    5 34.0 =
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    Rank receipt: GitHub Desktop
    #566 overall · #5 in category
    34.0/100
    1. Platform readiness +34.0 85.0 × 40%
    2. Release freshness +0.0 0.0 × 35%
    3. Adoption signals +0.0 0.0 × 25%
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  6. Sourcetree

    Visual Git and Mercurial desktop client providing interactive commits, branching visualization and repository management.

    Atlassian Corporation No reviews yet Free Windows macOS
    No dated release history published
    6 34.0 =
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    Rank receipt: Sourcetree
    #665 overall · #6 in category
    34.0/100
    1. Platform readiness +34.0 85.0 × 40%
    2. Release freshness +0.0 0.0 × 35%
    3. Adoption signals +0.0 0.0 × 25%
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  7. Tower

    Graphical Git client for macOS and Windows that simplifies version control for developers.

    Tower No reviews yet Paid macOS Windows
    No dated release history published
    7 34.0 =
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    Rank receipt: Tower
    #682 overall · #7 in category
    34.0/100
    1. Platform readiness +34.0 85.0 × 40%
    2. Release freshness +0.0 0.0 × 35%
    3. Adoption signals +0.0 0.0 × 25%
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  8. Bitbucket

    Bitbucket is Atlassian's Git repository hosting service with built-in pull requests and CI/CD pipelines.

    Atlassian Corporation No reviews yet Free plan Web
    No dated release history published
    8 24.0 =
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    Rank receipt: Bitbucket
    #960 overall · #8 in category
    24.0/100
    1. Platform readiness +24.0 60.0 × 40%
    2. Release freshness +0.0 0.0 × 35%
    3. Adoption signals +0.0 0.0 × 25%
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  9. GitHub

    GitHub is a Git hosting and collaboration platform for code review, issues and CI/CD through GitHub Actions.

    GitHub, Inc. No reviews yet Free plan Web
    No dated release history published
    9 24.0 =
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    #1044 overall · #9 in category
    24.0/100
    1. Platform readiness +24.0 60.0 × 40%
    2. Release freshness +0.0 0.0 × 35%
    3. Adoption signals +0.0 0.0 × 25%
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  10. GitLab

    GitLab is a DevSecOps platform combining Git hosting, CI/CD pipelines and security scanning in one application.

    GitLab Inc. No reviews yet Free plan Web
    No dated release history published
    10 24.0 =
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    Rank receipt: GitLab
    #1046 overall · #10 in category
    24.0/100
    1. Platform readiness +24.0 60.0 × 40%
    2. Release freshness +0.0 0.0 × 35%
    3. Adoption signals +0.0 0.0 × 25%
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