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24 alternatives to Git History

Quickly browse the history of any GitHub file

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Git History launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Quickly browse the history of any GitHub file▲407

   Quickly browse the history of a file from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or any git repository

   2019 · githistory.xyz · its alternatives →

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   GitHub Repository Explorer▲82

   Explore your GitHub repositories with ease

   2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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   GitHop▲60

   History widget that focuses only on github links. Useful to have it somewhere in the toolbar to go to repos quickly. Most recently-visited urls go to the top. Can be filtered. And navigated with arrow keys. https://i.imgur.com/pokaRck.jpg

   2022 · addons.mozilla.org · its alternatives →

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   git-history, for analyzing scraped data collected using Git and SQLite▲108

   I described Git scraping last year: a technique for writing scrapers where you periodically snapshot a source of data to a Git repository in order to record changes to that …

   2021 · simonwillison.net · its alternatives →

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   Explorer for GitHub▲148

   Explore GitHub from your Mac menubar or iPhone

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   A simple Go web server with logging, tracing, health check▲318

   GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

   2018 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

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   Memo▲196

   Take smarter notes with GitHub Gists, anywhere.

   2020 · usememo.com · its alternatives →

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   Githunt 2.0▲176

   Explore the top projects on GitHub 🏆

   2018 · kamran.fyi · its alternatives →

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   git:logs▲176

   The definitive list of open source resources on Github

   2016 · franksohakune.com · its alternatives →

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    An interactive visual history of Git development▲147

    An Interactive History of the Git Distributed Version Control System

    2021 · git-history.jpalmer.dev · its alternatives →

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    star-history▲74

    The missing star history graph of github repos

    2019 · star-history.com · its alternatives →

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    Top 1000 Repos▲106

    Easy way to browse the top 1000 GitHub repositories

    2023 · top1000repos.com · its alternatives →

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    Gitdash▲73

    Keep track of GitHub Issues, projects, PR's, and milestones

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Git Logs▲8

    A Better Way to Search Github

    2016 · franksohakune.com · its alternatives →

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    GitStats▲16

    Check live GitHub stats on new tab open

    2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Sourcegraph for GitHub▲97

    Browse and search GitHub like an IDE

    2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Github Bookmark Extension▲74

    Keep track of your favourite snippets of code on Github

    2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    GitStory▲75

    Internet Git's time machine

    2022 · gitstory.app · its alternatives →

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    Your Year In Code▲93

    Like Spotify rewind, but for Github

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    GitHub Reader▲109

    A quick way to browse GitHub issues and pull requests.

    2018 · git-issues.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Tool to track star history and stats of public GitHub repositories▲6

    2021 · apps.tooljet.com · its alternatives →

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    GitStats▲7

    New tab - chrome web store

    2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Github Compare▲80

    Compare Github repositories

    2019 · githubcompare.com · its alternatives →

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    A better way to visualize git history▲9

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

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