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24 alternatives to Retcon

Rewrite Git history with drag-and-drop and ⌘Z

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Retcon launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Retcon▲8

   Effortlessly rewrite Git history

   2025 · retcon.app · its alternatives →

2. 2RA
   Retcon – A macOS Git client for instantly rewriting history▲7

   I really like interactive rebases in Git, but always thought they took too much time and effort. There are tools that make them a lot nicer, like magit or GitUp, but they still ask a lot of you. So over the last two years I built Retcon. In the app, you can manipulate history directly (e.g. drag a commit to a different spot) at all times; even when there’s a conflict waiting for resolution, you can always keep making changes. You're not asked to first make a rebase TODO and then commit to it. So you no longer need to think too much ahead: you just make the changes you have in mind, see what…

   2024 · retcon.app · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Commit Print▲120

   Posters of your git history

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Gaac▲122

   Use your Github repo as a drag-and-drop CDN for Free

   2022 · its alternatives →

5. 5IM
   I made a git rebase TUI editor▲115

   I use interactive rebase quite often, and particularly like the editor bundled with IntelliJ. But I do not always work with IntelliJ, and am not 'fluent' with Vim, so I tried to replicate roughly the same rebase experience within a TUI. I used a small TUI OCaml project i made last year. The notable features are: - Move commits up and down, fixup, drop - Rename commits from the editor (without having to stop for a reword during the rebase run) - Visualize modified files along commits - 'Explode' a commit ,creating a commit for each modified file (a thing I found myself doing quite often)…

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6QB
   Quickly browse the history of any GitHub file▲407

   2019 · githistory.xyz · its alternatives →

7. 7GH
   git-history, for analyzing scraped data collected using Git and SQLite▲108

   2021 · simonwillison.net · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Git Story▲108

   Animate the story of your Git project

   2022 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Updated.dev▲145

   Turn Git commits into Linear-style release notes

   Dec 2025 · updated.dev · its alternatives →

10. 10
    GitUp▲275

    The Git interface you've been missing all your life

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Dropover▲285

    Easier drag & drop on your Mac

    2020 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Gitstock–Transform you GitHub commit history into K-line and animations▲27

    Visualize a GitHub repository

    Jun 2026 · gitstock.org · its alternatives →

13. 13AI
    An interactive visual history of Git development▲147

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

14. 14
    JuxtaCode▲98

    Git diffs & merges, but nicer

    2024 · its alternatives →

15. 15GA
    Gitlogue – A terminal tool that replays your Git commits with animation▲159

    Gitlogue is a CLI that turns your Git commits into a typing-style replay. It visualizes diffs line by line, shows the file tree, and plays back each edit as if it were typed in real time. Key points • Realistic typing animation • Syntax-highlighted diffs • File-tree view • Replay any commit • Self-contained CLI Demo video is in the README. Repo: https://github.com/unhappychoice/gitlogue

    Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Digest Diff▲105

    Let your commit history tell its story using the power of AI

    2023 · its alternatives →

17. 17GF
    Git–fiddle – Edit commit messages, author and timestamps during rebase▲60

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Git-stage-batch – curate clean commit history before pushing▲6

    Hunk-by-hunk and line-by-line staging for git, designed for building clean commit history! Writing code is messy. Git history doesn't have to be. During development we experiment, refactor, backtrack, and fix mistakes. If every step ends up as a commit, the history becomes noise. A curated history turns that process into a clear sequence of logical changes. git-stage-batch helps you build that history incrementally by letting you stage changes hunk-by-hunk or line-by-line, shaping commits around meaning instead of the order the edits happened.

    Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19DD
    Debase – drag and drop Git rebase in your terminal▲10

    2022 · heytoaster.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Git Version Bumper▲83

    Bump your git tag to the next version, easily. 👊

    2018 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    GitSync Lite for macOS▲88

    Monitor, sync & back up your git repos from the menu bar

    Mar 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22RE
    Rebase-editor, a simple CLI app specifically for Git interactive rebase▲62

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23GI
    'git inject' – amend commits other than HEAD▲71

    'git inject' is a git alias (see code at the bottom). It is similar to 'git commit --amend', but it allows you to 'inject' your changes into commits further back in history (using 'rebase'). If you're as pedantic as I am about the git history you're about to push into master (as far as I can control it, I strive to keep each commit conceptually coherent), you'll often come to a situation where you have a modification that really belongs in an older commit. It takes a few git commands to stash other changes away, commit the modification, then interactively rebase over some previous commit,…

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    gitconvex▲66

    A web based UI client for managing git repositories

    2020 · its alternatives →

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