Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Ungit

Web-based Git GUI, written in JS and running under Node.js

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ungit launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   ugit – Learn Git Internals by Building Git in Python▲309

   2020 · leshenko.net · its alternatives →

2. 2
   I made a tool that made me faster at Git▲551

   simple terminal UI for git commands. Contribute to jesseduffield/lazygit development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   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 →

4. 4
   Board For GitHub▲293

   A webview based GitHub project app with native features

   2017 · justinfincher.github.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   RawGit▲88

   Use .css, .js and other files directly from GitHub

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   lolcommits▲86

   git + webcam = lulz. A selfie every time you commit code.

   2015 · lolcommits.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Netlify CMS▲236

   An open-source CMS for your Git workflow

   2017 · harta-europei.com · its alternatives →

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   Gogs▲56

   A self-hosted Git service written in Go

   2014 · gogs.io · its alternatives →

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   GitHub Desktop▲252

   The New Native

   2017 · desktop.github.com · its alternatives →

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    GoGITiT - GitHub Usage Statistics of JS Frameworks▲13

    2015 · gogitit.co · its alternatives →

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    Gogit – Just enough Git (in Go) to push itself to GitHub▲176

    In which I rewrite my toy pygit client in Go to see how suitable Go is for simple scripts.

    2023 · benhoyt.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    git:logs▲176

    The definitive list of open source resources on Github

    2016 · franksohakune.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Slack Gitsin▲115

    A beautiful Slack command line interface

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    lazygit▲93

    Command line utility to automate daily git push operations

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Omniref▲144

    Stackoverflow for Github

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Git Hooting▲124

    00's called, they want their RSS feeds back. I was looking at my growing Github gist collection when a sudden urge to blog and make a name for myself "by not programming" struck. Part way into implementing my oh so special static website generator it occurred to me that, quite frankly, Github gists is a pretty decent publishing platform. I mean, it gives you reasonably extended markdown with previews, heck I could even write in org-mode, has comments, follower - followee relationship, extended search with filters, check out locally and push your edits. Did someone say "edit button"? Thus the…

    2023 · git.ht · its alternatives →

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    JSON Query▲152

    On a recent screen share with our designer at my FT job, I watched as our designer struggled with checking out a repository. It was painful because existing Git clients are confusing and nearly user hostile. Us software engineers are used to Git and terrible UX, but it shouldn't have to be that way. So, I wanted to make something better. Been working on this one for a while now, and while it's still very early stages, it's stable enough that I feel comfortable sharing it with the world :) I wanted a few things to be really easy and clear: - Merging between branches is explained before you do…

    2015 · satishmaha.com · its alternatives →

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    Frankly▲101

    A dashboard of issues and PRs across GitHub repositories.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    gitconvex▲66

    A web based UI client for managing git repositories

    2020 · gitconvex.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    GitMap▲69

    A location based job board powered only by GitHub

    2016 · idoco.github.io · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Learn Git▲98

    Learning platform for version control with Git

    2014 · git-tower.com · its alternatives →

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    GitFramed▲81

    Git it, frame it

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Jump Start Git▲63

    The most useful dev tasks you haven't mastered yet.

    2015 · sitepoint.com · its alternatives →

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    SourceTree▲12

    A free Git & Mercurial client for Windows or Mac.

    2015 · sourcetreeapp.com · its alternatives →

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