Git Cola

7.2easy start · #3 of 31
in Git GUI Clients

Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workyes

Runs on Linux, Mac, Windows.

Git Cola is ranked #3 of 31 in git GUI clients on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.

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Free Free free software git-cola.github.io · 30 Sept 2026

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Free plan: Yes

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The record

Product: Git Cola is a graphical user interface for Git.
Technology: Git Cola is free software powered by Python and PyQt.
Latest release: The latest stable release is v4.19.0, released 2026-07-12.
Git operations: Its subcommands include fetch, pull, push, merge, interactive rebase, stash, tag, branch, diff, search and grep.
History visualization: git-dag presents git log features in a graphical history visualizer.
Rebase editor: Git Cola ships with an interactive rebase editor called git-cola-sequence-editor.
Interface: Its tools can be hidden, rearranged and detached, and window layouts are remembered and restored.
Conflict protection: Git Cola can inspect unmerged files for conflict markers before staging them to help prevent unresolved conflicts from being staged.
Runtime requirements: The documented runtime requirements are Git 2.2.0 or newer, Python 3.9 or newer, QtPy 2.0.0 or newer, and a supported Python Qt library.
Optional integrations: Optional Python modules enable Send2Trash, desktop notifications and macOS-specific application themes.
Security: Git Cola supports FIPS security mode when running on FIPS-enabled Python, including Python 3.9 and newer.
Privacy: Gravatar lookups send an MD5 hash of an author email to gravatar.com and can leak information; network requests can be disabled.
License: Git Cola is distributed under the GNU General Public License version 2.
Support: Problem reports and feature requests can be filed in the Git Cola issue tracker.
Price from: Free

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Best Git GUI Clients in 2026#3 of 31

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git-cola.github.io· checked 30 Sept 2026
git-cola.gitlab.io/downloads.html· checked 30 Sept 2026
git-cola.github.io/share/doc/git-cola/html/git-cola.html· checked 30 Sept 2026
git-cola.github.io/share/doc/git-cola/html/git-dag.html· checked 30 Sept 2026
github.com/git-cola/git-cola· checked 30 Sept 2026
git-cola.github.io/license.html· checked 30 Sept 2026
git-cola.github.io/about.html· checked 30 Sept 2026