Show HN: BetterGit – Free, simple, no frills, Git GUI (opens in new tab)

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 it - Creating branches and tags is just a + button - Discarding all changes automatically creates a stash so you can go back if it was an accident

It's fully free. Cross platform. There are no signups, no accounts. No noise. No banners. No advertisements. No trackers. No AI.

Check it out and let me know what you think! Here to improve on the DX for everyone and hope to make our lives just a little bit better.