A Git GUI for macOS with the most advanced diff visualization engine. Powered by SwiftSyntax for structural code analysis, semantic equivalence detection, and change impact analysis.
https://nicolas-arsenault.github.io/gitflow-website/index.html
Run this command in Terminal:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Nicolas-Arsenault/GitFlow/main/scripts/install.sh | bashThis downloads, installs, and configures GitFlow automatically.
brew tap nicolas-arsenault/tap
brew install --cask gitflow-gui- Download the latest DMG from Releases
- Open the DMG and drag GitFlow to Applications
- Run this command to avoid security warnings:
xattr -cr /Applications/GitFlow.app
- Structural Diffs — See added, modified, and removed functions, classes, and methods—not just lines
- Semantic Equivalence — Detect when changes are just reformatting, reordering, or renaming
- Change Impact Analysis — Understand how changes propagate through your codebase
- Word-Level Highlighting — Smart tokenization shows exactly what changed within each line
- Unified & Split Views — Toggle between single-column and side-by-side diffs
- Syntax Highlighting — Language-aware highlighting for 200+ languages
- Image Diffing — Visual comparison for PNG, JPG, and other image formats
- Virtualized Rendering — Smooth performance even with 5000+ line diffs
- Working Tree Status — View staged, unstaged, and untracked files with visual indicators
- Staging — Stage entire files, individual hunks, or specific lines
- Commits — Create commits with message templates, spell check, and GPG signing
- Amend Commits — Modify the last commit with or without message changes
- Visual Branch Graph — See your commit history as an interactive graph
- Branch Operations — Create, rename, delete, checkout, merge, and rebase
- Remote Tracking — Set upstream branches, view ahead/behind status
- Branch Review — Identify stale branches, view merge status
- Branch Archiving — Archive branches you want to keep but hide
- OAuth Authentication — Secure login with GitHub OAuth
- Repository Browsing — Browse and clone your repositories
- Pull Requests — Create, review, and merge pull requests
- Code Reviews — Add comments, approve, or request changes
- Full Workflow — Complete GitHub workflow without leaving the app
- Interactive Rebase — Visual editor to reorder, squash, fixup, drop commits
- Merge Conflict Resolution — Three-way merge editor with ours/theirs/both
- Stash Management — Create, apply, pop, drop, rename stashes
- Worktrees — Work on multiple branches simultaneously
- Submodules — Initialize, update, and manage submodules
- Reflog — View and restore lost commits and branches
- Git Flow — Full git-flow workflow support
- Git LFS — Large File Storage detection and management
- Command Palette — Quick access to any action (⌘K)
- Drag and Drop — Merge, rebase, cherry-pick, and more with drag gestures
- Keyboard Navigation — Full keyboard shortcut coverage
- Multi-Window Support — Open multiple repositories side-by-side
- Commit Templates — Create and reuse commit message templates
- Browser-Style Navigation — Back/forward buttons for view history
- Confirmation Dialogs — Required for all destructive actions
- Keychain Integration — Secure credential storage
- GPG Signing — Sign commits with your GPG key
- SSH Key Management — Generate, import, and manage SSH keys
- 1Password Integration — Use 1Password SSH agent
- Native SwiftUI — Built for macOS 13+, optimized for Apple Silicon
- Touch Bar Support — Quick actions on MacBook Pro
- Spotlight Integration — Find repositories from Spotlight
- Handoff Support — Continue work across devices
- System Notifications — Stay informed about Git events
See the full documentation for detailed usage instructions.
git clone https://github.com/Nicolas-Arsenault/GitFlow.git
cd GitFlow
./scripts/build-dmg.shRequires Xcode 15+ and macOS 13+.
Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue first to discuss what you'd like to change.