Git Extensions

It also integrates with Windows Explorer and Microsoft Visual Studio (2015/2017).

Current Status

The work has been split into two streams:

• version 3.0x
• version 2.5x

Version 3.0x

This stream contains the code for the new major version with a number of significant changes—both to the app and the codebase. For more details please refer to versions comparison.

	Windows	Linux/Mac
Runtime environment	MS Windows 7SP1+ MS .NET Framework 4.6.1+	No official support
Development	MS VS 2017 v15.5+, C#7.2	No official support
Current dev status	[ Download ]
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Version 2.5x

This stream contains the last cross-platform version running both on Windows (MS .NET Framework) and on Linux/Mac (Mono). The code is in maintenance mode with no significant active development planned. Only certain bug fixes are currently ported across, however there may be consideration given for certain features to be ported across from the v3.0x stream.

	Windows	Linux/Mac
Runtime environment	MS Windows 7SP1+ MS .NET Framework 4.6.1+	Linux / Mac (possible) Mono 5.0+
Development	MS VS 2015/2017, C#6	MonoDevelop / JetBrains Rider / MS VS for Mac
Current dev status
Translations
Latest Release (v2.51.01)	[ Download ] / Changelog GitHub: | SourceForge:

Download

Visual Studio VSIX (2015/2017)	[ Download ] or install via Visual Studio
Visual Studio addin (2010/2012/2013)	Included with installer for the 2.x branch. Download and run setup.exe
Visual Studio Code VSIX Kudos to @pmiossec	[ Download ] or install via VSCode NB: Please direct all discussions about the VSIX to its own repo.

Shoutouts

• Special thanks to JetBRAINS for ReSharper licenses.

Links

• Website: gitextensions.github.io
• Source code: github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions
• Online manual: git-extensions-documentation.readthedocs.org
• Issue tracker: github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/issues
• Wiki: github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/wiki
• Gitter chat: gitter.im/gitextensions/gitextensions
• Mailing list: groups.google.com/group/gitextensions