Sourcetree
by Sourcetree · Desktop Git and Mercurial client for Mac and Windows
25.6 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Overview
Sourcetree is a free desktop Git client for Mac and Windows, published by Atlassian. It presents repositories through a GUI with branching diagrams, staging by file, hunk or line, local commit search and a remote repository manager for finding and cloning repositories. It works with both Git and Mercurial, and supports Git LFS, git-flow and submodules.
- Best for
- Developers who want a desktop GUI for Git and Mercurial work on Mac or Windows.
- Pricing
- The page offers a free download for Mac and Windows and shows no prices at all; a separate Sourcetree for Windows Enterprise edition is mentioned with no cost details.
- Runs on
- macOSWindows
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Free download for both Mac and Windows
- Works with Git and Mercurial repositories
- Stage or discard changes by file, hunk or line
- Covers Git LFS, git-flow, submodules and interactive rebase
Trade-offs
- Builds are offered for Mac and Windows only; no Linux version is shown
- Enterprise install and update management is described for Windows only
- Desktop application only — no browser-based access is mentioned
- No licence terms or account requirements are stated for the free download
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 0 out of 100
- Documentation
- 0 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 48 out of 100
- Pricing transparency
- 20 out of 100
- Customer sentiment
- 77 out of 100
- Changelog
- 0 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 65 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 10 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 0 out of 100
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