A fast, cross-platform desktop Git client.

🌐 Website: gitbench.builtbyzee.com

GitBench is a lightweight Git GUI built on .NET 10 with a custom GPU-accelerated UI and compiled to a native executable (Native AOT) — no runtime to install, quick to launch.

• Branches — local and remote branches grouped into folders, with checkout, rename, delete, merge, rebase, and fast-forward from the context menu.
• Local changes — stage/unstage by file or folder, discard, stash, and an inline diff view.
• History, stashes, worktrees & submodules — browse commits and manage the bits a real repo actually has.
• Multiple repositories — organize repos into collapsible groups in the sidebar.
• Light & dark themes.
• Auto-updates — the app checks GitHub Releases on launch and offers a one-click restart when a new version is available (powered by Velopack).

Head to gitbench.builtbyzee.com or grab the build for your platform directly from the latest release:

• Windows — run the Setup.exe installer (or use the portable build).
• macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel) — open the .pkg / app bundle.
• Linux — run the .AppImage.

Once installed, GitBench keeps itself up to date automatically — when an update is ready it shows a banner, and clicking Restart applies it.

GitBench drives the git command line, so make sure Git is installed and on your PATH.

You'll need the .NET 10 SDK and Git.

# Clone with submodules (the UI framework lives in a nested submodule)
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/Zeejfps/GitBench.git
cd GitBench

# If you already cloned without --recurse-submodules:
git submodule update --init --recursive

# Build
dotnet build GitBench.sln

# Run
dotnet run --project GitBench/GitBench.csproj

Auto-update only works in an installed build, so a local dotnet run simply skips the update check.

Releases are produced by the release workflow: pushing a SemVer tag (e.g. v1.2.3) builds a Native AOT executable per platform, packages it with Velopack, and publishes the installers and update feed to GitHub Releases.

Issues and pull requests are welcome — head to the issue tracker to report a bug or suggest a feature.