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The free, open-source Git & GitHub client for macOS, Windows, and Linux. One line to install, a checksum for every build, and the whole source on GitHub. It checks for new versions on its own.
Recommended for your Mac
Download for macOSApple Silicon · .dmg · 2.0.2Intel Mac? Get the Intel build
On a different machine? See every build below ↓
All builds
macOS
Apple Silicon & Intel · macOS 11+curl -fsSL https://gitstudio.dev/install.sh | bashor with Homebrew
brew install --cask gitstudiohq/gitstudio/gitstudioThe curl line checks the download against SHA256SUMS.txt, puts the app in Applications, and clears the quarantine flag, so it opens first time. The Homebrew line taps GitStudioHQ/homebrew-gitstudio by itself and installs the cask, which clears the flag too; add --force if GitStudio.app is already in Applications. Took the .dmg? The build is unsigned, so after dragging the app in and before you open it, clear the flag once (if macOS already refused it, move GitStudio.app to ~/Applications and run it there):
xattr -d -r -s com.apple.quarantine /Applications/GitStudio.appWindows
x64 · Windows 10 & 11irm https://gitstudio.dev/install.ps1 | iexThe PowerShell line fetches the installer, checks it against SHA256SUMS.txt, and runs it. The build is unsigned, so if SmartScreen appears choose More info → Run anyway. The installer lets you pick the directory. There is no ARM64 build.
Linux
x86-64 onlycurl -fsSL https://gitstudio.dev/install.sh | bashThe curl line checks the .AppImage against SHA256SUMS.txt and puts it in ~/.local/bin with a launcher entry. AppImages need libfuse2 (sudo apt install libfuse2; libfuse2t64 on Ubuntu 24.04), which the packages below do not. Or take a package: on Debian/Ubuntu sudo apt install ./GitStudio-*.deb; on Fedora/RHEL sudo dnf install ./GitStudio-*.rpm; the .tar.gz unpacks anywhere.
v2.0.2 · Apache-2.0 · SHA256SUMS.txt & older versions on the GitHub Releases page.
The app checks for new versions and asks before it downloads. Windows and the Linux AppImage update in place; on macOS it downloads the new .dmg to Downloads and opens it — one drag to Applications. The one-line installers check every download against SHA256SUMS.txt.
Build from source instead (Node 22+)
git clone https://github.com/GitStudioHQ/gitstudio.gitcd gitstudio && npm install && npm run dist --workspace apps/desktopThe installer for your OS lands in apps/desktop/release/. On Linux install rpm first (sudo apt install rpm), or build one target: npm run dist --workspace apps/desktop -- --linux AppImage deb. The whole thing is open source, so you can audit it or build it yourself.
Prefer to stay in your editor?
Get the extension instead.
The same engine, on the VS Code Marketplace and Open VSX — for VS Code, Cursor, VSCodium, Windsurf, and code-server.
GitStudio for VS Code & Cursor
code --install-extension gitstudio.gitstudioPrefer the raw VSIX? (2.6 MB)
Download gitstudio.vsixshasum -a 256 gitstudio.vsixExpected: f7ab77eb8461b0553ea13a0353a8d63174caad4431985bca460ea63ed9fbaa0a
Bonus
A built-in MCP server.
The desktop app and the repo both ship gitstudio-mcp — a stdio MCP server that exposes your repository's Git to Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, and Windsurf. Read-only by default; writes are opt-in. Setup lives in the AI & agents docs on GitHub.