SourceTree for Linux

[jarrodchesney]

The way i see it, they developed for OSX, to be used internally as they use Macs and they used XCode first of, so this wasn't cross platform with windows.

THEN, they moved on and made the same mistake on windows, making it not cross platform. Sourcetree doesn't need to be "as close to metal as possible for the best user experiance".

And thats where things are at - In a pretty tight corner as neither current code bases will run on Linux. I don't buy that it was all planned this way from the get go.

But anyways, I just use git command line in linux.

[KieranA]

Hey Jarrod,

SourceTree developer here. It seems others in this thread are thinking the same, but SourceTree was never developed to be used as an internal tool. Just search for 'SourceTree acquired' in Google and you'll see it was bought almost 2 years ago (http://blog.bitbucket.org/2011/10/06/sourcetree-mac-client-acquired-by-atlassian/). It was developed by Steve (who's still on the team) to be built as a Git/Mercurial client to be sold on a license basis, which is what happened. Once acquired it then became free.

The reason we developed a Windows-specific tool was because SourceTree is years' of development. The reason we didn't make the Windows client cross-platform was because of time. We wanted to get a client out to the community as fast as possible because of the very high demand. At the time, there was near on zero Linux demand.

Whilst it may not sound planned, it was indeed planned all along so we could get to the masses as quickly as possible. If we had developed a cross platform solution that had the minimum set of functionality required to be deemed a suitable client it would have taken considerable more time. We'd love to cater for everyone but as others have said in this thread, it's a matter of resourcing.

Cheers

[Martin Joehren]

so have you considered to make it open source? when it comes to a lack of resources it might be a good option to make both sides happy.

[Chev]

I love Martin's idea. If you open-sourced SourceTree I'd give it six months at the most before there was a working linux client. SourceTree on Ubuntu would make me giddy.

[Deleted user]

@Kieran Senior [Atlassian] could you answer if you consider to release the source code? one can get it free of charge, so money is not the reason. i would like it even more if i know that someone can look at the source code to check for backdoors and bugs and someone other can fix that or improve functionality. also it would make the software independent from you if you loose interest or have no resources to develop it further. it would be sad to loose such a great tool.

[oxium]

I've been using SourceTree on both windows & mac OS and I love it !

Now I'm back on Linux.. back to old school command line git shit.. and I really miss the hunk commit.. such a great feautre !

Seriously that would be so awesome from Atlassian to release the linux version !!

Just saying..

[jarrodchesney]

back to old school command line git shit

FYI Command line is not shit.

[pmkamat]

c'mon guys... it's the least a linux user can expect... a worthwhile GUI!

[s i]

Well seeing as there isn't a source tree client for linux, I have started using SmartGit. This is a very good tool and once you get used to a couple of quirks, you find it is actually better than source tree.

So, sorry Atlassian for metioning a different product, but I would use yours if you supplied a linux client!! 10 Pages of posts is quite a lot to simply ignore :-(

[Helaman Ferguson]

Hi, I have been a developer on mac for quite a while. I have enjoyed being able to run virtual machines on my mac for windows. Having SourceTree on mac and windows has been great in that environment. With Apple moving to an ARM based architecture for macs this will likely no longer be the case that mac will hold its place as the go to platform for those of us that need both windows and mac. I am a consultant and have found it very useful to setup VMs for various projects. I have liked that so much that I am moving to Linux, where I can do the same thing with VMs. I expect that more developers will be doing the same thing and having SourceTree on Linux would be great.

Please give the SourceTree Linux port more consideration.

[gwarah]

+1 to request linux sourcetree. But while we haven't this client, some alternatives could be: smartgit and gitkraken (both personal free until now)

[Vitorio Cargnini]

I'm using GitEye, to the point I already suggested moving from Atlassian to CollabNet

[Deleted user]

+1 for linux version. Windows is the evil.. cm'ooon

[Edinson Villalba]

+1

[Andrey Gadyukov]

any updates on this?

[ADrrk]

+1 for Linux Client

[Rusu Marin]

+1 for Linux Client

[Adriano]

It would be great to get Sourcetree for Linux. Really!

[marcellus48k]

So, after 23 pages and 567 comments... Atlassian doesn't build a linux version? This CEO reminds me of the old Nokia CEO when iphone appeared: 'no one want a computer in a phone'. Same little vision. 

[Bamboy]

Hey at least it's not blizzard...

[Vitorio Cargnini]

Why not Blizzard?

[Sofia Lu]

+1

[Vitorio Cargnini]

did anything changed in regards SourceTree for Linux ??

[baileyjones]

No... I've been following this thread for a long time, and the answer has been consistently "no". 

Most tools are available for Linux, and they're pretty solid. Just pick one and move on with life. :-D

[Vitorio Cargnini]

Thanks @baileyjones , OK, will pick one, it is a shame thou, and despite what our companies pay overall to Atlassian.

Anyway, Thank you, I'll get something and move on.

b~d

[Dennis Field]

I've found a good one in GitAhead. Coming from using Sourcetree for years, it's a bit different, but it's open source, cross platform, and pretty good (especially where searching is concerned). Unfortunately the last time I posted that as a response, it disappeared shortly after. I suspect Atlassian's forums are sorting by upvotes instead of date, so good answers get lost in the mess as people tend to just check the first and last page.

[Vitorio Cargnini]

Got it!

Already cloned and started testing it.

[Goddard]

Check out gitg.  It is a GTK based git project manager.  It has a nice branch view and is simple and integrates nicely.

[Edinson Villalba]

Atlassian please hear us, build a SourceTree desktop app for Linux this year!!

[ekawahyu]

You can take a look for temporary solution in the meantime :-) I hope this helps.

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Sourcetree-questions/SourceTree-for-Linux-OS/qaq-p/74091

[Dennis Field]

There's a neat little diamond in the rough I recently found called GitAhead.

It started out as a pro offering but has been made open source, and there are no other accounts you need to sign up for. Even has GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket integration. Since I'm so used to Sourcetree, there are a couple of things I noticed that weren't quite as intuitive about it, but at least it works on every OS and has most of the things I need.

Go use it, and make it better in the spirit of open source :)

[edwardtriersistemas]

Atlassian please create a version Source Tree for Linux.

I would be the man more happy of the world.

[bogdangheorghe]

Well, it seems GitKraken just dropped support for private repos the free version. It would be stupid to use the free Bitbucket version and to pay for a client to use on Linux. Really now, how hard can it be?

[ekawahyu]

@bogdangheorgheLook at my recent answer, using VSCode + Git Graph extension.

[bogdangheorghe]

@ekawahyu Thanks for the suggestion. I already started using it after reading your answer.

[ekawahyu]

glad to help, I wished more people will vote it up, so that more people know about this simple and free solution.

[Mo7sin]

I ended up using the built-in git in Phpstorm!

[Goddard]

Seems like it would be useful on Linux.  I would pay 15 bucks if it was on Linux.

[Adriano]

It would be great to have SourcTree on Linux.
Think of the potential!

[Nick Rountree]

No Linux version of SourceTree? That's just bizarre . . .

[Joseph Boctor]

Thanks for nothing Mr. Rahul...
Back to you gitkraken!

[Amir Cicak]

Obviously Atlassian is not reading news or doing any research regarding their users. Many developers are lately moving from Windows and Mac OS to Linux which is acknowledged by all of the major players in the IT world as they are porting their developer tools to Linux as well as doing stuff like including Linux VM in the latest releases to their OS (Microsoft).

Atlassian can keep ignoring us but we will simply start using other tools one by one and be less and less integrated into their environment. If Microsoft starts building more tools for Linux users supporting MS Teams, GitHub, etc. and Atlassian keeps ignoring Linux developers, well, good luck to Atlassian in that case.