Gitfox

Fast, native Git client for Mac written in Swift

About Gitfox

Gitfox is a native macOS Git client written in Swift and AppKit, designed to look and feel like a Mac app rather than an Electron wrapper. It offers granular line-level staging, interactive rebase, conflict resolution by hunk, commit signing, snapshots, Git LFS, built-in accounts for GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Gitea, full-text history search and AI-generated commit messages.

Gitfox website preview

Live preview of gitfox.app via the WordPress mShots service — it can take a few seconds to generate on a first visit.

Gitfox: strengths & things to check

Strengths

Paid product with a commercial model behind it — support and continued development are funded by paying customers.
Covers git client, macos, native, swift — see the focus areas listed in its key facts.
Has 6 close alternatives in the same category on this page, so switching or comparing is easy.

Things to check

No free tier is listed in this directory — budget for a paid plan, and use any trial the official site offers before buying.
Current plan prices are not listed here (they change too often to print reliably) — confirm the exact price on the official site.
It is one of 1288 tools in the Developer Tools category here — compare it against the alternatives below before you commit.

Derived from this listing's own data (pricing model, focus areas and category) — not a hands-on review score.

Gitfox pricing

Pricing model	Paid — this directory does not list a free tier for it.
Free access	No free tier listed
Current plan prices	Listed on the official site — prices change, so this directory links out instead of printing a number that may already be stale.
Official site	gitfox.app

Gitfox key facts

Category: Developer Tools
Pricing: Paid — this directory does not list a free tier for it.
Focus areas: git client, macos, native, swift
Official site: gitfox.app

Gitfox FAQ

How much does Gitfox cost?

Paid — this directory does not list a free tier for it. Current plans and prices are listed on the official site (gitfox.app).

What is Gitfox used for?

Fast, native Git client for Mac written in Swift Its focus areas in the Developer Tools category: git client, macos, native, swift.

Where can I try Gitfox?

On its official site, gitfox.app — the Visit Official Site button above goes straight there.

Gitfox vs alternatives

	Gitfox	CodeEdit	Nova	Retcon
Pricing	Paid — this directory does not list a free tier for it.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Paid — this directory does not list a free tier for it.	Paid — this directory does not list a free tier for it.
Focus areas	git client, macos, native, swift	code editor, macos, native, open source	editor, macos, panic, native	git client, macos, history rewriting, rebase
Official site	gitfox.app	codeedit.app	nova.app	retcon.app
Directory status	Listed	Listed	Listed	Listed

Side-by-side from each listing's own directory data. Full alternative cards are below.

About the Developer Tools category

Editors, platforms, and services developers rely on to build and ship software. The Developer Tools category on Tools Hub currently lists 1288 tools. Alongside Gitfox, it includes Aurees, Notepad3, Dockhand, DecSoft App Builder.

PaidDeveloper Toolsgit-clientmacosnativeswift

Alternatives to Gitfox

Tools in the same Developer Tools category that share focus areas with Gitfox — worth comparing before you commit:

Developer Tools

CodeEdit

Native macOS code editor, open source and free forever

Freecode-editormacosnativeopen-source

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Nova

Beautiful native Mac code editor from Panic

Paideditormacospanicnative

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Retcon

macOS Git client for effortlessly rewriting history

Paidgit-clientmacoshistory-rewritingrebase

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AFLplusplus

Community fork of American Fuzzy Lop fuzzer

Freefuzzingsecuritytestingnative

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Aurees

Easy, fast and free Git client for Windows, Mac and Linux

Freegit-clientcross-platformdiffmerge

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BBEdit

The professional HTML and text editor for Mac

Paideditormacostextprofessional

More in Developer Tools

Comparing tools in the Developer Tools category? These related listings are worth a look: Aurees — Easy, fast and free Git client for Windows, Mac and Linux; Notepad3 — Fast, lightweight Scintilla-based text editor for Windows; Dockhand — Self-hosted Docker management UI for homelabs and enterprise.

Developer Tools

Aurees

Easy, fast and free Git client for Windows, Mac and Linux

Freegit-clientcross-platformdiffmerge