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Git Workbench v1.0.0 — First Public Release

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Git Workbench v1.0.0 is the first public release of our open-source desktop Git client for Linux, Windows, and macOS.

Highlights

  • Visual repository history: explore branch lanes, tags, commit details, and resizable author, SHA, and date/time columns.
  • Everyday Git workflows: manage staging and diffs, commits, branches, remotes, tags, stashes, and worktrees across multiple repositories.
  • Three-pane merge editor: compare current and incoming changes, edit the result, review remembered resolutions, and explicitly apply or continue an operation.
  • History and recovery tools: interactive rebase, commit splitting, range comparisons, stacked branches, reflog browsing, and restore points before supported destructive operations.
  • Pull request collaboration: GitHub sign-in, GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket Cloud request context, reviews, conversations, CI results, and separate review worktrees.
  • Repository tools: Git LFS management, sparse checkout, command palette, and an integrated terminal.
  • A configurable workspace: unified Home, pinned repositories, themes, independent text-size settings, optional AI assistance, and an in-app guide with 28 workflow topics.

Downloads and installation

Choose the installer that matches your operating system from Assets below:

Platform Downloads
Linux x64 AppImage, Debian/Ubuntu .deb, Fedora/RHEL .rpm, and Arch .pkg.tar.zst
Windows x64 NSIS setup .exe
macOS Intel and Apple silicon Universal .dmg and .zip

Git must be installed and available on your system. Existing SSH keys and Git credential helpers continue to handle Git authentication. Git LFS requires a separate Git LFS installation; stacked restacks require Git 2.38+ and sparse checkout editing requires Git 2.37+.

macOS builds are unsigned and not notarized. Install only from this repository's release assets and use macOS Privacy & Security approval if Gatekeeper blocks the app. macOS upgrades remain manual downloads from the release page.

On supported Linux packages and Windows, Settings → About → Software updates provides update checks, explicit downloads, and an explicit restart/install action. Native Linux package installation may request system authorization. The .yml and .blockmap assets are updater files; download an installer to install the app.

Validation

This release passed Linux, macOS, and Windows CI, with 2,218 automated tests, 39 feature checks, and 100% statements, branches, functions, and lines across all 111 executable source files under the configured coverage gate. These checks do not replace native installer and operating-system permission testing.

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Released under the MIT license.

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