Gitkraken For Windows

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GitKraken Stand-Alone is built for teams of 10+ who work in a disconnected development environment. You get all the same core GitKraken features, along with these additional benefits:

The GitKraken Git Client is free for open source, early-stage startups and non-commercial use. Download this free Git client on Windows, Mac and Linux, and join leading companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and more. Get more control over your merges in Git and never worry about creating a merge conflict you can’t solve. GitKraken is the way to a better merging experience; download the legendary cross-platform Git GUI for Windows, Mac, & Linux free today.

Portable
  • For use without internet
  • No account creation required
  • No server installation

Looking to get started with GitKraken Stand-Alone? Email sales@gitkraken.com for a free trial key.

How to install GitKraken Stand-Alone

There are 3 steps to installing GitKraken Stand-Alone:

  1. Download GitKraken Stand-Alone
  2. Install GitKraken
  3. Load .dat license file

1. Download GitKraken Stand-Alone

The GitKraken Stand-Alone clients are available on our downloads page.

If you are unable to access this page, please contact your GitKraken administrator for Stand-Alone client downloads. There is a high probability they have made the files available in a different, internal location.

2. Install GitKraken Stand-Alone

Once you download the client, double click the file to install GitKraken Stand-Alone on your machine.

Below are platform-specific details on minimum requirements.

Gitkraken For Windows

Windows (.exe file)

  • System requirements: Windows 8 or later

Install Instructions

Double-click the downloaded executable file, and follow the installation instructions.

Data Location

GitKraken data is stored within your home profile in C:Users{user}AppDataRoaming or %APPDATA%/.gitkraken on older versions. No data is stored outside of the user's machine or remote services (GitHub Enterprise, Bitbucket Server, etc).

Mac OS (.dmg file)

Gitkraken For Windows
  • System requirements: Mac OS X 10.9+ (up to and including OS X El Capitan) / macOS Sierra or later

Install Instructions

Double click the downloaded DMG file and when prompted, drag and drop the GitKraken icon to your Applications folder.

Data Location

GitKraken data is stored in /Users/{user}/.gitkraken~/.gitkraken. No data is stored outside of user's machine or remote services (GitHub Enterprise, Bitbucket Server, etc).

Linux (.deb and .tar.gz files)

  • System requirements: Ubuntu 14.04 or later

.deb

GitKraken has a simple package available for Debian based distributions.

.tar

Data Location

GitKraken data is stored in /home/{user}/.gitkraken~/.gitkraken. No data is stored outside of user's machine or remote services (GitHub Enterprise, Bitbucket Server, etc).

3. Load license file

When you first open GitKraken Stand-Alone, you will be prompted to load the .dat license file.

If do not have the license, please contact your GitKraken administrator. If you are the GitKraken administrator, please contact sales@gitkraken.com for the license file associated with your purchase.

Windows

Once the license file is applied, you are ready to get crackin'!

License.dat Location

You can also place your license file directly into certain directory locations for GitKraken to check. Here are all of the locations GitKraken will look:

Linux/Mac:

  • /usr/local/share/gitkraken

  • /usr/share/gitkraken

  • directory above the exe

  • directory of the exe

  • ~/.gitkraken

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Windows:

  • C:ProgramDataGitKraken

  • directory above the exe

  • directory of the exe

  • %APPDATA%.gitkraken

Free Tools

Get a free GitKraken Pro Suite account through the GitHub Student Developer Pack! Your Pro Suite account will include the GitKraken Git GUI with advanced features, GitKraken Boards for task tracking, and GitKraken Timelines for communicating project milestones.

Gitkraken Windows Install

GitKraken Git GUI

The GitKraken Git GUI is a cross-platform client for Windows, Mac, & Linux, simplifying complicated Git commands into drag-and-drop actions. GitKraken offers seamless integrations with GitHub and GitHub Enterprise. Resolve merge conflicts without leaving the app, and use GitHub Actions to create workflow automations.

GitKraken Boards

GitKraken Boards provides a more productive way to track issues from inside the GitKraken Git GUI, a browser, mobile app, or inside of Atom or VS Code! GitKraken Boards syncs in real-time with GitHub Issues and GitHub Milestones. Link cards to GitHub pull requests, check PR/build statuses and auto-update cards from GitKraken Boards. Use GitHub Actions to automate your workflow.

GitKraken Timelines

GitKraken Timelines helps you stay organized by visualizing your upcoming project milestones and deadlines in a linear timeline. Add items that need to be completed for each milestone. Create timelines for each class or project and then view them layered on top of each other. Add images to milestones and as background images.