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Install GitTree on macOS

GitTree for Mac is one universal app for Apple silicon and Intel Macs on macOS 13 or later, signed and notarized by Apple. Install Git first, open the .dmg, drag GitTree to Applications and start it.

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Works in GitTree Free: every local Git feature, once you are signed in.

On this page
  1. Before you start
  2. Where to find it
  3. Steps
  4. Expected result
  5. Update or remove GitTree
  6. If something goes wrong
  7. Questions
  8. Related

Before you start

  • macOS 13 Ventura or later, on Apple silicon or Intel.
  • Git 2.39 or newer. A fresh Mac has only a placeholder: run xcode-select --install, or brew install git with Homebrew, then check with git --version.

Where to find it

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Open Repository…⌘OCtrl+O

Steps

  1. Download the .dmg

    Get the macOS download from the Download page. The same file runs natively on Apple silicon and Intel Macs.

  2. Drag GitTree to Applications

    Open the .dmg, drag GitTree onto the Applications folder, then eject the disk image.

  3. Open it

    Start GitTree from Applications or Spotlight. macOS asks once whether to open an app downloaded from the internet: confirm. No security setting needs changing.

  4. Start working

    GitTree shows Sign in to GitTree. Choose Sign in or Create account and finish in your browser with your email or a Git provider; the Free plan then covers every local Git feature. Then open, clone or create a repository.

    The GitTree new tab with the cards to open, clone and create a repository, and the recent and favourite repositories
    The new tab after launch: open, clone or create a repository.GitTree interface with a demonstration repository.

Expected result

GitTree is in Applications and ready; it finds Git by itself, or tells you if Git is missing or too old.

Update or remove GitTree

GitTree checks for a newer release when it starts and offers to install it; your settings and repositories are kept.

To remove it, quit GitTree and move it from Applications to the Bin. Its settings, caches and logs are in folders named com.eslamfaisal.opengittree under ~/Library/Application Support, ~/Library/Caches and ~/Library/Logs.

If something goes wrong

“GitTree needs Git” or “This Git is too old”

Install the Command Line Tools (xcode-select --install) or brew install git, then choose Check again (find Git and set your identity).

GitTree does not open on macOS 12 or older

GitTree needs macOS 13 Ventura or later.

Questions

Is GitTree on the Mac App Store?

No. Install it from this website or from the Releases page of GitTree’s public GitHub repository, and compare the SHA-256 checksum if you want to be sure the file is complete.

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