[rjv]

I'd love to see more development in the Git GUI space; a GUI really enabled git adoption and comprehension on my team. SourceTree has been my go-to for over a year now and it generally gets the job done, but it can be flakey at times (on Windows) and it seems like Atlassian has taken a hiatus from active development. I hope Atlassian takes up the reins again - this tool is pretty essential for me and I'd be happy to pay for it.

[kannonboy]

I'm Tim, a dev at Atlassian. I just thought I'd chime in to let you know we are absolutely taking up the reins on SourceTree again! In fact, we're in the process of growing out our team. You can read a little more about it on the ST blog from earlier this year: http://blog.sourcetreeapp.com/2015/02/25/were-just-getting-s.... We are aware of the performance issues affecting Windows users with certain repository shapes and have our backlog prioritized accordingly.

I haven't had much of a chance to play with GitHub Desktop yet, but it can only be a good thing for the users of all Git clients - nothing like a bit of healthy competition :) However, SourceTree's focus will remain on providing the best possible experience for professional teams using Git (and Mercurial).

[slantyyz]

>> SourceTree has been my go-to for over a year now and it generally gets the job done, but it can be flakey at times (on Windows)

I've had the same experience. SourceTree has gotten better since I've started using it, but I frequently get hangs on commits and pushes on one of my machines. So much to the point that I downgraded to an older version of SourceTree.

One of the only things I miss after switching from OSX to Windows last year is Gitbox - http://www.gitboxapp.com/ - it's not free, but for what I do, it really did the trick.

This new desktop version of Github looks a lot better than its predecessor, but I need to play with it more. It does feel a lot more like Gitbox to me than SourceTree.

[Akkuma]

Check SmartGit out. I've used it for years and love it.