GitPane

GitPane is a Git Extensions clone that runs on Windows, macOS and most Linux distributions. I only reimplemented the features I have used every day for the past 16 years.

GitPane needs Git and Python 3.13 or 3.14 (Python 3.15 is not supported yet).

Install

Install GitPane with pipx: it creates a private environment for GitPane and puts the gitpane command on your PATH. On Linux and macOS, the system Python does not accept new packages, so pipx is the simple way (regular pip into a venv of your own also works).

macOS

brew install python@3.13 pipx
pipx ensurepath

In a new terminal:

pipx install --python python3.13 gitpane

Run gitpane in any terminal, then click Settings › Utilities › Create desktop shortcut to get a launcher on your desktop.

Linux

Fedora:

sudo dnf install pipx
pipx ensurepath

Ubuntu and Debian:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install pipx libxcb-cursor0 # required for X11 versions of linux
pipx ensurepath

In a new terminal:

pipx install gitpane

Run gitpane in any terminal, then click Settings › Utilities › Create desktop shortcut to get a launcher on your desktop.

Windows

Install Python 3.14 from python.org, then in PowerShell or Command Prompt:

python -m pip install --user pipx
python -m pipx ensurepath

pip may warn that pipx.exe is not on PATH: ensurepath has just fixed that.

In a new terminal:

pipx install gitpane

Run gitpane in any terminal, then click Settings › Utilities › Create desktop shortcut to get a launcher on your desktop.

Update

Close GitPane, then:

pipx upgrade gitpane

Command line

• gitpane starts GitPane and gives the terminal back. Closing the terminal does not close GitPane.
• gitpane --attach keeps GitPane attached to the terminal (Linux and macOS): its output and errors are shown there, and Ctrl+C stops it.
• gitpane --log writes a diagnostic log; on Linux and macOS the terminal shows its path.
• gitpane --version prints the version (Linux and macOS).

When gitpane is not found

Run pipx ensurepath again (python -m pipx ensurepath on Windows), then open a new terminal: the PATH change only reaches terminals opened after it.

License

GitPane is under the MIT license. It ships the Noto Color Emoji font under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 (OFL-1.1) and the Windows launchers of distlib under the Python Software Foundation License 2.0 (PSF-2.0).