How to Build Your Own GitKraken
Replace GitKraken with a custom build. Make Git Easy: Visual, Powerful, AI-Assisted
Build Difficulty: 4/5
A few focused days to build a solid replacement
Estimated Timeline
Based on 76 features at Few Days difficulty, expect about 3-5 days with AI-assisted development.
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Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 76 features
AI(14 features)
Automatically generate changelog documentation from commits (coming soon)
Use AI to organize Git commits into clear, logical stories
Generate natural language explanations of commits directly from the UI
Generate commit messages automatically based on staged changes
Generate natural language explanations of commits tied to a branch
+9 more in this category
Security(9 features)
Control how seats in organization access and use GitKraken AI features across platform
One-click SSH key generation for repository access
Host organization's Cloud Patches on dedicated AWS S3 bucket by GitKraken
Host organization's Cloud Patches on own AWS S3 bucket
Admin control over conflict prevention across team
+4 more in this category
Repository Management(6 features)
Create Workspaces that include PR and issue information for all repos with sharing capabilities
Work with LFS in repos with large binary files
Group local repos together to view branch status and run Git operations across multiple repos
Group repos together in Workspace to pull or fetch multiple repositories at once
Work with repositories that have submodules
+1 more in this category
Visualization(6 features)
Create visual understanding of code structure to reduce time hunting through files
Visualize complex Git history across entire team in seconds, showing who did what and when
See changes to a file over time by author
See only commits made by specific teams in the Commit Graph
Focus on branches you want to see in the Commit Graph
+1 more in this category
Git Operations(5 features)
Trigger hooks when performing commits, merges, rebases, and other Git operations
Create a worktree to check out more than one branch at a time
Easily undo or redo Git operations with one click
Plan which commits will be reordered, edited, squashed or dropped before cherry pick
Plan which commits will be reordered, edited, squashed or dropped before initiating rebase
Support(5 features)
12-hour customer support response time for business tier
Dedicated customer success manager for business accounts
Email support from GitKraken's team with no bots
1-business-day support response time
Support through Slack and Help Center
Analytics(4 features)
Measure how fast pull requests are merged with detailed cycle time metrics
Data-driven code insights to track and improve development velocity
Comprehensive engineering intelligence with DORA metrics, code quality, AI impact, and developer sentiment
Track throughput and delivery metrics to measure team velocity
Code Review(4 features)
Edit code directly in the diff view
Suggest, edit, and apply code changes inline across any file for collaborative code reviews
View, edit, create and merge pull requests across multiple Git hosting providers
Create and manage pull requests from within GitKraken Desktop using hosting integrations
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