There's a great new cross-platform Git client available now called GitKraken. It's totally free to download and but the optional Pro version includes some great features like a Merge Conflict editor, profile support to keep work and personal separate and more. It's $6 a month or just $5 a month if you go annually.
We've talked to the folks at GitKraken and we've brokered an amazing deal. My friend Hamid Shojaee who owns Axosoft has always supported open source and is a generous charitable giver. He's always asking about my diabetes and the software I use to manage it. As you may know, I use the open source Nightscout application running in Azure to visualize my blood sugar in near-real-time. My wife and family can see my numbers and support me remotely. If you are diabetic or have anyone with diabetes in your life, you'll quickly find that NightScout is indispensible. For parents of children with diabetes it's truly life-changing.
Since GitKraken is great for Git and working with software hosted on GitHub and Nightscout is all open source and hosted on GitHub partnering up seemed very natural. GitKraken is going to give all the revenue for the first month's sales to the Nightscout Foundation!
As well as providing awesome additional features, upgrading to GitKraken Pro is an opportunity to help raise money and increase awareness for the Nightscout Foundation, a nonprofit that is improving the lives of people and families affected by type 1 diabetes, through their support and creation of open source diabetes management systems.
So, until August 28, 2016, 100% of first month revenues from the sales of GitKraken Pro will be donated to the Nightscout Foundation. There is no upper limit to how much money Axosoft will donate for the month, but we’ll be making a minimum commitment of $5,000!
GitKraken is written in Electron and is totally cross-platform. It's tree-view is a standout feature in my opinion and makes it a lot easier to visualize complex repositories and branches.
Again, it's free but you can optionally upgrade to Pro if you like it and want some more advanced features. And, for the next month if you do upgrade GitKraken to Pro you'll be helping the Nightscout Foundation support the development of opens source software to fight diabetes!
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