Small but meaningful update: starting today, FinderGit is signed with Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple.
If you tried earlier versions, you'll remember the awkward first-launch dance: right-click Open, click through the Gatekeeper warning, hope macOS lets you in. That's gone. Just download, drag, and double-click the way any Mac app should behave.
What changes for you:
- Zero-friction first launch Gatekeeper trusts the binary out of the box, even offline
FinderGit is the macOS-native file browser that knows about Git. Think Finder, but every folder shows you its branch, sync status, and pending changes without ever opening a terminal or a heavyweight Git client.
I've been shipping updates every couple of weeks, and v0.4.0 is the one where the app starts behaving like a real macOS citizen on tight screens.
Hey! Just shipped FinderGit 0.3.0 The biggest focus of this release was making the app feel more like a real Finder companion less "Git-aware directory list", more "place where you actually live when working with repos".
Hey everyone! Just shipped FinderGit v0.2.0 here s what s new:
Universal binary one DMG now runs on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. Intel support is experimental in this first release, so if you hit anything weird please let me know.
Ahead/behind counter the status badge now shows N, N, or N M when your branch has unpushed commits, commits to pull, or both. Hover for a plain-English tooltip like 3 commits behind upstream pull to sync.
Auto-fetch on interval optional background git fetch on all your watched repos at a schedule you choose. Settings Git Fetch interval. Off by default.
FinderGit brings Git intelligence to your file browser. No terminal-hopping, no heavy GUIs โ just one window showing every repo's branch, status, and changes in real time.
โข Live status: branch, clean/dirty/unpushed โ updated instantly
โข Inline diffs with line numbers for any modified file
โข Git actions: stage, commit, push, pull, fetch, switch branch
โข Search, filter, and "Git Only" toggle
โข Markdown preview with GitHub-style rendering
100% native SwiftUI. No Electron. Free. macOS 15+.