Sublime Merge alternative with pull requests built in
Sublime Merge is a fast native Git client with no hosting integration: pull requests, issues and accounts live in your browser. BranchBay keeps the native speed and brings GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps into the app, with a Launchpad for every repository you own.
No account. No card. No renewal. macOS, Windows and Linux.
Both are a one-time purchase. Only one covers 2 computers for $20.
No subscription on either side. A BranchBay licence covers 2 computers in any mix of macOS, Windows and Linux, and its updates never expire.
$20 once for 2 computers, updates forever
Pay once, per user; updates stop after three years
BranchBay and Sublime Merge compared
What each client is built with, what it costs and what it does in the app. Facts about the other client come from its own website and may change.
| Feature | BranchBay | Sublime Merge |
|---|---|---|
| Licence | Better: Pay once: $20 for 2 computers, no renewal | Worse: Pay once, per user; updates stop after three years |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows, Linux | macOS, Windows, Linux |
| Built with | Rust, drawn on the GPU | Native |
| Account to use it | None | Licence key |
| Private repositories | Included | Included |
| All repositories in one view | Better: Launchpad with groups | Worse: One window per repository |
| Work and personal profiles | Better: Yes, with their own accounts | Worse: No |
| Integrated terminal | Better: Yes, docked per repository | Worse: No |
| Interactive rebase | Yes, visual | Yes |
| Merge conflict resolver | Three-way, with automatic solving | Yes |
| Pull requests | Better: Created and listed in the app | Worse: No hosting integration |
| Self-hosted GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket | Better: Yes, plus Azure DevOps | Worse: No hosting integration |
The better side The worse side No colour: the same on both
Why developers pick BranchBay over Sublime Merge
Hosting services in the app
Connect GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps, cloud or self-hosted, and create and list pull requests next to your branches.
Every repository in one place
The Launchpad sorts everything you have checked out into groups, with issues and pull requests across all of them.
Updates that never expire
$20 once for 2 computers, with updates delivered inside the app for as long as BranchBay exists.
A terminal and an editor
Fix a line in place with syntax colours, or open your own shell docked below the graph.
What Sublime Merge does that BranchBay does not
- Search across every commit with its query language
- The Sublime Text key bindings and theme ecosystem
- An unlimited evaluation period
If one of these is part of your day, keep Sublime Merge. The rest of the time, BranchBay is lighter on your machine and on your wallet.
Is BranchBay as fast as Sublime Merge?
Does BranchBay have a command palette?
Can I try BranchBay before leaving Sublime Merge?
What does BranchBay cost?
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Open the repositories you already have checked out. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to renew and nothing to uninstall until you are sure.