Installation

SproutGit is distributed as a packaged desktop app — you don’t need Node.js, pnpm, or any build tooling to run it. You only need Git itself installed on your system, since SproutGit drives your local Git installation rather than bundling its own.

Prerequisite: Git

Check whether Git is already installed:

git --version

If that fails, install Git for your platform:

macOS — xcode-select --install, or via Homebrew: brew install git
Windows — git-scm.com/download/win
Linux — your distro’s package manager, e.g. sudo apt install git (Debian/Ubuntu) or sudo dnf install git (Fedora)

SproutGit’s Settings → About panel shows whether it can find Git and which version it detected — if it says “Not found,” Git either isn’t installed or isn’t on your PATH.

Download SproutGit

Grab the latest build for your platform from the GitHub Releases page:

Platform	Download
macOS (Apple Silicon or Intel)	`.dmg`
Windows (x64)	installer `.exe`
Linux (x64)	`.AppImage`

macOS

Open the .dmg and drag SproutGit into your Applications folder. On first launch, macOS Gatekeeper may warn that the app is from an unidentified developer, since preview builds aren’t notarized yet — right-click the app and choose Open to bypass this once.

Windows

Run the installer and follow the prompts. If SmartScreen flags the installer as unrecognized, choose More info → Run anyway.

Linux

Make the AppImage executable and run it:

chmod +x SproutGit-*.AppImage
./SproutGit-*.AppImage

Staying up to date

SproutGit checks for updates automatically and can install them in place — see Settings → About for the current version and update status.

Next step

Continue to Your first workspace to open or create a project.