While a number of powerful clients have emerged to make using Git easier, we strongly recommend learning to use the command line before jumping into one of the clients below. Git is more complex to understand than Subversion. We’ve compiled a list of our favorites below, which all work well with Beanstalk. Thankfully, there are many good GUI clients available for popular version control and operating systems. The command line is a powerful way to use version control systems, but not everyone is as comfortable with memorizing and using text commands.