Tower alternatives for Mac
Tower — Git client focusing on power and productivity — is installed 104 times a month through Homebrew. These are hand-picked alternatives that occupy the same slot, ordered by how comparable their user base is.
Run
brew install --cask tower to install Tower itself.- Fork8.0× the installs
- Atlassian SourceTree10.1× the installs
- Insomnia7.8× the installs
- DBeaver Community Edition94.9× the installs
- httpie81.3× the installs
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code351.3× the installs
- Postman87.5× the installs
- Zed84.9× the installs
Full comparison
| Tower | Fork | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | GUI app | GUI app |
| Category | Productivity | Developer Tools |
| Open source | Not declared | Not declared |
| Licence | Not declared | Not declared |
| Apple silicon | Universal | Universal |
| Latest version | 18.0,564,dc219b7f | 2.70.2 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 |
| Installs (30 days) | 104 | 828 |
| Install command | brew install --cask tower | brew install --cask fork |
How we picked these
The list comes from a hand-maintained set of same-purpose apps, not from keyword matching. Alternatives are removed automatically when Homebrew no longer carries them. Ordering reflects 30-day install volume, not paid placement. Data updated 2026-10-26.