Recommendations you can check.
by fournova
Who uses, recommends or left Tower, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
5 people
Tower (my Git GUI of choice)
His post "Uses (September 2025)", listing the tools, services and equipment he uses day to day.
2025-09-06·duncanmcclean.com ↗
I use Tower extensively because I love Git and GitHub but am too dumb to figure out how to work them properly.
His written "Uses This" interview, from when he was founding director of Expert Labs.
2011-05-07·usesthis.com ↗
I do most of my work in git using Tower, but will occasionally drop into the command line as well.
His written "Uses This" interview, covering his development, podcasting and home-network setup.
2026-06-30·usesthis.com ↗
Tower for Git. iTerm for command line work.
His written "Uses This" interview, listing his office setup and the apps he runs day to day.
2020-01-23·usesthis.com ↗
Tower git client.
His /uses page, "a list of tools and services I love and use", which states it was last updated in April 2026 and that some of its links are affiliate links. Only the month is given, so no exact publication date could be established.
Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.
The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.
A dashed affiliate link, sponsored or their own label means the post disclosed a relationship. It is shown, never hidden.
The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is for its kind of thing.
The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is, for its kind of thing. Fully green is recent. It drains a quarter at a time as the post gets older, and is empty once it reads as dated.
What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:
Stripes mean the post carries no date and the date shown is an estimate. No date at all, no shading.