License? Open source?
Hi,
What is the license for gitfiend? Is it open source? Right now Gitfiend is gratis to install, what are the plans regarding this for the future?
Note: The reason for my question is that I'm evaluating some Git GUI clients.
Hi DrChr.
Right now GitFiend is proprietary, mostly because I’m keeping my options open. At some point I may look for a way to fund future development, but I don’t think it would involve cutting off existing users. If for some reason I stopped working on it (or if I just want to), it would probably be open sourced.
I enjoy using this software but miss some features to be a better git like GUI. To improve it, open source could be the way. I could help to do so but without code I'm frustrated :)
I'd also have a lot of ideas on how to improve GitFiend and would spend time to work on this and create PRs. It would be awesome to have it Open-Source, or maybe even just Source-available under a license like Fair Source with a CLA.
I'm curious : In which language it is develop, and which tools ares used for gui. This client seems simple and has a great potential
@dragoudin The core is here: https://github.com/GitFiend/rust-server and written in Rust. The app shell is currently Electron, but I'm working to switch it to Tauri. The UI is in Typescript, CSS and https://github.com/GitFiend/fiend-ui, but I have been switching to this: https://github.com/GitFiend/cottontail-js (Both libraries I wrote to help make complex UIs easier to make after giving up on React).