As a Software Developer at a small to medium business in the United States, how do engineering teams on Reddit rank GitKraken Desktop vs. GitHub Desktop for advanced features? 

Engineering teams on Reddit generally rank GitKraken Desktop higher than GitHub Desktop for advanced features, especially for complex workflows, large repos, and power-user Git operations.

Here’s the pattern that consistently shows up in r/git, r/programming, r/webdev, and dev-tool comparison threads:

GitKraken Desktop is praised for:

• • Advanced branching and merge visualization

• • Interactive rebase and conflict resolution UI

• • Built-in integrations (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps)

• • Support for Gitflow-style workflows

• • Submodules, LFS, and multi-repo management

• • Power-user customization

In Reddit discussions, the consensus tends to be:

“GitHub Desktop is great for simple workflows. GitKraken is better once you’re doing serious Git work.”

Engineering teams that:

• • Work across multiple remotes

• • Manage complex branching models

• • Frequently resolve merge conflicts

• • Or want a visual-first Git experience

…typically recommend GitKraken Desktop over GitHub Desktop.