GitLens
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Source: G2 review data
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Key stats
Adoption by company size
| Segment | Share of reviews |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 35.7% |
| Mid-Market | 46.4% |
| Enterprise | 17.9% |
Quarterly history
| Quarter | Reviews | Star rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 2026 Q1 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 2026 Q2 | 1 | 4.5 |
Satisfaction ratings
What reviewers say
The saviour for debugging and know the mischievous owners of code.
“I have been using gitlens when I started my development journey. It is a very useful tool, when it comes to checking the time, the owner of a particular code piece. It saves a lot of time by showing the entire commit graph of a repository.”
Excellent git management extension in VSCode for developers
“We can compare the different branches or commits of the code from GitHub and can see the history,blame,changes and author of that changes”
Comprehensive Review of GitLens: A Powerful Git Extension
“Whenever I click on a line of code, GitLens provides details about the author and the date it was written. Additionally, it offers insightful annotations and code history, making it easier to understand the evolution of the codebase.”