Subject: Re: git survey stats

From: Jakub Narebski <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 22:00:48 +0200

On Mon, 7 Sep 2009, Pieter de Bie wrote:
> 
> I wondered if you could tell me what the total number of users, and
> the percentage of users use GitX, in the current survey?

You can always check it out for yourself in "live" survey summary at
http://www.survs.com/shareResults?survey=2PIMZGU0&rndm=678J66QRA2
http://tinyurl.com/GitSurvey2009Analyze

I have just updated http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitSurvey2009 to have
this link.

11) What Git interfaces, implementations, frontends and tools
    do you use? 
    (Choice - Multiple answers) 

============================================
Answer                         | [%] | [N]
--------------------------------------------
git (core) commandline         | 97% | 3382
JGit (Java implementation)     |  5% |  160
library / language binding     |     |
(e.g. Grit or Dulwich) 	       |  4% |  133
............................................
Cogito (DEPRECATED)            |  0% |   13
pg aka Patchy Git (DEPRECATED) |  0% |    2

Easy Git                       |  1% |   28
Pyrite                         |  0% |    6
StGIT                          |  2% |   59
Guilt                          |  0% |   13
TopGit                         |  1% |   38
............................................
gitk                           | 46% | 1593
git gui                        | 20% |  699
QGit                           |  6% |  222
GitView                        |  1% |   21
Giggle                         |  4% |  153
GitNub                         |  4% |  150
**GitX**                       | 19% |  665  <== here
git-cola                       |  2% |   56
tig                            |  6% |  198
TortoiseGit                    |  5% |  182
Git Extensions                 |  2% |   69
git-cheetah                    |  0% |    5
............................................
git-instaweb                   |  3% |   98
git-sh                         |  2% |   53
............................................
Gitosis (as admin)             | 11% |  380
repo (multiple repositories)   |  2% |   60
--------------------------------------------
editor/IDE VC integration      | 11% |  393
filemanager integration        |     | 
/ shell extension (any)        |  3% |   93
graphical history viewer       |     |
/ browser (any)                | 16% |  553
graphical commit tool (any)    |  6% |  217
graphical diff  tool           | 16% |  564
graphical merge tool           | 15% |  514
graphical blame or pickaxe tool|  2% |   82
my own scripts (for daily      |     |
commandline use, porcelain)    |  9% |  309
my own scripts                 |     | 
(for special tasks)            | 10% |  363
============================================
Other (please specify)         |  8% |  293
############################################
Total respondents              |       3473
Skipped this question          |        195
============================================

Percentage is relative to responders that answered this question.

As you can see GitX is third after (bundled) gitk and git-gui.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland