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Sublime Merge

Name: Sublime Merge
Price: 6.25 USD

Closed-source Git client for Windows, macOS and Linux, with a one-time personal licence.

42/100

#11 of 11 Git clients
Facts checked 8 Oct 2026

In short

A personal licence is a one-time purchase with 3 years of updates; the store page shows a $99 total³.
Business licences cost $75 per user per year³.
The app is free to download and evaluate, but continued use needs a licence³.
Stable Build 2132 is dated 18 September 2026, with builds for Windows, macOS and Linux².
It stages single lines and hunks, includes a three-column merge tool and lists Git-flow integration^1,4.

Sublime Merge suits developers who want a Git client with line-level staging and a built-in merge tool, and who accept paying for it^1,3,4. The personal licence is $99 for 3 years of updates, about $2.75 a month, and nothing is free after the evaluation³. The catch: the docs name no pull request features, host sign-in, worktrees or commit signing, and the source is not public^1,5,6.

Best for: Developers who want a Git client with a built-in merge tool and prefer to buy a licence once.

Where the points come from

Git features16 of 29

Hosts and review0 of 26

Systems and upkeep16 of 16

Licence0 of 15

Price10 of 14

Git features 16 of 29 points

Rule	What is published	Points
Core Git features	Interactive rebase, Submodules, Visual merge conflict editor, Stage single lines or hunksBulk squash or drop of selected commits⁴; submodule management¹; in-app three-column merge tool⁴; line and hunk staging¹. No LFS mention^1,4.	12 / 15
Undo for Git actions	Not publishedNot published on the vendor's home page, FAQ or getting-started docs^1,4,5.	0 / 6
Worktrees	Not publishedNot published on the vendor's home page, FAQ or getting-started docs^1,4,5.	0 / 4
Git-flow built in	YesThe home page lists Git Flow Integration among its features¹.	4 / 4

Hosts and review 0 of 26 points

Rule	What is published	Points
Hosts with built-in sign-in	NoneDocs describe HTTPS and SSH remote logins; no host account sign-in is named⁴.	0 / 12
Pull requests in the app	Not publishedNot published on the vendor's home page, FAQ or getting-started docs^1,4,5.	0 / 8
Signed commits	Not publishedNot published on the vendor's home page, FAQ or getting-started docs^1,4,5.	0 / 6

Systems and upkeep 16 of 16 points

Rule	What is published	Points
Other systems	macOS, LinuxDownload page offers macOS, Windows (including portable) and Linux packages, 64-bit only².	8 / 8
Release in the last 12 months	YesDownload page lists stable Build 2132, dated 18 September 2026; a separate dev channel exists².	8 / 8

Licence 0 of 15 points

Rule	What is published	Points
Open source	NoThe public GitHub repository is only the issue tracker and holds no source code⁶.	0 / 7
Free for commercial work on private repos	NoFree download is for evaluation only; a licence must be bought for continued use³.	0 / 8

Price 10 of 14 points

Rule	What is published	Points
Cheapest way to use it for work	$2.75/moPersonal licence, $99 one-time, divided by 36 months³. The sales FAQ allows use on computers where you are the primary user, including at work⁷; the business seat is $75/year³.	10 / 14

The rule behind each line: how we score Git clients.

Plans and prices

As the vendor lists them, before tax. Prices are in US dollars unless the plan shows euros; the points use US dollars, with euros converted at the ECB rate.

Plan	Price as listed	Per month	Notes
Personal1 person	$99 one-time³	–	3 years of updates; $99 is the total the store page shows
BusinessBusinesses, per seat	$75/user/year³	$6.25	Annual subscription per user

After 3 years a personal licence needs an upgrade to keep receiving updates³. The sales FAQ says a personal licence key can be used on every computer where you are the primary user, including at work; organisations need a business licence⁷. Adding a Sublime Text licence raises the store total, so the $99 is the Sublime Merge licence alone³.

Strengths

Stages single lines and hunks, and ships a three-column merge conflict tool inside the app^1,4.
Selected commits can be squashed or dropped in bulk, and older commits can be edited⁴.
The home page lists submodule management and Git-flow integration¹.
Current stable build is dated September 2026, with Windows, macOS and Linux downloads².

Limits

No free plan: the app can be evaluated for free, but a licence is needed for continued use³.
The docs describe HTTPS and SSH remote logins only, with no account sign-in for GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or Azure DevOps⁴.
The public repository is only an issue tracker, with no source code⁶.
The docs do not mention Git LFS, worktrees or commit signing^1,4,5.

Other Git clients

1
GitKraken DesktopDevelopers who work across several Git hosts and will pay for private repositories
74/100
$10/mocheapest way to use it for work
2
SmartGitDevelopers who use several Git hosts and want a free licence for personal projects
72/100
$5/mocheapest way to use it for work
3
TowerDevelopers who want one undo command and pull requests inside a paid client
71/100
$5.75/mocheapest way to use it for work
4
SourcetreeDevelopers on Windows or Mac who want a free client with Git-flow and Bitbucket support
70/100
$0cheapest way to use it for work

All 11 Git clients

Sources

Sublime Merge, Sublime HQ. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
Sublime Merge download, Sublime HQ. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
Sublime Merge store, Sublime HQ. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
Getting started with Sublime Merge, Sublime HQ. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
Sublime Merge FAQ, Sublime HQ. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
sublimehq/sublime_merge, GitHub. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
Sublime HQ sales FAQ, Sublime HQ. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.

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