Kitsmith / Utilities / Simple Git Server
A free, one-click Git server for your Mac — create a repository and start the git:// service in under a minute.
Our take
The Git counterpart to the same publisher’s Simple SVN Server, with the identical tradeoff: genuinely one-minute setup, but no authentication layer, so pulls and pushes are anonymous and the developer’s own listing recommends a closed LAN only. Reviews are thin but positive (“Nice and simple git server”), and it has kept pace with macOS releases — Apple Silicon support landed in 2020, and the app icon was refreshed for macOS Tahoe in late 2025.
- Price
- Free
- License
- Proprietary
- Requires
- macOS 10.10 or later, per the Mac App Store listing.
- Get it via
- Mac App Store
- Developer
- 兰桂 吴 (Langui.net)
Do you use Simple Git Server?
Who made this
Also makes 5 others — Simple SVN Server , FTP Server , SFTP Server
Langui.net’s own site and Mac App Store listings show a portfolio wider than the six network-server utilities here — including New File Menu Lite (a Finder context-menu tool) and Java Runner (an in-browser Java code tool) — consistent with the multi-year, single-purpose-utility track record already documented on these listings.
What it does
One-minute setup
Launch the app, create a repository, start the service — no separate Git server install.
git:// protocol on port 9418
Works with any standard Git client on the same network.
Kept current with macOS
Apple Silicon support since 2020 and an app icon refresh for macOS Tahoe in late 2025.
The deal
- Free
- No in-app purchases
Worth knowing: No authentication — all pulls and pushes are anonymous, so the developer’s own listing recommends using it only on a closed, trusted LAN.
Simple Git Server — questions people ask
Is Simple Git Server free?
Yes, free with no in-app purchases, per its Mac App Store listing.
Does Simple Git Server support authentication?
No — pulls and pushes are anonymous by design, so the developer recommends a closed LAN only.
Who makes Simple Git Server?
兰桂 吴, the solo developer behind Langui.net.
Is Simple Git Server free?
Yes — Simple Git Server is free.
Does Simple Git Server work alongside a notch app like Alcove?
Yes — Simple Git Server lives in the menu bar, so it runs happily alongside any Dynamic Island hub or notch app.
Where can I download Simple Git Server?
Simple Git Server is available via Mac App Store.
Reviews
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Listing hand-verified August 29, 2026 from the developer's site and public sources.
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