Git Recorded Package Source

Direct package links and installation notes for Windows/macOS/Linux

Developer Tools · v2.55.0.5 · Free (GPL)

Distributed version control system

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License: Free (GPL)

Size: 65.3 MB

Platforms: Windows macOS Linux

Download summary

Git is a developer tool for Windows/macOS/Linux, published by Git project and Git for Windows contributors. A direct package URL is recorded below. The host may be the publisher, a release repository, a CDN, or another distribution source documented by the publisher. Some packages still fetch optional components during setup. Recorded package files cover Windows; for macOS and Linux, use the publisher's download page linked below. The recorded publisher site is git-scm.com. We do not host or modify installer files.

Sources and identity

External references used to identify the product and publisher. These links do not prove that we installed the package.

Wikipedia article Source on GitHub SHA-256 listed in catalog

Publisher documentation

Pinned Windows packages and immutable asset digests Documentation checked 11 September 2026
Official macOS installation paths
Official Linux distribution and source installation paths
Git project links to the maintained Git for Windows packages Documentation checked 11 September 2026
Git for Windows project and community governance Documentation checked 11 September 2026

These references support the package and behavior notes. Documentation checks are separate from the recorded URL-check date and do not represent an installation test.

Publisher SHA-256 reference values

All three values match the official release table and GitHub asset metadata. This release is marked immutable in the API. No local binary hashing or signature verification. Compared on 11 September 2026 with the publisher’s reference.

Git-2.55.0.5-64-bit.exe: d065a4e23c3d9a6b5073d609b5be0830227ec3ca053c083ba385061ddfaf94c6
Git-2.55.0.5-arm64.exe: c955de342b1465bc637f0e71fddf4e28e8d0b829668ec1866ab32a839303e8e3
PortableGit-2.55.0.5-64-bit.7z.exe: 5aa8a20f6e9abb2c755f0e73c91c687701a46b309ad84a0ca6509380fa4ae290

Compare only with the exact named package. A matching hash alone does not establish publisher identity or package safety.

Download options

Recorded package links, store pages, and browser extensions where available.

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Platform	Build	Architecture	Package	Action	Notes
Windows	ARM64 Git for Windows ARM64 installer	ARM64	EXE	Download file	Official ARM64 installer
Windows	EXE Git for Windows installer 64-bit	64-bit	EXE	Download file	Official Git for Windows installer
Windows	Portable PortableGit 64-bit package	64-bit	EXE	Download file	No-installer self-extracting package; configuration, credentials, repositories, and tools remain separate
macOS	Standard package Git official macOS installation instructions	Instructions	Download page	Open page	Platform instructions covering multiple providers; not a pinned binary artifact
Linux	Standard package Git official Linux installation instructions	Instructions	Download page	Open page	Distribution and source-install instructions; not a pinned binary artifact

Verification scope

A direct package URL is recorded above. We have not independently installed every listed build or confirmed that setup remains fully offline.

We do not host software files. Links may resolve to a publisher domain, its release repository, app store, CDN, or a documented distribution host — confirm the final hostname, publisher signature, version, and architecture before deployment. Recorded URLs last checked 30 August 2026; content last updated 11 September 2026.

What Git does

Git is a GPL-licensed distributed version-control system developed by its contributor community. Git is a member project of Software Freedom Conservancy; the Windows distribution linked here is maintained by the separate Git for Windows project. A normal clone can contain project history and supports local commits, branches, diffs, and merges before remote synchronization; cloning, fetching, pushing, LFS objects, submodules, credential-provider flows, and hosted pull-request features still require access to their configured remotes. Whether all needed history and objects are local also depends on shallow, partial, sparse, submodule, and LFS choices.

This record pins Git for Windows release v2.55.0.windows.5. It lists x64 and ARM64 installers plus x64 PortableGit. GitHub's official release metadata provides immutable SHA-256 digests for those assets. PortableGit avoids a conventional installation but still writes repository data and user configuration and can invoke credential helpers or external tools. The Windows installer exposes choices for PATH integration, terminal, credential handling, line endings, filesystem behavior, default branch, and editor; this audit did not run the installer and therefore does not claim a tested option set. Administrators should record and validate the choices they actually deploy.

Git packaging on macOS and Linux is not maintained by Git for Windows. The additional rows deliberately link to Git's official platform instructions rather than pretending they are immutable binary artifacts; exact versions, paths, signatures, and update mechanisms depend on Homebrew, Xcode Command Line Tools, a distribution package manager, or a source build. Remote authentication and trust depend on the chosen transport, credential helper, host-key or TLS validation, and hosting service.

Reference images

Git Developer Tools preview card — Git — Developer Tools

Captions describe the visible contents. Reference images are not installation-test results and may show older releases or other platforms.

Product features

Normal clones support local history, commits, branches, and merges before remote synchronization
Pinned Git for Windows revision 5 packages include x64, ARM64, and PortableGit variants
Git for Windows includes Git Bash and configurable credential integration
Remote compatibility and authentication depend on the server and selected transport
macOS and Linux rows are official instructions, not claimed binary packages

Installation notes

Grouped by the package types recorded on this page — not a claim that every listed build was independently tested on every supported platform.

Windows Windows installer (EXE)

1
Download the recorded file (Git-2.55.0.5-64-bit.exe). If it has a digital signature, inspect the signer and validation result in Properties → Digital Signatures. If no signature is present, follow the publisher's documented verification method; a missing signature does not authenticate the file.
2
Check any Windows warning before proceeding. A SmartScreen reputation warning is not signature verification; stop if the publisher is unexpected or the file is reported as malicious.
3
Follow the publisher's setup prompts to finish; options vary by release, so review each screen rather than clicking through.

Windows Windows self-extracting archive

1
Verify the recorded file (PortableGit-2.55.0.5-64-bit.7z.exe) before using its publisher-documented extraction procedure. A self-extracting archive runs executable code; it is not the same setup workflow as the conventional installer.
2
Choose an appropriate writable destination. Extracted tools can still write configuration, credentials and other data outside that folder.

No direct package URL is recorded on this page for macOS and Linux — for those platforms, choose the build on the publisher's download page linked in the table above.