64-bit
innouser scopegithub.com · known platform- File name
- Git-2.55.0.3-64-bit.exe
- SHA-256
- af12577d0fdff74243a5988197aa49b957d5044edc17004f6ddf0768996f1dca
- Silent install
- /SP- /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART
Git
by The Git Development Community · GPL-2.0
95/100how this is calculated
A free and open source distributed version control system
Getting the right Git for Windows download
The file people search for by name is the 64-bit standalone installer, and its filename carries the version, which is why searches like git-2.55.0.3-64-bit.exe land here. There is also a portable build that needs no installation at all.
The standalone installer is the normal choice: it sets up Git, Git Bash and the credential helper, and registers everything for you. The portable archive runs from a folder and touches nothing, which is what you want on a machine you do not administer.
Every release is published on GitHub with its hash, so verifying the download is straightforward and worth doing for a tool that will hold your credentials.
The line-ending question is the one that matters
The installer asks how to handle line endings and the default, checkout as CRLF and commit as LF, is right for most Windows users working with cross-platform repositories. Picking "as-is" instead is how you end up with a diff where every line changed and nobody can review it.
It also asks which editor to use
The default is Vim, which is a genuinely bad surprise mid-commit if you have never used it. Change it during setup to whatever you actually use, or you will be looking up how to quit an editor at the worst moment.
Record
- Latest version
- 2.55.0.3
- Release date
- 14 Jul 2026
- Official page
- https://gitforwindows.org/
- Package identifier
- Git.Git
- Command
- git
Official downloads
These URLs are the ones The Git Development Community declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.
More than one architecture below. Check which one your Windows is if you are not sure.
ARM64
innouser scopegithub.com · known platform- File name
- Git-2.55.0.3-arm64.exe
- SHA-256
- e3d7f5a2214f214f0a93cf0d8915dab236a0e91c7de6de70a7dbde9a61c794db
- Silent install
- /SP- /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART
Verify the file you downloaded
Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what The Git Development Community published. Delete it.
Windows · PowerShell
Get-FileHash "Git-2.55.0.3-64-bit.exe" -Algorithm SHA256macOS · Linux
shasum -a 256 "Git-2.55.0.3-64-bit.exe"Expected output
af12577d0fdff74243a5988197aa49b957d5044edc17004f6ddf0768996f1dca
Got a different hash, or one you cannot place? Paste it into the hash checker and it will tell you which program and version it belongs to, past releases included.
Install Git silently
The unattended switch below is the one The Git Development Community declares in the installer manifest, not one we guessed by trying flags.
64-bit · user scope · publisher-declared
.\Git-2.55.0.3-64-bit.exe /SP- /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTARTARM64 · user scope · publisher-declared
.\Git-2.55.0.3-arm64.exe /SP- /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTARTRun it from the folder holding the downloaded file, in a terminal opened as administrator when the package installs for all users. Silent means no window and no prompts, so check the exit code rather than waiting for something to appear: 0 is success and 3010 means it worked but wants a reboot.
How we scored this 95 out of 100
| Signal | Finding | Points |
|---|---|---|
| SHA-256 hash published | 2 of 2 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built. | 30 / 30 |
| Binary provenance | 2 on a recognised distribution platformThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for. | 29.8 / 35 |
| Served over HTTPS | 2 of 2 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit. | 15 / 15 |
| Release recency | last release about 1 months agoSoftware that has not shipped in years accumulates unpatched vulnerabilities. | 15 / 15 |
| Licence declared | GPL-2.0A declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software. | 5 / 5 |
Opens 4 file types
Extensions Git registers itself to handle.
Is Git safe to download?
The installer comes from a recognised distribution platform rather than The Git Development Community's own domain. That is normal for this kind of software and not a red flag by itself.
Every one of the 2 installers on this page comes with the SHA-256 The Git Development Community declared, so you do not have to take our word for it: hash the file you downloaded and compare.
What this does not tell you is whether the software itself is any good, or whether you want what it does once installed. A publisher can ship something you would rather not run and the download is still authentic. We answer the question we can measure and leave the other one to you.
If Windows says “Windows protected your PC” when you run it, that is SmartScreen reporting reputation, not a malware verdict — it shows up on perfectly legitimate software from small publishers and on releases that are simply new. The reverse matters more: no warning does not mean the file was checked.
How the 95/100 score is calculated · why the source matters more than the reputation
Install Git with winget
Windows ships with a package manager, and this program is in it. The identifier below is the one Microsoft's repository uses, which is also where the download URL and hash on this page come from.
Install
winget install --id Git.Git --exactUpgrade later
winget upgrade --id Git.GitWhy --exact: without it winget matches on name as well as identifier, and a search that returns more than one package makes it stop and ask rather than install. Pinning the identifier is what makes the command safe to put in a script.
Not installing anything, or getting an error back? The commands that actually come up covers upgrading everything at once, what --include-unknown is for, and why winget can be missing from a machine that should have it.
Old versions of Git20 with hashes
The version history of Git, each release with the download URL the publisher declared at the time and the SHA-256 to check it against. Useful when an update breaks something and you need to downgrade to a build that worked.
We do not host any of these files and never re-upload them, which is the difference between this and an old-version download site.
2.55.0.2
released 02 Jul 202674300DA8DFE0D844C5449FFB809662F8EEAC47916F83730C879C4084890C6C0E
3DF091FC297001EA9592554EE630111EA27B2D33B137859D08C4971ABB319A7C
2.55.0
released 29 Jun 20260C66E4A5875DA5A74F9754386DE7555BA301503B03BBDCDBAFA69DC6464E548D
1C28F00262DF9E2721036492D5E206862420325516A9A074D3FEC1B9F44431D8
2.54.0
released 20 Apr 20262B96E7854F0520F0F6B709C21041D9801B1BE44D5E1A0D9FA621B2FBC40F1983
97BF63E5C65152C14B488E191C107AA1CCBEAE2435690693241BE4B2B5EDD0D2
2.53.0.3
released 14 Apr 2026BC88381E192BD5B17A131755D837828D8A570DA1EAD89CFCDE0D45AE38133C0B
9CC821D1C402F4A5FD397AB0757ED67B7D91D3401EA171131ACD745334056A9B
2.53.0.2
released 10 Mar 2026194362CF24CD0DB4B573096108460A34C7F80A20C5F2AA60D06EF817BE9F73A1
07F74AFB072A95993D58FBCC3979F7E53CE0CFC10D574F484766C54F73E21D1B
2.53.0
released 02 Feb 20263B4E1B127DBEBEA2931F2AE9DFAFA0C2343A488A1222009DEBFE78D5D335E6A9
8EB369BD00582699DA1B9AFFF4E99DC92E8CE984200B424E8B058D79152EB61D
2.52.0
released 17 Nov 2025D8DE7A3152266C8BB13577EAB850EA1DF6DCCF8C2AA48BE5B4A1C58B7190D62C
AC77636C9240DA04AA9306DD6CB99D0E6283A506D6F4EA01DF5AB5630408F24E
2.51.2
released 28 Oct 2025EBD318E1D3EE0CC1AC8EAD026F1EDF8678DCB42C7D74D757B8E2FA8A1BE0B25F
CFA59DC9CA121844A9346224E856EE11916EBD606B211D4291F8B97AA482DD94
2.51.1
released 17 Oct 2025B6A0E8094A2564E8F5407F18C1B47F057FE3DD10748C11E5F86478D8CBBF6ACD
58FC351B55A00DB7FB9067D1959BA821A2CAD0A46A4D35CAF6726BDB36950CD4
2.51.0.2
released 29 Sept 20255CF583441CCD8D98D3492936235B6EE30C6847D1B3F49365D6A025B3432094AD
BA95ADC559E2D91AE28AA354C0FFB06B2C54F2BF42985F278DDED9CA31194816
2.51.0
released 19 Aug 2025843037416371600A7F289BE8FE2B2224AFE1C1BB0736BBAB7B3FF393E6A7AAF2
739673A52A2EA5A3AC23EF1A74985647FD21A758E5E177FED2D995DD897A1600
2.50.1
released 08 Jul 202547FE1D46DBB7111F6693B04A8BD95FC869CE2062DF7B4822B52849548FB457E4
26E71DB68BF5DD2AD47E13A07FB050FA0E8AB7E9802401B32BB55F2626F15F55
2.50.0.2
released 01 Jul 2025A22B0DDAAA6C698BE63F8396B5E595C72A4AB2237BB8863C935752C02C1824B3
4D6306FA8F346615271ACEF9A6BBD9072485111E7C9717EE993BF72A29AB7CD1
2.50.0
released 16 Jun 2025817A905F261B399580F476206A74BAC1DD5AAFEF0E3E69D1263B7434C4C78B47
39A7807393E8829B31581A1F3553592875139F9E1F25D3D27D1FE1D778336B06
2.49.0
released 17 Mar 2025726056328967F242FE6E9AFBFE7823903A928AFF577DCF6F517F2FB6DA6CE83C
490EA5C2A1CB3CA4071079E262D1CBA9331252CAD1B76F9DF1E89F04A09E761B
2.48.1
released 13 Feb 2025FDF9BE6795AFD911B4ED87417F2D5AC547798B5B47441B9F71984CDDEF943C3A
CE45E23275049F4B36EDD90D5FD986A1E230EFB6C511E9260A90176CE8E825DF
09E3B2E844C3186567FBDBC16F0E6B483571DC7F964DEA1C66357F585DF454D9
2.47.1.2
released 14 Jan 20254E6D9F309F4F877A779AEE9E80FC1EF5D6F03AA79D5EB4CAC103D39F02ECE1E9
5F2350757F9781125CD660478B31C37698D9662AED25B4B02E92DA393289564C
A6F68A3E74349E71ED0030FAD7BAD87806093A4063B3B1FE2A2C0BE233201CE4
2.47.1
released 25 Nov 2024121744B5D804F839D7F6E66E594CCAFBE345418F0D02A696F6CEC866F6EB1E62
25527923DEBC06515B3016F2D6BCA0820656E8281A23BE2F43BFB658BD5DDA70
63950D69998CA184B0ADE0389A0E0B50E62F4A1EA8DA9752449193C9DCDA569F
2.47.0.2
released 22 Oct 2024B798DC1FF11AFE912994E0E7D0B538EDBBD291E666FDC6F34FA4CB19547AEFC7
83C618DCC50B63F0F7AFC86A7A125169BD59559FF680683F1D915C45E05FF4CC
2.47.0
released 08 Oct 2024082FCCCE46D7D5B34A0FD146DBC21EF2C7597F468A0E9A41C3814536A04D6668
30E8585FD7055EB1417CA4472DBCFCF65DD80C355613D3A6E115D695E7DC31BD
Earlier releases20 more
The file names, so you can tell what you have. Their hashes are in the hash checker and in the downloadable archive.
- 2.46.2Git-2.46.2-32-bit.exe · Git-2.46.2-64-bit.exe
- 2.46.1Git-2.46.1-32-bit.exe · Git-2.46.1-64-bit.exe
- 2.46.0Git-2.46.0-32-bit.exe · Git-2.46.0-64-bit.exe
- 2.45.2Git-2.45.2-64-bit.exe · Git-2.45.2-32-bit.exe
- 2.45.1Git-2.45.1-64-bit.exe · Git-2.45.1-32-bit.exe
- 2.45.0Git-2.45.0-64-bit.exe · Git-2.45.0-32-bit.exe
- 2.44.0Git-2.44.0-64-bit.exe · Git-2.44.0-32-bit.exe
- 2.43.0Git-2.43.0-64-bit.exe · Git-2.43.0-32-bit.exe
- 2.42.0.2Git-2.42.0.2-64-bit.exe
- 2.42.0Git-2.42.0.2-64-bit.exe
- 2.41.0.3Git-2.41.0.3-64-bit.exe
- 2.41.0.2Git-2.41.0.2-64-bit.exe
- 2.41.0Git-2.41.0.3-64-bit.exe
- 2.40.1Git-2.40.1-64-bit.exe
- 2.40.0Git-2.40.0-64-bit.exe
- 2.39.2Git-2.39.2-32-bit.exe · Git-2.39.2-64-bit.exe
- 2.39.1Git-2.39.1-32-bit.exe · Git-2.39.1-64-bit.exe
- 2.39.0.2Git-2.39.0.2-32-bit.exe · Git-2.39.0.2-64-bit.exe
- 2.39.0Git-2.39.0-32-bit.exe · Git-2.39.0-64-bit.exe
- 2.38.1Git-2.38.1-32-bit.exe · Git-2.38.1-64-bit.exe
Publishers take old builds offline without warning, so a link here can stop working even though the hash stays correct forever. If you already have the file, the hash is what matters: it tells you whether what you have is what they published.
Every version on record73
Every Git version with a published manifest, newest first. The most recent ones are listed above with their file names and hashes.
- 2.55.0.3
- 2.55.0.2
- 2.55.0
- 2.54.0
- 2.53.0.3
- 2.53.0.2
- 2.53.0
- 2.52.0
- 2.51.2
- 2.51.1
- 2.51.0.2
- 2.51.0
- 2.50.1
- 2.50.0.2
- 2.50.0
- 2.49.0
- 2.48.1
- 2.47.1.2
- 2.47.1
- 2.47.0.2
- 2.47.0
- 2.46.2
- 2.46.1
- 2.46.0
- 2.45.2
- 2.45.1
- 2.45.0
- 2.44.0
- 2.43.0
- 2.42.0.2
- 2.42.0
- 2.41.0.3
- 2.41.0.2
- 2.41.0
- 2.40.1
- 2.40.0
- 2.39.2
- 2.39.1
- 2.39.0.2
- 2.39.0
- 2.38.1
- 2.38.0
- 2.37.3
- 2.37.2.2
- 2.37.1
- 2.37.0
- 2.36.1
- 2.36.0
- 2.35.3
- 2.35.2
- 2.35.1.2
- 2.35.1
- 2.35.0
- 2.34.1
- 2.34.0
- 2.33.1
- 2.33.0.2
- 2.33.0
- 2.32.0.2
- 2.32.0
- 2.31.1
- 2.31.0
- 2.30.2
- 2.30.1
- 2.30.0.2
- 2.29.2.3
- 2.29.2.2
- 2.29.0
- 2.28.0
- 2.27.0
- 2.26.2
- 2.25.1
- 2.24.1.2
Common questions
- Which Git installer do I need for Windows?
- The 64-bit standalone installer for a normal setup. Use the portable build if you cannot install software on the machine, since it runs from a folder without writing to the registry.
- What line ending setting should I choose when installing Git?
- The default, which checks out CRLF and commits LF. It keeps Windows tools happy while what you push stays consistent with everyone else. The "as-is" option is for repositories that deliberately manage this themselves.
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