TortoiseGit is a Windows shell interface for Git, based on TortoiseSVN. It is open-source software built with freely available tools. It is not integrated into a specific IDE, so it works with any development tool and file type. The main interaction is through the Windows Explorer context menu. TortoiseGit facilitates tasks such as commit, log viewing, version comparison, branch and tag creation, and patch generation. It is distributed under the GPL license, being free even for commercial environments, with the source code publicly available.