Meridian
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Meridian, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Meridian's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Meridian | $29, paid once | 1 user · 3 Macs · personal and commercial use · 12 months of updates, then keep the app as-is · One-time payment; launch price, going up to $49 soon. |
The facts
Each one read from Meridian's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Git operations
- Meridian supports staging files or hunks, commits, branches, merge, rebase, cherry-pick, revert, reset, tags, stash, and conflict resolution.checked 11 Oct 2026
- History
- History features include search, comparison of commits or branches, blame, rename tracking, and generating a pull request compare URL.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker describes compatibility with Claude Code and Codex workflows but says Meridian does not run or configure agents.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Licence and updates
- A purchase grants one user a perpetual licence for three machines, with 12 months of updates; the app continues working after that period.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Notable limitations
- The maker lists interactive rebase, submodules, Git LFS, and line-level staging as unavailable.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy and local use
- The maker says Meridian runs on the Mac against the user's disk and describes day-to-day Git work as local, requiring no connection beyond the user's remotes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- Meridian is a native Git client for macOS, designed for reading and committing changes written by coding agents.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Rendered diffs
- Its rendered preview displays Markdown, images, SVG, CSV, and JSON as documents, with old and new versions side by side and synced scrolling.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The maker says rendered content is double-sanitized and links open in the user's browser rather than inside the app.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker says support questions can be emailed to [email protected] and are answered within two working days.checked 11 Oct 2026
- System Git
- Meridian uses system Git, so SSH keys, credential helpers, hooks, and commit signing work as configured in the terminal.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Worktrees
- Typing `mrd` in a repository or worktree opens it in its own titled window.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform support
- Meridian is macOS-only in a universal binary for Apple silicon and Intel; the maker says there is no Windows or Linux version.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Trial
- The download is a full-app 14-day free trial, extendable to 30 days with an email address.checked 11 Oct 2026
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