TortoiseGit vs Git Extensions

Question

What are the benefits and disadvantage of using either Git Extensions or TortoiseGit on a Windows Based OS?

Answer 1

For fast and easy compilation, customization, and building extensions, GitExtensions is better (C#) than TortoiseGit (Visual C++ MFC)

For portability, GitExtensions is better (.NET on Windows / mono on Linux/Mac) than TortoiseGit (Win32/64 only)

To use icon overlay in Explorer, use TortoiseGit

For performance of some features, TortoiseGit is better because it calls static / dynamic library to retrieve the result from the repository, while GitExtensions only invokes git.exe command line which has larger overhead.

To migrate from TortoiseSVN, TortoiseGit will be more familiar with than GitExtensions