GitKraken is very slow since macOS Big Sur update

Since I upgraded to Big Sur, everything seems really slow on Gitkraken (checkout, pull/push, commits...)

I tried reinstalling it but it didn't change.

Solution 1:

Edit Feb 16 2022:

Axosoft released 8.3 version of Gitkraken which seems to fix the issue:

Mac users will get optimal performance without needing to run the 'Big Sur workaround' from a terminal, which had been required to fix the partial signature issue introduced in macOS Big Sur.

Previous answer:

I got an answer from their support, saying I have to run

codesign --remove-signature /Applications/GitKraken.app/Contents/Frameworks/GitKraken\ Helper\ \(Renderer\).app

And everything is now working smoothly again. Yay!

Here is their full answer:

Thank you for using GitKraken! This is currently a known issue with the new Mac Big Sur OS.

As a workaround, consider running the following command in your terminal: codesign --remove-signature /Applications/GitKraken.app/Contents/Frameworks/GitKraken\ Helper\ (Renderer).app

This temporary workaround removes the GitKraken Signature (making it a partially-signed app) which means if you update GitKraken you will need to do this again. However, this should help with the performance for now while we wait for Apple to address this issue.