{"adoption": {"forks": 479, "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "stars": 2565}, "canonical_url": "https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/git-cola", "card": {"archived": false, "artifact_type": "application", "description": "git-cola: The highly caffeinated Git GUI", "domain": ["version-control", "developer-tools", "cross-platform"], "enriched": true, "function": ["gui", "version-control", "developer-tools", "editor"], "health_score": 99, "homepage": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/", "language": "Python", "license": "GPL-2.0", "license_family": "copyleft", "maturity": "active", "member_repos": ["git-cola/git-cola"], "name": "git-cola/git-cola", "platform": ["windows", "python", "cross-platform"], "pushed_at": "2026-08-21T21:59:13+00:00", "repo": "git-cola/git-cola", "stars": 2565, "tags": ["git-gui", "pyqt", "qt", "dag-visualization", "diff-viewer", "rebase", "linux", "macos", "desktop"], "topics": ["git-cola", "python", "git", "gui", "pyqt5", "vcs", "git-addons", "visualization", "osx", "linux", "windows", "cross-platform-gui", "qt5", "qtpy", "rebase", "editor", "diff", "debian", "pyqt6", "qt6"], "urls": [], "use_cases": ["visual git gui for staging and committing", "view git commit history as a DAG graph", "interactive rebase with a gui", "review diffs before committing", "cross-platform git client for linux mac windows"], "what_it_is": "Git Cola is a powerful, slick graphical user interface for Git built with Python and PyQt/PySide via QtPy. It includes a main commit/staging GUI and a separate Git DAG history visualizer, and runs cross-platform on Linux, macOS, and Windows.", "when_to_avoid": ["you need a fully integrated IDE experience rather than a dedicated Git tool", "you only work via the command line or scripts", "you cannot install Python and PyQt/PySide dependencies"], "when_to_choose": ["you want a lightweight, fast native Git GUI that runs from source", "you need a visual DAG history browser alongside staging tools", "you prefer free open-source GPL tooling across Linux, macOS, and Windows"]}, "data_as_of": "2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00", "members": [{"path": "/products/git-cola", "repo": "git-cola/git-cola", "role": "main", "score": 92}], "provenance": {"archived": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "source": "github"}, "artifact_type": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:23:25.143092+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "927f7416a646a45a6c156dfc525ba7223614f911b80754abb8a1dbbd7aca29bf", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola"}, {"content_hash": "5ac2b42d459addf0192d97a1a12dce629e88ed48efe961afe2da459da5d1a1a0", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:05:54.962859+00:00", "kind": "homepage", "missing": false, "url": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/"}, {"content_hash": "65703b52998d8aacae37ebd8904bf70d505ab6f914541fd913e006074910d82b", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:05:54.970696+00:00", "kind": "site_page", "missing": false, "url": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/about.html"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "description": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "source": "github"}, "domain": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:23:25.143092+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "927f7416a646a45a6c156dfc525ba7223614f911b80754abb8a1dbbd7aca29bf", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola"}, {"content_hash": "5ac2b42d459addf0192d97a1a12dce629e88ed48efe961afe2da459da5d1a1a0", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:05:54.962859+00:00", "kind": "homepage", "missing": false, "url": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/"}, {"content_hash": "65703b52998d8aacae37ebd8904bf70d505ab6f914541fd913e006074910d82b", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:05:54.970696+00:00", "kind": "site_page", "missing": false, "url": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/about.html"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "enriched": {"inputs": [], "kind": "computed", "method": "enrichment_status"}, "function": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:23:25.143092+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "927f7416a646a45a6c156dfc525ba7223614f911b80754abb8a1dbbd7aca29bf", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola"}, {"content_hash": "5ac2b42d459addf0192d97a1a12dce629e88ed48efe961afe2da459da5d1a1a0", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:05:54.962859+00:00", "kind": "homepage", "missing": false, "url": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/"}, {"content_hash": "65703b52998d8aacae37ebd8904bf70d505ab6f914541fd913e006074910d82b", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:05:54.970696+00:00", "kind": "site_page", "missing": false, "url": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/about.html"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "health_score": {"inputs": ["days_since_push", "days_since_release", "archived"], "kind": "computed", "method": "health_v1"}, "homepage": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "source": "github"}, "language": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "source": "github"}, "license": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "source": "github"}, "license_family": {"inputs": ["license"], "kind": "computed", "method": "license_family"}, "maturity": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:23:25.143092+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "927f7416a646a45a6c156dfc525ba7223614f911b80754abb8a1dbbd7aca29bf", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola"}, {"content_hash": "5ac2b42d459addf0192d97a1a12dce629e88ed48efe961afe2da459da5d1a1a0", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:05:54.962859+00:00", "kind": "homepage", "missing": false, "url": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/"}, {"content_hash": "65703b52998d8aacae37ebd8904bf70d505ab6f914541fd913e006074910d82b", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:05:54.970696+00:00", "kind": "site_page", "missing": false, "url": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/about.html"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "member_repos": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "source": "github"}, "name": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "source": "github"}, "platform": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:23:25.143092+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "927f7416a646a45a6c156dfc525ba7223614f911b80754abb8a1dbbd7aca29bf", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola"}, {"content_hash": "5ac2b42d459addf0192d97a1a12dce629e88ed48efe961afe2da459da5d1a1a0", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:05:54.962859+00:00", "kind": "homepage", "missing": false, "url": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/"}, {"content_hash": "65703b52998d8aacae37ebd8904bf70d505ab6f914541fd913e006074910d82b", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:05:54.970696+00:00", "kind": "site_page", "missing": false, "url": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/about.html"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "pushed_at": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "source": "github"}, "repo": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "source": "github"}, "stars": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "source": "github"}, "tags": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:23:25.143092+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "927f7416a646a45a6c156dfc525ba7223614f911b80754abb8a1dbbd7aca29bf", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola"}, {"content_hash": "5ac2b42d459addf0192d97a1a12dce629e88ed48efe961afe2da459da5d1a1a0", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:05:54.962859+00:00", "kind": "homepage", "missing": false, "url": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/"}, {"content_hash": "65703b52998d8aacae37ebd8904bf70d505ab6f914541fd913e006074910d82b", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:05:54.970696+00:00", "kind": "site_page", "missing": false, "url": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/about.html"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "topics": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "source": "github"}, "urls": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "source": "github"}, "use_cases": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:23:25.143092+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "927f7416a646a45a6c156dfc525ba7223614f911b80754abb8a1dbbd7aca29bf", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola"}, {"content_hash": "5ac2b42d459addf0192d97a1a12dce629e88ed48efe961afe2da459da5d1a1a0", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:05:54.962859+00:00", "kind": "homepage", "missing": false, "url": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/"}, {"content_hash": "65703b52998d8aacae37ebd8904bf70d505ab6f914541fd913e006074910d82b", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:05:54.970696+00:00", "kind": "site_page", "missing": false, "url": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/about.html"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "what_it_is": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:23:25.143092+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "927f7416a646a45a6c156dfc525ba7223614f911b80754abb8a1dbbd7aca29bf", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola"}, {"content_hash": "5ac2b42d459addf0192d97a1a12dce629e88ed48efe961afe2da459da5d1a1a0", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:05:54.962859+00:00", "kind": "homepage", "missing": false, "url": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/"}, {"content_hash": "65703b52998d8aacae37ebd8904bf70d505ab6f914541fd913e006074910d82b", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:05:54.970696+00:00", "kind": "site_page", "missing": false, "url": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/about.html"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "when_to_avoid": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:23:25.143092+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "927f7416a646a45a6c156dfc525ba7223614f911b80754abb8a1dbbd7aca29bf", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola"}, {"content_hash": "5ac2b42d459addf0192d97a1a12dce629e88ed48efe961afe2da459da5d1a1a0", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:05:54.962859+00:00", "kind": "homepage", "missing": false, "url": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/"}, {"content_hash": "65703b52998d8aacae37ebd8904bf70d505ab6f914541fd913e006074910d82b", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:05:54.970696+00:00", "kind": "site_page", "missing": false, "url": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/about.html"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "when_to_choose": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:23:25.143092+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "927f7416a646a45a6c156dfc525ba7223614f911b80754abb8a1dbbd7aca29bf", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:01.147921+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola"}, {"content_hash": "5ac2b42d459addf0192d97a1a12dce629e88ed48efe961afe2da459da5d1a1a0", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:05:54.962859+00:00", "kind": "homepage", "missing": false, "url": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/"}, {"content_hash": "65703b52998d8aacae37ebd8904bf70d505ab6f914541fd913e006074910d82b", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:05:54.970696+00:00", "kind": "site_page", "missing": false, "url": "https://git-cola.gitlab.io/about.html"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}}, "score": {"components": {"activity": 98, "longevity": 100, "rhythm": 80}, "computed_at": "2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00", "flags": [], "formula": "round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)", "inputs": {"age_days": 6658, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 52, "gap_med": 39.0, "n_releases_24m": 17}, "score": 92, "version": 2}, "staleness": {"enrichment_outdated": false, "low_confidence": false, "scrape_days": 9, "stale_scrape": false}}