# paulirish/git-recent

See your latest local git branches, formatted real fancy

Repository: https://github.com/paulirish/git-recent
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/git-recent
Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/git-recent
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-06-04T19:18:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 68/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 85, release rhythm 29, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3680, "days_push": 90, "days_rel": 312, "gap_med": 132, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1032, forks 38 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:17.941387+00:00)

## What it is
A small shell-based git subcommand that interactively lists your most recent local git branches using fzf, letting you checkout with Enter and preview branch diffs against main. It also includes a non-interactive 'git recent-og' variant for dependency-averse users.

## Use cases
- quickly browse and switch between recent local git branches
- interactively checkout a branch with fzf
- view a diff of a branch against main before switching
- see a branch's unique commits
- handle branches already checked out in git worktrees

## When to choose
- you use plain git commands and want a fast, lightweight branch switcher
- you already have fzf installed and want a simple interactive git helper
- you want a tiny single-script tool rather than a full TUI

## When to avoid
- you already use lazygit, tig, git-fuzzy, or fzf-git for TUI git workflows
- you don't want to install fzf (though git recent-og works without it)
- you need remote branch management or advanced git features

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, developer-tools, version-control
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: cli, windows, cross-platform
- tags: git, fzf, branch-navigation, shell-script, interactive-ui, command-line, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- paulirish/git-recent (main) score 68

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:17.941387+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:06:45.917510+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/paulirish/git-recent (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:17.941387+00:00, sha 34a962025a66)
  - homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/git-recent (fetched 2026-08-29T13:06:32.310392+00:00, sha cf16f697ee79)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.