gitui-org/gitui

Health v2 · maintenance only

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22436 stars · 766 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

GitUI is a fast, keyboard-driven terminal user interface for git written in Rust. It offers GUI-like git workflows (staging, committing, stashing, branching, log browsing) directly in the terminal while staying responsive even on very large repositories.

Use cases

• manage git commits and staging from the terminal
• browse and search commit history with a visual diff
• use a git GUI without leaving the terminal
• work with git in huge repositories where GUIs freeze
• stash, branch, and push/fetch via keyboard-only interface

When to choose

• you want GUI-comfort git workflows inside a terminal
• you work with very large repositories that slow down other git GUIs
• you prefer fast, keyboard-only control with context-sensitive help

When to avoid

• you need a graphical mouse-driven git client outside the terminal
• you require full GPG commit signing support, which has known shortcomings
• you only need simple scripted git commands rather than an interactive UI

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

terminal-ui version-control developer-tools cli version-control developer-tools windows cli rust cross-platform git tui git-client keyboard-driven async command-line linux macos

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