# gitui-org/gitui

Blazing 💥 fast terminal-ui for git written in rust 🦀

Repository: https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gitui
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: rust, tui, terminal, git, command-line-tool, command-line-interface, async, hacktoberfest, bash
Last push: 2026-08-04T08:27:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 79/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 44, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2361, "days_push": 29, "days_rel": 162, "gap_med": 217.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 22436, forks 766 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:32.616030+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: terminal-ui, version-control, developer-tools, cli
- domain: version-control, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, rust, cross-platform
- tags: git, tui, git-client, keyboard-driven, async, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- gitui-org/gitui (main) score 79

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:32.616030+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 2026-08-29T16:57:10.535880+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:32.616030+00:00, sha 4ff1fd8cbe49)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/gitui (fetched 2026-08-29T07:55:29.260894+00:00, sha 139515324498)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.