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magit/magit

It's Magit! A Git Porcelain inside Emacs. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/magit/magit · homepage · Emacs Lisp · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

98/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 95
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 28.5
  • age_days: 5962
  • days_rel: 33
  • days_push: 11
  • n_releases_24m: 19

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

7211 stars · 878 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Magit is a complete text-based Git interface implemented as an Emacs package, often called a Git porcelain. It makes every piece of displayed Git information actionable via mnemonic key presses, covering nearly all daily version control tasks from within Emacs.

Use cases

  • manage git commits, branches, and rebases from inside emacs
  • stage and commit hunks interactively
  • view git log and diff in a text ui
  • learn git commands by seeing what magit runs
  • replace git command line and gui clients with an emacs workflow

When to choose

  • you use Emacs as your editor and want deep Git integration
  • you want a faster, more complete Git interface than GUI clients
  • you perform advanced Git operations like interactive rebasing regularly

When to avoid

  • you don't use Emacs and don't want to learn it
  • you prefer graphical Git clients with point-and-click interfaces

Facets

plugin · maturity stable

version-control developer-tools terminal-ui version-control developer-tools text-editors editor-plugin cross-platform git-client emacs-package porcelain emacs-lisp command-line emacs

3 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
magit/magitmain98

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="magit/magit")

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