# magit/magit

It's Magit! A Git Porcelain inside Emacs.

Repository: https://github.com/magit/magit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/magit
Homepage: https://magit.vc
Language: Emacs Lisp
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-22T11:58:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 95, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5962, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": 33, "gap_med": 28.5, "n_releases_24m": 19}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7211, forks 878 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:56.648916+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: version-control, developer-tools, terminal-ui
- domain: version-control, developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: editor-plugin, cross-platform
- tags: git-client, emacs-package, porcelain, emacs-lisp, command-line, emacs

## Member repositories
- magit/magit (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:56.648916+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 2026-08-29T17:39:50.480703+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/magit/magit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:56.648916+00:00, sha 5f3fcaef81f6)
  - homepage: https://magit.vc (fetched 2026-08-29T08:34:48.805229+00:00, sha d6548cf0d3c1)
  - site_page: https://docs.magit.vc (fetched 2026-08-29T08:34:48.814975+00:00, sha e7c826bd6fc3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.