https://github.com/altsem/gitu

A TUI Git client inspired by Magit
https://github.com/altsem/gitu

cli git magit standalone tui

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A TUI Git client inspired by Magit

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/altsem/gitu
• Owner: altsem
• License: mit
• Created: 2023-12-23T19:59:02.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-10-19T09:25:57.000Z (16 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-10-19T19:38:23.912Z (16 days ago)
• Topics: cli, git, magit, standalone, tui
• Language: Rust
• Homepage:
• Size: 20.7 MB
• Stars: 2,498
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 123
• Open Issues: 48
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

          
## It's Gitu! - A Git porcelain *outside* of Emacs

[![CI](https://github.com/altsem/gitu/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/altsem/gitu/actions/workflows/ci.yml)

[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/altsem/gitu/graph/badge.svg?token=5YWPU7GWFW)](https://codecov.io/gh/altsem/gitu)

A terminal user interface for Git. Inspired by Magit.



### Features

Gitu aims to implement many of the core features of Magit over time.

It should be familiar to any previous Magit users.\

Here's a list of so-far supported features:

- **Staging/Unstaging** _(file, hunk, line)_ 

- **Showing** _(view commits / open EDITOR at line)_

- **Branching** _(checkout, checkout new)_

- **Committing** _(commit, amend, fixup)_

- **Fetching**

- **Logging** _(current, other)_

- **Pulling / Pushing** _to/from configured upstream/pushDefault_

- **Rebasing** _(elsewhere, abort, continue, autosquash, interactive)_

- **Resetting** _(soft, mixed, hard)_

- **Reverting** _(commit)_

- **Stashing** _(save, pop, apply, drop)_

### Keybinds

Keybinds try mimic Magit, while staying Vim-like.

A help-menu can be shown by pressing the `h` key, or by configuring `general.always_show_help.enabled = true`



### Configuration

The environment variables `VISUAL`, `EDITOR` or `GIT_EDITOR` (checked in this order) dictate which editor Gitu will open. This means that e. g. commit messages will be opened in the `GIT_EDITOR` by Git, but if the user wishes to do edits to the actual files in a different editor, `VISUAL` or `EDITOR` can be set accordingly.

Configuration is also loaded from:

- Linux:   `~/.config/gitu/config.toml`

- macOS:   `~/.config/gitu/config.toml`

- Windows: `%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\gitu\config.toml`

, refer to the [default configuration](src/default_config.toml).

### Installing Gitu

Follow the install instructions: [Installing Gitu](docs/installing.md)\

Or install from your package manager:

[![Packaging status](https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/gitu.svg)](https://repology.org/project/gitu/versions)

### Contributing

PRs are welcome!

This may help to get you started: [Development & Tooling](docs/dev-tooling.md)