gitui

A blazing fast terminal user interface for Git, written in Rust.

tui

v0.26.3

gitui is a fast, keyboard-driven terminal UI for Git. It brings the comfort of a GUI Git client to the terminal without sacrificing speed, making it a compelling alternative to tools like lazygit or reaching for a full GUI app just to stage a few hunks.

Features

Stage by hunk or line — interactively stage, reset, or stash individual hunks or even single lines without touching the command line
Full diff view — syntax-highlighted diffs with scrolling directly in the TUI
Branch management — create, rename, delete, and checkout branches without leaving the interface
Commit log — browse history with a filterable log view; inspect any commit's full diff
Push & fetch — interact with remotes, including SSH and HTTPS authentication support
Stash management — create, apply, pop, and drop stashes interactively
Blame view — see who last changed each line of a file
Fast — consistently outperforms other TUI Git clients in startup time and rendering

Installation

cargo install gitui

Or via your package manager:

# Arch Linux
pacman -S gitui

# Debian / Ubuntu
apt install gitui

# Fedora
dnf install gitui

# macOS
brew install gitui

# Nix
nix-env -iA nixpkgs.gitui

Usage

Launch gitui from inside any Git repository:

gitui

Key bindings

Key	Action
`Tab`	Cycle between panels
`Enter`	Select / expand
`Space`	Stage / unstage hunk
`c`	Commit staged changes
`p`	Push to remote
`F`	Fetch from remote
`l`	Open commit log
`b`	Branch list
`q`	Quit

Key bindings are fully configurable via a key_config.ron file.

Configuration

gitui uses the RON format for configuration. The config file lives at:

Linux/macOS: ~/.config/gitui/
Windows: %APPDATA%\gitui\

You can customise key bindings and the colour theme to match your terminal.