A keyboard-first terminal Git client: a real commit graph, first-class branches and worktrees, vim-style modal navigation, the mouse is optional but fully functional.
Why
Terminal Git tools are great for quick staging and commits but awkward for many branches, worktrees and large graphs. Graphical clients get that model right but need a mouse and a desktop. Gitunia brings that model to the terminal.
Features
- Commit graph that scrolls and searches through 100k+ commits
- Stage files, hunks and single lines, then commit or amend
- Branches, merge, rebase, reset, cherry-pick and revert
- Fetch, pull and push with progress
- Unified and side-by-side diffs, also between any two commits
- Standalone multi-repository client: tabs, repository picker, session restore
- Stashes as a first-class view
- 3-way merge conflict resolution
- Worktrees as a first-class view
- Tags, clone, init and remotes
- Interactive rebase editor
- Reflog browser as the undo path for destructive actions
- Blame view: who last changed each line of a file, at a commit or in the working tree
gitunia update: updates itself from the latest release (checksum-verified, no PowerShell on Windows) or prints the package manager's command; gitunia update --check is for scripts; the status bar tells when a newer release exists (checked once a day, off with one setting or GITUNIA_NO_UPDATE_CHECK)- Command palette, configurable vim-style keys and full mouse support
- Select and copy exactly the text you want from a diff, by character or by line, with keys or the mouse (copies through the terminal clipboard, also over ssh)
Not included: submodules, LFS UI, hosting-provider integration, plugins.
Install
Needs Git 2.43 or newer on your PATH.
One line, installs the latest release (re-run it to update).
Linux (x64, arm64):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Aleksanderis/Gitunia/main/scripts/install.sh | sh
Windows (PowerShell):
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Aleksanderis/Gitunia/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex
Other ways to install: Linux .deb/.rpm, Arch/Omarchy .pkg.tar.zst (x64 and arm64) (the AUR package gitunia-bin is planned, not published yet), Windows winget install Gitunia.Gitunia (once its winget-pkgs submission is approved), Homebrew brew install aleksanderis/tap/gitunia (macOS and Linux), a Windows or Linux archive (x64 and arm64), a macOS archive (Apple silicon; should work but is not fully tested yet, and unsigned, so Gatekeeper asks you to allow it), or from source. For more details look in the user guide.
Quick start
gitunia # restore the last session, or show the repository picker
gitunia ~/Projects/foo # open a repository (any subfolder resolves to its root)
In the picker type to filter or type a path. Enter opens it in a tab. ? shows the keys of the current view, : opens the command palette, q quits.
Docs
Contributing, security, license
See CONTRIBUTING.md and SECURITY.md. Licensed under the MIT License (LICENSE). This covers the logo too.
Support
If Gitunia saves you time, you can buy me a coffee:
