Gitti

What Gitti is

Gitti is a free, lightweight terminal interface for handling common Git operations on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It is designed for keyboard-driven work, with shortcuts and filterable lists; mouse input can also focus panels and select rows. Its workflows cover branches, worktrees, commits, merges, rebases, stashes, and tags. The interface brings together local branches, tags, remotes, worktrees, modified files, the commit log, reflog, stash, and an application logging panel.

For changes, Gitti offers interactive staging and unstaging down to individual lines, alongside a syntax-aware diff viewer. It supports GPG or SSH signing for commits and tags. Its reflog view can be used to create branches, reset, or cherry-pick from historical entries. The logging panel shows application logs in real time and can export them to a file. Gitti is open source and hosted on GitHub, where users can read its source and report reproducible bugs. Installation options include Go, Homebrew or curl on macOS, curl on Linux, and PowerShell or Scoop on Windows. Go-based installation recommends Go 1.21 or newer, and Git must be available in the PATH.

Who it suits

Gitti suits developers who prefer terminal-based Git workflows and want keyboard navigation across repository views and common operations. Its support for nested repositories and multiple desktop platforms may also fit developers working across different project setups.

Getting started

1. Choose the installation route for your platform: Go, Homebrew or curl on macOS, curl on Linux, or PowerShell or Scoop on Windows.
2. For Go-based installation, use Go 1.21 or newer, as recommended by the guide.
3. Make sure Git is available in the PATH.
4. Install Gitti using the selected route.

Verdict

Pick Gitti if you want a free terminal interface for common Git work, with keyboard navigation, detailed staging, and several repository views. Developers handling advanced or niche operations may prefer the CLI or a full GUI for those tasks.