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24 alternatives to Gut – An easy-to-use CLI for Git
Hi Hacker news ! I’m Julien and I built an alternative CLI for Git : gut. Even if I haven’t been coding for a long time (I’m in the first year studying computer science), I’ve always found git to be frustrating. The command naming is inconsistent and git lets you easily shoot yourself in the foot. I made gut, another git porcelain, to solve these issues. It provides a consistent naming of command. To do so, syntax is based on subcommands. For example, to delete a branch, run gut branch rm rather than git branch -d, same to delete a remote (gut remote rm) and so on. Gut also prevents you from…
Gut is a command-line interface for Git designed to be more user-friendly than standard Git. It uses consistent subcommand syntax, such as "gut branch rm" instead of "git branch -d," making commands easier to remember.… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Gut – An easy-to-use CLI for Git launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Gut▲98An easy-to-use git alternative to version-control your code
2023 · gut-cli.dev · its alternatives →
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simple terminal UI for git commands. Contribute to jesseduffield/lazygit development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey folks, Here's a quick and dirty tool to use natural language to get git to do what you want. Example: $gitgpt create a new branch called feature/test add all the files and commit with msg creating feature test then push to origin I haven't put it through the wringer yet, however it's worked well with some pretty straight forward day to day git usage.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I've always wanted a better way to explore the authorship data embedded in a Git commit log. I'm having fun building a CLI tool to do this. It's a bit like the "Contributors" tab on Github that shows you how many commits each contributor has made but much faster and with many more options. If you get a chance to try it out, please let me know. I'd love to hear feedback and suggestions. Thank you!
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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GitHub CLI▲408GitHub’s official free and open source command line tool
2020 · cli.github.com · its alternatives →
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Tempo▲118Replace the Git CLI with a clear UI and AI assist
2024 · maoyama.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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Git Explorer▲225Find git commands you need without digging through the web.
2019 · gitexplorer.com · its alternatives →
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I use interactive rebase quite often, and particularly like the editor bundled with IntelliJ. But I do not always work with IntelliJ, and am not 'fluent' with Vim, so I tried to replicate roughly the same rebase experience within a TUI. I used a small TUI OCaml project i made last year. The notable features are: - Move commits up and down, fixup, drop - Rename commits from the editor (without having to stop for a reword during the rebase run) - Visualize modified files along commits - 'Explode' a commit ,creating a commit for each modified file (a thing I found myself doing quite often)…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Personally, I think the JJ VCS (https://github.com/jj-vcs/jj) hit a point some time in this past year where I find it hard to find a great reason to continue using git. Over the years I've cobbled together aliases and bash functions to try to improve my git workflow, but after using jj, which works with ~any git repo and integrates great with Github repos, all of the workflow issues I ran into with git are not only solved, but improved in ways I couldn't manage with simple scripts. One example is the op log, which lets you go to any point in your repo's time and provides…
2025 · its alternatives →
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https://github.com/GitAlias/gitalias Do you use git? I have a big list of alias commands and shortcuts that I'm sharing on GitHub. I'm seeking suggestions and feedback now, and also seeking pull requests to improve the code.
2016 · its alternatives →
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A supercharged Git/GitHub command line interface (CLI). An official integration for GitHub and GitHub Enterprise: https://github.com/works-with/category/desktop-tools - donnemartin/gitsome
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Switch git user and email with ease. Contribute to geongeorge/Git-User-Switch development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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diny▲175Hi everyone, I built a CLI tool called *diny* that generates Git commit messages directly from your staged changes. - It runs `git diff` and filters out noise like lockfiles, build artifacts, and binaries. - From the cleaned diff it suggests a clear commit message. - You can confirm or refine the message before committing. Key points: - No setup or API keys required. - Lightweight, local-first workflow. - Supports different lengths and styles (short, normal, long; conventional or simple). - Built in Go with Cobra for a familiar CLI experience. Repo:…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Contribute to TheRealYT/git-knife development by creating an account on GitHub.
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Simple terminal based sequence editor for git interactive rebase. - sjurba/rebase-editor
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I built ggc (https://github.com/bmf-san/ggc), a terminal-based Git CLI tool written in Go. ggc provides: - A fast interactive UI (like `fzf`) for common Git operations - Traditional subcommands (e.g. `ggc add`, `ggc commit`) - Git-compatible config support (`ggc config` reads from `git config`) - Built-in aliases and workflow automation (e.g. `ggc addcommitpush`) The goal is to improve developer productivity by combining interactive workflows with scriptable CLI operations. It's still under active development, but I'd love feedback from the community! GitHub:…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Fork - a fast and friendly git client for Mac and Windows
2018 · git-fork.com · its alternatives →
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Don't commit when you're drunk. Contribute to noidontdig/gitdown development by creating an account on GitHub.
2013 · github.com · its alternatives →
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SnapCommit▲65Your AI Git sidekick that executes commands and fixes errors
Nov 2025 · snapcommit.dev · its alternatives →
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