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24 alternatives to Pygit – Just enough git to push itself to GitHub

pygit implements just enough of a Git client (in 500 lines of Python) to create a repo, commit, and push itself to GitHub.

Pygit is a minimal Git client written in 500 lines of Python that implements core functionality to create a repository, stage files, commit changes, and push to GitHub. It is designed for developers interested in… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Pygit – Just enough git to push itself to GitHub launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    In which I rewrite my toy pygit client in Go to see how suitable Go is for simple scripts.

    2023 · benhoyt.com · 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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    GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

    2018 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

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    GitHub takes on Trello with new project management tools

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

  6. 6WS

    I’ve been in the MLOps space for ~10 years, and data is still the hardest unsolved open problem. Code is versioned using Git, data is stored somewhere else, and context often lives in a 3rd location like Slack or GDocs. This is why we built XetHub, a platform that enables teams to treat data like code, using Git. Unlike Git LFS, we don’t just store the files. We use content-defined chunking and Merkle Trees to dedupe against everything in history. This allows small changes in large files to be stored compactly. Read more here:…

    2022 · xethub.com · its alternatives →

  7. 7GA

    What works now: user signups, org creations, private/public repos, and importing GitHub repositories (both as read-only mirrors and full migrations). So basically, you can create, push and pull to a repo, but we don't have many features quite yet (issues, PRs, CI). What is a bit unique is: 1) we built it in Rust and 2) the website is a little odd. Its design is inspired by CLIs (e.g., fzf, broot, vim) instead of web apps, and as such, lacks some affordances that you might typically expect in favor of keyboard-driven instant navigations (we have the very ambitious goal of an FCP of…

    Jun 2026 · gitdot.io · its alternatives →

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    Code as a service

    2023 · gitstart.com · its alternatives →

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    lazygit▲93

    Command line utility to automate daily git push operations

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    GetGit▲85

    Simple Git hosting

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Git2Go▲250

    The Git client for iPhone and iPad you always wanted

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    A simple version control system.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A single-click button to do tasks like git add, commit, push

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    ReGit: A Tiny Git-Compatible Git Implementation. Contribute to WithGJR/regit-go development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Delivery system based on git push and ssh. Contribute to arnoo/git-deliver development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Send E-Mail and create files in Github with E-Mail content. Perfect for saving your ChatGPT or other AI results to GitHub - GitHub - ulrischa/mail2github: Send E-Mail and create files in Github with E-Mail content. Perfect for saving your ChatGPT or other AI results to GitHub

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Visual GitHub management directly from a graphical interface

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Truegit▲70

    A publishing platform powered by Git

    2022 · its alternatives →

  21. 21LF

    Hey all, I've been working on a blogging platform Truegit (https://truegit.io) powered by your Github repository. The mission is to give the publishers complete ownership of the the content (as the Github repository is the source of truth of everything including your blog configuration), while we publish your content and help you gain audience. You can write your posts in markdown, commit it to your repository, and we publish it! Not to mention, this also opens up a whole new world of collaboration on your posts through Pull Requests. We want to make it like Medium powered by…

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    IGit▲72

    Improve your code review processes

    2019 · igit.dev · its alternatives →

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    Gut▲98

    An easy-to-use git alternative to version-control your code

    2023 · gut-cli.dev · its alternatives →

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    Manage many git repos with sanity 从容管理多个git库. Contribute to nosarthur/gita development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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