We made a blazing-fast, open-source GitHub front end

In plain words

GitFaster is an open-source GitHub front end designed for developers who want a faster browsing experience. It provides an alternative interface to GitHub's standard web platform, built with performance as the priority. The tool is freely available as open-source software, allowing developers to use it directly or modify it for their needs. It's particularly useful for those who frequently navigate repositories, issues, and pull requests and want a quicker interface for these tasks.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

gitfaster is a minimal, blazing fast GitHub client to make github not feel like legacy software. Gitfaster automatically prefetches files as you navigate to give you a fast experience. Slow responses from GitHub API are cached for faster access. Gitfaster is built with performance in mind. It is fast, and designed to feelfrom gitfaster.dev

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