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jesseduffield
lazygit
Go2018–2026
jesseduffield / lazygit

lazygit

simple terminal UI for git commands

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What it is

simple terminal UI for git commands

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Where it is used

No documented product use was verified in the last source check.

What people are saying

Lazygit is amazing: https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit I have no connection to this program, other than that I love it, and shill for it every time I get the chance.

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 2:17:07 AM UTC.

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HN mentions by year105 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2018-08-05 00:05:05 UTC to 2026-09-05 22:26:59 UTC.

05101520252018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments20182019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 14 mentions; 5 submissions, 9 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 16 mentions; 2 submissions, 14 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 15 mentions; 1 submissions, 14 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 11 mentions; 2 submissions, 9 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 25 mentions; 2 submissions, 23 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 12 mentions; 2 submissions, 10 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 8 mentions; 0 submissions, 8 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

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20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC1459
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC16214
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC15114
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC1129
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC25223
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC12210
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC808

What Hacker News says

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nanis·Nov 30, 2021
I tried (just like I tried a whole bunch of other things). I get this both in `cmd` and in `ConEmu` on Windows 10 Pro-64 bit (Version 10.0.19043.1387). After the crash, all the enhanced console functionality is gone. panic: '%' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. goroutine 39 [running]: github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands.(*BranchListBuilder).obtainBranches(0xc00039bef0, 0x1367340, 0x10000, 0x0) /home/runner/work/lazygit/lazygit/pkg/commands/loading_branches.go:43 +0x693 github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands.(*BranchListBuilder).Build(0xc0000dbef0, 0x11315f7, 0xc0000a4690, 0x1326e87) /home/runner/work/lazygit/lazygit/pkg/commands/loading_branches.go:103 +0x52 github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui.(*Gui).refreshBranches(0xc0000b8000) /ho
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me/runner/work/lazygit/lazygit/pkg/gui/branches_panel.go:69 +0xc6 github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui.(*Gui).refreshReflogCommitsConsideringStartup.func1() /home/runner/work/lazygit/lazygit/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go:69 +0x45 github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils.Safe.func1(0xb35af5, 0xc000055da0) /home/runner/work/lazygit/lazygit/pkg/utils/utils.go:95 +0x2b github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils.SafeWithError(0xc00039bfb8, 0x0, 0x0) /home/runner/work/lazygit/lazygit/pkg/utils/utils.go:106 +0x67 github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils.Safe(0xc00008aa40) /home/runner/work/lazygit/lazygit/pkg/utils/utils.go:95 +0x50 created by github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui.(*Gui).refreshReflogCommitsConsideringStartup /home/runner/work/lazygit/lazygit/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go:67 +0xa9 Before the crash, the UI is drawn reaaaaallyyy slowly (my cmd window is 170 characters wide -- maybe that's why) In any case, I prefer to stick with the command-line.
In Lazygit: A simple terminal UI for Git commands
animal_spirits·Jun 10, 2021
AFAIK git was initially built to be a source control engine for other tools to build on top of, but most people have just used the underlying engine since it was easier. But I've really started to grok git after using a program called lazygit [0]. Basically a terminal UI on top of git where I don't have to remember the messy language of the engine, I just need to remember a couple of keystrokes. [0] https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit
In Don't create for an imaginary group of people
dceddia·Feb 10, 2021
I've been using lazygit [0] for a lot of use cases like this and it's been great. It's a terminal UI with a bunch of shortcuts. In particular, the partial commit is awesome, as is the ease of amending. A couple others mentioned Magit which I think is similar. FWIW I learned Mercurial before I learned Git, and SVN before that. Mercurial was great. I still think its commands made more sense than the Git ones, especially coming from SVN. 0: https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit
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