HackerReposA FIELD GUIDE TO OPEN SOURCE
ProSponsor the shelf♧ 0
← Back to top all-time
wfxr
forgit
Shell2019–2024
wfxr / forgit

forgit

:zzz: A utility tool powered by fzf for using git interactively.

6Distinct people
6Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
5.1KGitHub stars
REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

What to know before exploring

What it is

:zzz: A utility tool powered by fzf for using git interactively.

GitHub

Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

No recommendation phrase was found in the indexed comments.

No classified warning is attached to this page. Read the discussions before treating silence as approval.

Also in these discussions

No other repository is repeatedly linked in the same discussions.

This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 1:49:46 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by year6 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2019-03-20 17:38:25 UTC to 2024-03-11 11:14:30 UTC.

0122019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

View mention counts and date ranges
UTC ranges include their start and exclude their end. Select a period to filter the source evidence.
PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

6 sources
Yes! If you're comfortable with a terminal but would rather have a TUI than an CLI, I recommend `tig`[0] or `lazygit`[1]. If you want to launch a separate GUI program in its own window to use git, git-cola[2] isn't too bad. It looks much better than the screenshots make it out to be if you have a good Qt 5 theme (e.g., breeze-dark). I personally prefer separate wrappers for different git commands for two reasons: 1. I like how the modular nature of git encourages me to think. 2. I'd rather not leave my shell just to use git. For that reason, I use `forgit`[3] as a git client on {ba,z}sh. I cannot recommend `forgit` highly enough if you like fuzzy-finders like FZF[4]; my productivity has never been higher. It's the perfect blend of the modularity and composability offered by UNIX philosophy and the benefits of a simple user inte
Read the rest
rface. As a plus, `forgit` integrates well with `diff-so-fancy`[5] (amazing-looking diffs), `bat`, and `emoji-cli`. [0]: https://github.com/jonas/tig [1]: https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit [2]: https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola [3]: https://github.com/wfxr/forgit [4]: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf [5]: https://github.com/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy
In Fork: A fast and friendly Git client for Mac and Windows

MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME

A few shortcuts

/
Search the collection
?
Open this guide
Esc
Close dialogs and navigation

Your saved repositories and interests stay in this browser.