GitHub - soramimi/Guitar: Git GUI Client (original) (raw)

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Guitar is a fast, lightweight Git GUI client written in C++ with Qt 6.
It provides an intuitive graphical interface for everyday Git workflows on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Notice (2026-04-07): There are no plans to release a Mac version in the future. CI and nightly-build have also been discontinued.
（今後mac版をリリースする予定はありません。CIとnightly-buildも廃止されました。）

Summary

License	Open Source, Free Software — GPL v2 (commercial use also free)
Platforms	Windows, macOS, Linux, Haiku, Raspbian
Language	C++17
Framework	Qt 6

Features

Core Git Operations

Commit — Stage/unstage files, write commit messages, and commit with a single click
Branch — Create, checkout, rename, and delete local/remote branches
Push / Pull / Fetch — Sync with remote repositories; supports --prune and push all tags
Merge / Rebase — Merge branches or rebase with abort support
Cherry-pick — Apply individual commits across branches
Stash — Stash and restore work in progress
Reset — Soft and hard reset (HEAD~1, --hard)
Clone — Clone repositories from URLs or directly from GitHub

Commit log with graph — Visual branch/merge graph with author avatars
Diff view — Side-by-side and inline diff display with syntax-aware highlighting
Blame — Line-by-line blame view with commit details
File history — Per-file commit history browsing
Reflog — Full reflog viewer for recovery
Find commit — Incremental search across commit messages and file contents
Jump — Quick navigation to any commit by hash

Repository Management

Multiple repositories — Manage many working copies from a unified sidebar
Working folders — Organize repositories into named groups
Submodules — Add and update Git submodules
Tags — Create, edit, and push tags
Remotes — Add, edit, and remove remote entries
Remote branches — Browse and delete remote branches

Advanced

GitHub integration — Clone and search repositories from GitHub directly
SSH support — Connect to remote hosts via SSH with key management
GPG signing — Sign commits with a GPG key
AI commit messages — Generate commit messages using a generative AI backend
Dark theme — Full dark mode support
Multilingual UI — English, Japanese, Spanish, Russian, Tamil, Chinese (Simplified/Traditional)
Credential helper config — Manage Git credential helpers from the settings dialog
Trace logger — Built-in trace/remote logging for debugging