# Install gitbatch with Homebrew, apt, Nix

Manage your git repositories in one place. Version 0.6.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:gitbatch
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gitbatch
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install gitbatch
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: gitbatch from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#gitbatch
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/gitbatch/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:gitbatch
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gitbatch>
- **Version:** 0.6.1
- **Source summary:** Manage your git repositories in one place
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/isacikgoz/gitbatch>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/isacikgoz/gitbatch>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/isacikgoz/gitbatch#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/isacikgoz/gitbatch/archive/refs/tags/v0.6.1.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- gitbatch (cli)
- gitbatch (alias)

## Build dependencies

- go

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 0.6.1
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/isacikgoz/gitbatch
- Upstream latest detected: v0.6.1 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## Project history and usage

gitbatch is a terminal user interface for managing many Git repositories from one place. It focuses on batch-oriented repository maintenance while still exposing smaller Git operations such as add, reset, stash, and commit.

### Project history

The README explains the project's origin plainly: the author often worked across many directories and created gitbatch to make repeated pulls and repository checks faster. Public release tags began in late 2018, and the project uses Go libraries such as go-git and gocui to combine Git operations with a terminal UI.

### Adoption history

gitbatch found its audience among developers who keep many local checkouts: mono-repo avoiders, open source maintainers, consultants, and infrastructure engineers. Debian, Ubuntu, Nix, and Homebrew packaging widened its reach beyond Go users installing from source.

### How it is used

Practitioners run gitbatch from a parent directory containing multiple repositories. The UI lets them inspect status and perform repeated operations across the set without manually changing into every checkout.

### Why package nerds care

gitbatch is package-manager-friendly because it turns a local workflow habit into a single binary. It complements Git rather than replacing it, and it shows how terminal UIs became a common packaging target for developer ergonomics.

### Timeline

- 2018: First visible release tags appeared in December.
- 2019: v0.4.x and v0.5.x tags expanded the early terminal UI tool.
- 2023: Repository activity included packaging and dependency updates.

### Related projects

- Git supplies the underlying repository operations.
- go-git is credited for Git interface work.
- gocui is credited for the terminal user interface.
- Viper, color, and kingpin support configuration, terminal output, and flags.

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gitbatch>
- <https://github.com/isacikgoz/gitbatch>
- <https://github.com/isacikgoz/gitbatch/wiki>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/isacikgoz/gitbatch/master/README.md>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** gitbatch
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - gitbatch - 0.6.1-1+b7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gitbatch from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Manage git repositories in one place | https://github.com/isacikgoz/gitbatch
- Nix - gitbatch: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/gitbatch/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - gitbatch - 0.5.0-4build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gitbatch from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Manage git repositories in one place | https://github.com/isacikgoz/gitbatch


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [git-get](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-get/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management, version-control.
- [git-grab](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-grab/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management, version-control.
- [gitup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management, version-control.
- [all-repos](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/all-repos/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management.
- [ggc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ggc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, terminal-ui, version-control.
- [git-interactive-rebase-tool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-interactive-rebase-tool/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, terminal-ui, version-control.
- [grokmirror](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/grokmirror/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management, version-control.
- [lazygit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lazygit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, terminal-ui, version-control.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gitbatch.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/gitbatch.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
