install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install gitu

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install gitu

MacPorts ports tree · devel/gitu/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add gitu

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · gitu · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#gitu

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gi/gitu/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S gitu

Arch Linux sync databases · gitu · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install extras/gitu

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/gitu.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

TUI Git client inspired by Magit

Project links

Commands and aliases

gitu

history

Project history and usage

Gitu is a terminal Git client inspired by Magit, the influential Emacs Git porcelain. It aims to bring Magit's keyboard-driven staging, history, commit, branch, stash, and rebase workflows to users outside Emacs.

Project history

The repository was opened in December 2023. Its README describes the project as a Git porcelain outside Emacs and states that Gitu aims to implement many core Magit features over time while staying familiar to previous Magit users.

Early releases moved quickly through the 0.x line in 2024. The README lists support for staging and unstaging files, hunks, and lines; showing commits and opening an editor at a line; branch operations; commit, amend, and fixup flows; fetching, pulling, pushing, rebasing, resetting, reverting, and stashing.

The project also codified terminal configuration early: editor selection follows `VISUAL`, `EDITOR`, and `GIT_EDITOR`, and the documented config file path is `~/.config/gitu/config.toml` on Linux and macOS, with an AppData path on Windows.

Adoption history

Gitu's packaging spread shows interest beyond its source repository. The input package metadata and install docs cover Cargo, GitHub release binaries, Arch Linux, Nix flakes, mise, Homebrew, MacPorts, pacman, APK, and Scoop. That matters because Git TUIs are often installed as everyday shell tools rather than project-local dependencies.

How it is used

Practitioners use Gitu inside Git repositories as a keyboard-first control surface for reviewing changes, staging precise hunks or lines, inspecting logs, committing, switching branches, rebasing, and managing stashes. The help menu and Magit-like key choices reduce the need to remember a long set of standalone Git commands.

The tool sits between raw Git and full graphical clients: it keeps work in a terminal, opens a configured editor when needed, and gives Magit-style workflows to developers who do not live inside Emacs.

Why package nerds care

Gitu is significant as part of the Rust-era Git TUI wave. It competes for the same install slot as tools like gitui and lazygit, but its package identity is sharper: Magit-inspired Git porcelain for terminal users outside Emacs.

Timeline

2023: Public GitHub repository opened.
2024: Early 0.x GitHub releases published.
2024: Install docs covered Cargo, Arch Linux, release binaries, mise, and Nix flakes.
2026: 0.42 release line visible in GitHub releases.

Related projects

Magit for Emacs.
Git terminal UIs such as gitui and lazygit.
Cargo, Nix flakes, mise, Homebrew, Arch Linux, and Scoop packaging workflows.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:client

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.config/gitu/config.toml
Windows: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\gitu\config.toml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`gitu`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-07

manager version0.42.0

manager updated2026-05-22

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.42.0

https://github.com/altsem/gitu

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:gitu
Version	0.42.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gitu
Homepage	https://github.com/altsem/gitu
Repository	https://github.com/altsem/gitu
Upstream docs	https://github.com/altsem/gitu#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/altsem/gitu/archive/refs/tags/v0.42.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-05-22T21:00:22Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	gitu
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

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

gitu

nix profile install nixpkgs#gitu

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gitu

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

apk95%

gitu 0.42.0-r0

TUI Git client inspired by Magit

https://github.com/altsem/gitu

sudo apk add gitu

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: gitu
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Gitu

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gitu from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

gitu-doc 0.42.0-r0

TUI Git client inspired by Magit (documentation)

https://github.com/altsem/gitu

sudo apk add gitu-doc

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: gitu
normalized package name match
Matched by: Gitu

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gitu-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

pacman95%

gitu 0.42.0-1

A TUI Git client inspired by Magit

https://github.com/altsem/gitu

sudo pacman -S gitu

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
3 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Gitu

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: gitu from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

MacPorts95%

gitu

sudo port install gitu

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gitu

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/gitu/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Scoop95%

extras/gitu

scoop install extras/gitu

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gitu

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gitu.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/gitu.yml

Used sources

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

Install gitu with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop

Additional install commands

macOS

Linux

Windows

Package summary

Project links

Commands and aliases

Project history and usage

Project history

Adoption history

How it is used

Why package nerds care

Timeline

Related projects

Sources

Risk level: blue

Risk classifier

Why

Signals

Install behavior

Recommended review

Configuration and credential file locations

Configuration files

Installed executables

Version and freshness

Package metadata

Source database details

Other package-manager records

Internal package links

Topical hubs

Related tools

Same workflow

Agent security guides

Generated from repository data

Combined YAML source

Used sources