pygitzen is a terminal-based Git client written in Python, using Textual and Rich to provide an interactive, multi-panel interface. Its design takes inspiration from lazygit while using the Dulwich library for core repository operations.
The application brings repository status, branches, commits and file changes into one environment. Developers can navigate between panels to inspect history, examine patches and manage working-tree changes through keyboard and mouse interactions.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Multi-panel interface includes status, staged changes, working-tree changes, branches, commits, patches, stashes and command logs.
- Core Git operations use the Dulwich Python library without requiring an external Git command for every action.
- Automatically detects modified, staged, deleted and untracked files.
- Displays repository status information with refreshable views of current changes.
- Stage and unstage individual files through the changes panels.
- Discard staged or unstaged modifications using dedicated actions and confirmation prompts.
- Browse commits associated with selected branches.
- Displays whether commits have been pushed to a remote repository.
- Patch previews update automatically when navigating commit history.
- Provides branch creation, checkout, deletion, renaming and merging operations.
- Stash management offers access to saved working-tree changes.
- Respects .gitignore rules when examining repository status.
- Supports initial commits and displays the files included in a repository’s root commit.
- Vim-style keyboard navigation supports movement between interface elements.
- Mouse interaction, focus highlighting and configurable keybindings help personalise the interface.
- A command log panel can be shown or hidden to inspect application operations.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/SunnyTamang/pygitzen
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Developer: Sunny Tamang
License: MIT License
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