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Git Clients

prek – reimagined version of pre-commit

December 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

prek is a Rust Git hooks manager compatible with pre-commit, offering reusable environments, monorepo support and built-in checks.

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Dash – rich terminal UI for GitHub

December 10, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Dash is a rich terminal UI for GitHub that doesn’t break your flow.

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Hug SCM – The Humane Source Control Management Interface

November 12, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Hug SCM is an intuitive interface for Git and other version control systems. It works as a universal language.

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ggc – modern Git CLI tool

October 24, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, TUI

ggc is a Git tool written in Go, offering both traditional CLI commands and an interactive interface with incremental search.

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GitHub Desktop – Electron-based GitHub app

October 14, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

GitHub Desktop is an open-source Electron-based GitHub app. It is written in TypeScript and uses React. This fork adds Linux support.

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Jig – Git pre-commit hook on steroids

October 14, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Jig is a command line tool and framework for getting more from the Git pre-commit hook.

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hk – Git hooks manager and project linting tool

October 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

hk runs Git hooks, linters and formatters in parallel, coordinating file access, protecting staged changes and reusing checks in CI.

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pre-commit – framework for managing multi-language Git hooks

October 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

pre-commit manages Git hooks across languages, installing isolated environments to run formatters, linters and repository checks.

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Lefthook – fast and flexible Git hooks manager

October 11, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Lefthook manages Git hooks across projects, with parallel commands, file filtering, flexible configuration and reusable local overrides.

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husky – Git hooks made easy

October 10, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Husky installs Git hooks for JavaScript projects, using shell scripts to run commit checks, linters and tests across supported Git clients.

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Overcommit – configurable Git hooks manager

October 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Overcommit manages Git hooks with Ruby configuration, built-in code checks, parallel execution and safeguards for custom scripts.

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simple-git-hooks – lightweight Git hooks manager

October 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

simple-git-hooks installs Git hooks from package.json or a separate config file, with minimal dependencies and flexible hook skipping.

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git-hooks – manage Git hooks across multiple scopes

October 7, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-hooks organises reusable Git hooks across projects, user profiles and machines, with scoped hook directories and community scripts.

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Desktop Plus – enhanced GitHub Desktop fork with Linux support

October 5, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

Desktop Plus extends GitHub Desktop with Linux builds, repository grouping, forge integration, enhanced history, and power-user tools.

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Git Clients

Useful Free and Open Source Git Tools

September 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, Utilities

Git is an open source distributed version control system which was originally designed by Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux.

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gita – manage multiple git repos

August 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

gita is a command-line tool to manage multiple git repos.

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Forge Sparks – get Git forges notifications

July 20, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

Forge Sparks is a simple notifier app with support for Github, GitLab, Gitea and Forgejo.

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Stage – keyboard-friendly Git GUI inspired by Magit

June 20, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

Stage is a keyboard-friendly Git GUI for Linux with hunk staging, branch operations, stashes, conflict handling, and live repository status.

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Git Interactive Rebase Tool – terminal sequence editor for Git

April 26, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, TUI

Git Interactive Rebase Tool provides a terminal sequence editor for Git rebase with visual editing, reordering, diffs and advanced actions.

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Git Clients

mamediff manages unstaged and staged Git diffs

March 22, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

mamediff is a TUI editor for managing unstaged and staged Git diffs. It’s written in the Rust language.

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