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Fast keyboard-driven terminal UI for Git with easy staging of hunks, interactive rebase and stash handling.

Official `gh` command line for GitHub: PRs, issues, Actions runs, releases and API calls from the terminal.

Free, open-source Git GUI from GitHub aimed at simple, approachable everyday workflows.

Git client built around virtual branches and stacked changes, letting you work on several branches at once.

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Metric	lazygit	GitHub CLI	GitHub Desktop	GitButler
Stars	83.7k	46.9k	22.1k	21.9k
Weekly downloads	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Download growth	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	90/100	85/100	79/100	79/100
Forks	3.2k	9.3k	10.7k	1k
Open issues	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	425
Last commit	1w ago	5d ago	5d ago	1w ago
License	MIT	MIT	MIT	n/a
First released	2018	2019	2016	2023
Signals	Popular	Popular	None	Rising
Listed in	Git & Developer Tools › Git Clients & TUIs	Git & Developer Tools › Git Clients & TUIs	Git & Developer Tools › Git Clients & TUIs	Git & Developer Tools › Git Clients & TUIs

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Fast keyboard-driven terminal UI for Git with easy staging of hunks, interactive rebase and stash handling.

Official `gh` command line for GitHub: PRs, issues, Actions runs, releases and API calls from the terminal.

Free, open-source Git GUI from GitHub aimed at simple, approachable everyday workflows.

Git client built around virtual branches and stacked changes, letting you work on several branches at once.

Metric	lazygit	GitHub CLI	GitHub Desktop	GitButler
Stars	83.7k	46.9k	22.1k	21.9k
Weekly downloads	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Download growth	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	90/100	85/100	79/100	79/100
Forks	3.2k	9.3k	10.7k	1k
Open issues	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	425
Last commit	1w ago	5d ago	5d ago	1w ago
License	MIT	MIT	MIT	n/a
First released	2018	2019	2016	2023
Signals	Popular	Popular	None	Rising
Listed in	Git & Developer Tools › Git Clients & TUIs	Git & Developer Tools › Git Clients & TUIs	Git & Developer Tools › Git Clients & TUIs	Git & Developer Tools › Git Clients & TUIs

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