# Install gita with Homebrew, apt, Nix Manage multiple git repos with sanity. Version 0.16.8.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install gita. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gita ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gita ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install gita ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: gita from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#gita ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/gita/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gita - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.16.8.2 - **Source summary:** Manage multiple git repos with sanity - **Homepage:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-25T03:27:19Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - gita (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.16.8.2 ## Project history and usage Gita is a Python command-line tool for viewing and operating many Git repositories from one place. It keeps a registry of repository paths, displays branch and working-tree status side by side, and delegates Git or shell commands across selected repositories or groups. ### Project history The public Gita repository was created in January 2018. The project grew around two core features that remain central in the official README: summarizing the status of many repositories and delegating commands to them without requiring the user to enter each working directory. Later functionality added repository groups, contexts, recursive discovery, custom command definitions, status colors and symbols, shell-command delegation, and freeze-and-clone workflows. These features kept the package focused on coordinating ordinary Git repositories rather than introducing a new repository format. ### Adoption history Upstream distributes Gita through PyPI and documents installation with pip, uv, and pipx. The supplied package facts also show packages in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, and Nix, giving the Python CLI several workstation-oriented installation paths. The official GitHub repository has accumulated a long-running release series and a substantial user following for a focused multi-repository utility. Its adoption is especially natural among developers who keep many unrelated clones and want a dashboard and batch-command layer without converting them into a monorepo. ### How it is used A typical workflow begins with gita add, then uses gita ll to inspect branch and modification state across repositories. Built-in delegated commands can fetch or pull across all or selected repositories, while superman mode forwards arbitrary Git commands and shell mode runs arbitrary shell commands. Configuration follows the XDG base-directory convention. The repository registry and optional command, color, information, and symbol customizations live under $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gita, usually ~/.config/gita. ### Why package nerds care Gita is interesting to package users because it applies a package-manager-like control plane to source checkouts while leaving Git itself untouched. It is a lightweight alternative to bespoke shell loops and sits between individual clones and heavier manifest-driven multi-repository systems. ### Timeline - 2018: The nosarthur/gita GitHub repository was created. - 2023: The official release feed published the v0.16.6 series. - 2025: The official release feed published the v0.16.8 series. ### Related projects - Git is the underlying version-control system whose commands Gita delegates. - The official README identifies myrepos, Android's repo tool, and mu-repo as other multi-repository tools. ### Sources - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for gita. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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 - Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gita/repos.csv, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gita/cmds.json, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gita/color.csv, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gita/info.csv, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gita/symbols.csv ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - gita - 0.16.7.2-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gita from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Manage many git repos | https://github.com/nosarthur/gita - Nix - gita: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/gita/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - gita - 0.16.6.1-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gita from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Manage many git repos | https://github.com/nosarthur/gita ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gita.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/gita.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph