# Install gitui with Homebrew Blazing fast terminal-ui for git written in rust. Version 0.28.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gitui ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gitui ``` Evidence: provider-native install command ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gitui - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.28.1 - **Source summary:** Blazing fast terminal-ui for git written in rust - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:03:33-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00 ## Executables - gitui (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.28.1 ## Project history and usage GitUI is a Rust terminal interface for Git that gives command-line users many comforts of a graphical Git client without leaving the terminal. Its emphasis is fast, keyboard-only interaction for common Git tasks such as staging, diffs, commits, branches, stashes, logs, and remotes. ### Project history The public repository was opened in March 2020, and the crate was published to crates.io shortly afterward. The README explains the motivation: the author did most Git work in a terminal but still reached for graphical clients for index, commit, diff, stash, blame, and log workflows, while some GUI clients struggled with very large repositories. GitUI's early releases began in April 2020. The project grew around a responsive terminal UI, async Git API use, context-based help, and keyboard-only control. The README's benchmark section compared parsing the Linux repository against lazygit and tig in a RustBerlin presentation, positioning performance on large repositories as part of its identity. As the project matured, customization became a first-class part of its package surface. Separate docs describe RON-based theme files, key bindings, and key-symbol overrides, with platform-specific config locations for Linux, macOS, and Windows. ### Adoption history GitUI has broad package-manager reach for a terminal Git client. The README lists Arch Linux, Fedora, openSUSE, Homebrew, MacPorts, WinGet, Scoop, Chocolatey, mise, Nix, Termux, Anaconda, Cargo, and release binaries. crates.io records the crate, repository, and download data, while Homebrew packages it as a stable formula. That packaging spread reflects the tool's practical niche: it is installed globally by developers who want a fast Git workbench available in any repository, independent of an editor plugin or desktop GUI. ### How it is used Practitioners launch `gitui` inside a Git repository to inspect status, stage or unstage files and hunks, commit or amend, manage stashes, browse and search logs, push or fetch remotes, and work with branches. The README notes that GitUI complements the Git shell rather than fully replacing it. Customization workflows center on `theme.ron`, `key_bindings.ron`, and `key_symbols.ron`. Users tune colors, syntax themes, navigation keys, and displayed key symbols while keeping the main workflow terminal-native. ### Why package nerds care GitUI is one of the better-known Rust Git TUIs and a useful example of a single-binary developer tool that package managers carry widely. It also demonstrates a common modern pattern: Git as the substrate, Rust for portable performance, and config files in XDG/AppData locations for long-term daily use. ### Timeline - 2020: Public GitHub repository opened. - 2020: Crate publication recorded on crates.io. - 2020: Early GitHub 0.1 releases published. - 2025: README documented a 1.0 roadmap and extensive package-manager install options. - 2026: 0.28 release line visible in GitHub releases. ### Related projects - Git command-line workflows. - lazygit and tig as benchmarked Git TUI peers. - Rust terminal UI and crossterm/ratatui-style configuration ecosystems. - Homebrew, Cargo, Nix, Scoop, WinGet, and distro package collections. ### Sources - - - - - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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 - Linux: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gitui/theme.ron, ~/.config/gitui/theme.ron, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gitui/key_bindings.ron, ~/.config/gitui/key_bindings.ron, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gitui/key_symbols.ron, ~/.config/gitui/key_symbols.ron - macOS: ~/.config/gitui/theme.ron, ~/.config/gitui/key_bindings.ron, ~/.config/gitui/key_symbols.ron - Windows: %APPDATA%/gitui/theme.ron, %APPDATA%/gitui/key_bindings.ron, %APPDATA%/gitui/key_symbols.ron ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gitui.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/gitui.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation