Desktop Git client for Windows, macOS and Linux, inspired by SourceTree's UX: a readable graph, hunk staging and a sidebar with everything you touch daily.

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Contents

• Download
• Features
• Status
• Stack
• Principles
• Repository layout
• Documentation
• Quick start
• License

Download

Installers are published on Releases.

OS	Download	Format
Windows	OpenGit_x64-setup.exe · OpenGit_x64.msi	Installer / MSI
macOS (Apple Silicon)	OpenGit_aarch64.dmg	DMG
Linux	OpenGit_amd64.deb · OpenGit_amd64.AppImage	Debian / AppImage

The binaries are not signed or notarized (certificates cost money and this personal project does not pay for them), so the OS will warn you on first launch:

• macOS: open the .dmg and drag OpenGit to Applications. The app is ad-hoc signed (not notarized), so Gatekeeper blocks the first launch as coming from an unidentified developer; right-click the app → Open, or remove the quarantine attribute:

  xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/OpenGit.app

  You have to repeat it if you copy the app again, because macOS re-adds the attribute.

• Windows: SmartScreen shows a warning. Click More info → Run anyway.

• Linux: install the .deb with sudo apt install ./OpenGit_*.deb or make the .AppImage executable.

Features

• Canvas commit graph with incremental loading: smooth in repositories with tens of thousands of commits.
• Diff with hunk, line and selection staging, plus discard without leaving the app.
• Image preview and comparison: before/after for image changes over a transparency checkerboard (PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP and friends).
• SourceTree-style commit window: pending files with staged/unstaged sections, file preview, Commit Options… (amend) and optional push immediately.
• Complete sidebar: branches, remotes, tags, stashes, submodules and worktrees, with context menus.
• History operations: merge, cherry-pick, revert, reset and interactive rebase with plan preview.
• Block-based conflict editor and an in-progress operation banner (abort, skip, continue).
• Remotes with an options dialog, streaming progress and cancel; credentials are handled by the system credential helper.
• Navigable history: branch filter, column sorting, search and an "Uncommitted changes" row.
• Light/dark theme and keyboard shortcuts.
• In-app updates: checks for a new release on startup (or from the menu), downloads it in the background and offers to restart into it.

Status

M7 completed on 2026-09-19 (SourceTree parity: commit window, stashes, remote dialogs, sortable columns and merge). M8 in progress (commit search done): file history, comparing refs, blame and management of remotes, submodules and worktrees. Details in ROADMAP.md.

Stack

Area	Decision	ADR
Desktop shell	Tauri 2 (Rust)	ADR-0001
UI	React + TypeScript	ADR-0002
Git engine	system git binary	ADR-0003
Commit graph	canvas + incremental loading	ADR-0004
Global state	Zustand	ADR-0005
Updates	tauri-plugin-updater + minisign	ADR-0007

Principles

1. Git is the source of truth. Git is never reimplemented: the system binary is orchestrated and its output parsed robustly (-z, --porcelain=v2).
2. The UI never blocks. Git operations run in separate processes with streamed output; the repository state is refreshed by watching .git with debounce.
3. One codebase for the three OSes. No parallel per-platform codebases.
4. When in doubt, terminal. Interactive rebase and destructive operations come late, with a safety net and never as the only path.

Repository layout

OpenGit/
├── src/                       # React + TypeScript (UI)
├── src-tauri/                 # Rust (Tauri core)
├── assets/                    # Logo and screenshots
├── AGENTS.md                  # Instructions for agents (opencode, Claude, etc.)
├── README.md
├── ROADMAP.md
├── .github/workflows/         # CI: frontend, Rust and builds on the three OSes
├── .ai/                       # Agents, skills, workflows and memory
├── docs/
│   ├── architecture/          # Components and data flow
│   ├── decisions/             # ADRs
│   ├── guides/                # Development guides
│   └── tickets/               # Backlog, one file per ticket
└── LICENSE

Documentation

• ROADMAP.md — milestones and exit criteria.
• docs/tickets/ — backlog, one file per ticket.
• docs/architecture/overview.md — components, data flow and performance budget.
• docs/decisions/ — ADRs.
• docs/guides/development.md — environment, commands and conventions.
• AGENTS.md — rules for agents working on the repo.

Quick start

Requirements: Node.js 22+ and a stable Rust toolchain (see docs/guides/development.md).

npm install
npm run tauri dev

License

MIT — see LICENSE.