GitHub - simoarpe/ziggity: ⚡️ Ziggity an ultra fast, keyboard driven terminal UI for Git, written in Zig.

https://github.com/simoarpe/ziggity/releases/download/$VERSION/ziggity-$VERSION-aarch64-macos.tar.gz tar -xzf ziggity-$VERSION-aarch64-macos.tar.gz sudo mv ziggity /usr/local/bin/ # or any directory on your PATH command -v ziggity # confirm it's on your PATH On macOS the binary isn't notarized, so Gatekeeper may block it on first run. Clear the quarantine flag once: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /usr/local/bin/ziggity Windows Download ziggity-<version>-x86_64-windows-gnu.zip, unzip it, and put ziggity.exe in a folder on your PATH. Requires Git for Windows.

Note: Windows builds are cross-compiled and not yet smoke-tested on Windows — treat them as experimental for now.

Verify the Download (Optional) Each release includes a checksums.txt: sha256sum --ignore-missing -c checksums.txt # macOS: shasum -a 256 --ignore-missing -c checksums.txt Compile from Source Requirements: Zig 0.16.0 and git on your PATH. git clone https://github.com/simoarpe/ziggity cd ziggity zig build -Doptimize=ReleaseSafe # binary at ./zig-out/bin/ziggity zig build test # (optional) run the test suite The build leaves the binary at ./zig-out/bin/ziggity. Add it to your PATH so you can run ziggity from anywhere — either copy it into a directory already on your PATH: sudo cp zig-out/bin/ziggity /usr/local/bin/ or add zig-out/bin to your PATH (e.g. in ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc): export PATH="$PWD/zig-out/bin:$PATH" Once installed, run ziggity inside any Git repository. Press ? for the in-app keybindings overlay (it opens scrolled to the panel you're on), and q to quit. Highlights

Whole lazygit workflow — status, files, branches, commits, and stash panels with diff previews and a context-sensitive footer.

Hunk and line-level staging — enter a file to stage individual lines or hunks, with an optional side-by-side unstaged/staged split. Full interactive rebase — drop/squash/fixup/edit/reword/move per commit, a plan editor (i), cherry-pick, custom patch building, autosquash, and rebase --onto from a marked base. History & inspection — the real git log --graph DAG (ctrl+l) with first-parent jumps, ref-to-ref diffing (W) with reverse and three-dot (merge-base) modes, GPG signature verification (x), and log filtering (/). Multi-selection — v / shift+arrows select a range in any list to act on many files, commits, branches, or stashes at once; * selects a branch's own commits. Stays in sync — a quiet background git fetch keeps the inbound "commits to pull" arrow current on its own; slow and network operations run off the UI thread with a spinner while navigation stays live. Thoughtful touches — prepare-commit-msg hook prefill, stash naming and a keep-the-working-tree snapshot, per-stash patch export, and bracketed paste so a pasted multi-line message never submits early. Lightweight & explicit — one small binary, plain git subprocesses, no libgit2, fully remappable keys, themeable colours, and custom commands.

Screenshots A visual tour of the main features, captured from a real terminal session (see docs/screenshots). Hunk and Line-Level Staging enter a file to open the staging view — stage or unstage individual lines or whole hunks (space), with an optional side-by-side unstaged/staged split.

Commits & History The Commits panel previews each commit's diff, including its GPG signature status; enter opens the commit's changed files.

ctrl+l opens the real git log --graph DAG in git's own colours. By default it shows the current branch and its upstream, so the commits you're behind by (the remote's lane) are visible right away; a toggles all branches.

Jump to the current commit (HEAD) with @, or to a commit's first parent with p.

Full interactive rebase: press i on a commit to open a plan editor — mark pick / drop / squash / fixup / edit, reorder with ctrl+j/ctrl+k, then run it.

Committing c opens the commit dialog: a summary line plus an optional multi-line body, a live character count nudging the 50/72 rule, and (optionally) a prepare-commit-msg hook prefill.

Branches & Tags The Branches panel shows ahead/behind arrows, upstream tracking and per-ref actions (merge, rebase, reset, checkout…); the Tags tab lists tags with their messages.

Stash A Stash panel with a diff preview. The stash menu (s) offers all / +untracked / staged-only / a single file / keep-changes, each with an optional message — and w writes any stash to a git apply-able patch file.

Diffing & Menus Mark any ref and diff another against it (W), with reverse and three-dot (merge-base) options. Destructive actions route through clear, explicit menus.

Help & the About Screen ? opens the keybindings overlay, scrolled to the panel you're on. Selecting the Status panel shows an about screen with a live animation.

Features

Working tree & staging

Files panel from git status --porcelain -z; stage/unstage a file (space) or everything (a). Hunk and line-level staging: enter opens a staging view to stage/unstage individual lines (v for a range) or whole hunks (tab switches the unstaged/staged side; \ toggles a side-by-side split — see Staging layout). Directory-tree view (`) for working-tree files and a commit's / branch's file list: a / root, collapsible folders (enter), single-child chains compressed to a/b/c. Selecting a folder shows the combined diff beneath it; in the Files panel space stages the whole folder. Live fuzzy path filtering (smart-case subsequence) with recent-filter recall, plus a status filter (staged / unstaged / tracked / untracked).

Discard a file — or a whole folder in tree view (d on a directory) — via a menu (all / unstaged only), or discard everything (D, confirmed). Add to .gitignore (i), copy a path (y). Scoped periodic auto-refresh for external changes, plus a full refresh when the terminal regains focus.

Branches, tags & remotes

Branches panel from git branch --format: a "time ago" column, per-branch tracking status (✓ in sync, ↑/↓ ahead/behind, (gone)), and the upstream ref shown only when it isn't the obvious origin/<same-name>. Branch actions (Local tab): new (n), rename (R), delete (d), merge (M), rebase (r), fast-forward (f), checkout-by-name (c), reset (g), force-checkout (F), tag (T), move commits to a new branch (N), open the pull-request page (G), sort menu (s). Tags tab: checkout (space, detached), create (n, lightweight or annotated; overwrite prompts for --force), push to a remote (P), reset onto it (g), delete (d, local / remote / both). One remote skips the remote prompt. Remotes tab: list remotes, drill into a remote's branches, add (n), edit URL (e), remove (x), set the current branch's upstream (u), delete a remote branch (d). Worktrees & Submodules tabs (Files panel): list, create/add, open, update, remove, a submodule bulk menu (b), and switching repos in place — space/enter on a worktree (or enter on a submodule) re-roots the app onto it, with a parent / current breadcrumb and esc to walk back out.

Commits & history

Recent commits from git log (loaded incrementally — the log grows as you scroll toward the end, so it's never capped), each row showing the author's initials in a stable per-author colour and a highlighted Conventional Commits prefix (type in accent, scope muted, breaking ! in red; highlight_conventional_commits). The short hash is tinted by push state — red for commits not yet on the remote, the usual yellow once pushed.