winget install --id=ShortArrow.gitreant -e A web app that shows commit graphs of multiple local git repositories side by side in a single-page app. Ships as a single binary with an embedded SPA: branches, merges, tags, stashes, submodule correlation graphs and squash-merge links, rendered locally with no telemetry.
Manage, inspect, and maintain multiple Git repositories from one place.
Gitreant combines “Git” with “Treant,” a mythical guardian of the forest. The name represents a tool that watches over, organizes, and maintains a forest of Git repositories.
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪt.triːənt/ (git-ree-ant)
A web app that shows commit graphs of local git repositories side by side in a single-page app. Inspired by k1LoW/mo, it ships as a single Rust binary with an embedded React SPA.
$ gitreant # discover .git from the current directory
$ gitreant ../foo ../bar # show multiple repositories at once
Running gitreant again from another directory adds that repository to the
already-running server, so everything appears on the same page
(single-instance behavior, like mo).
The launcher detaches by default: the server keeps running in the background
and control returns to your shell. Stop it with gitreant --shutdown, or use
--foreground to keep the server attached to the terminal.
gh and signature verification through gpg,
both optionalEvery feature in detail: docs/FEATURES.md.
Requirements: Rust (stable), Node.js + pnpm.
$ make build # build the frontend and embed it into a release binary
$ ./target/release/gitreant
gitreant [PATH...]
-p, --port port to listen on / connect to (default 4000)
--no-open do not open the browser automatically
--app open in a chromeless window instead of a tab (needs a
Chromium-based browser; falls back to the ordinary
browser without one, and --no-open outranks it)
--foreground run the server in the current terminal instead of detaching
--shutdown stop the running gitreant server and exit
gitreant doctor check the environment: git (required), gh and gpg
(optional feature enablers), and whether a server is
already running on the port; exits non-zero when a
required tool is missing
gitreant restart restart the running server, keeping the repositories it
shows; a fresh process re-verifies every signature and
picks up a rebuilt binary
gitreant refresh re-verify commit signatures in place, without restarting
(use after adding a key to your gpg keyring)
See docs/CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup, architecture, and testing. Planned work lives in docs/ROADMAP.md.
Licensed under either of the following, at your option:
SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in this work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.