lazygit

lazygit is the terminal tool that makes you genuinely faster at Git, and once you learn the keybindings, going back to raw git commands feels like a regression. The keyboard-driven interface covers every common Git operation: staging, committing, pushing, branching, merging, rebasing, and conflict resolution. The visual diff view makes it easy to see exactly what changed before committing. The interactive rebase UI turns what's normally a frustrating terminal experience into something manageable. What makes lazygit special is how it respects the terminal workflow while making it faster — it's not trying to replace the CLI, it's augmenting it. The custom commands feature lets you automate your personal Git workflows. The trade-off is that you need to be in a terminal environment, so it's not for GUI-only developers. But if you live in the terminal, lazygit is the single best Git workflow upgrade available.

Best for users who are comfortable following setup instructions or running a self-hosted tool.