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ichi

Introduction

ichi is a keyboard-driven Git client that runs in your terminal. It puts the parts of Git you reach for every day — the commit graph, staging, committing, branching, syncing, stashing, conflict resolution, and pull requests — behind a fast, consistent, vim-flavored interface.

Instead of memorizing porcelain flags or tabbing out to a desktop app, you stay in one screen: move with j/k, act with a single key, and drop into a command line with : when you want the full Git verb.

What you can do

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  • Read history in a live commit graph and inspect any commit’s diff.
  • Stage and commit interactively — by file, by hunk, or line by line.
  • Manage branches: create, check out, merge, and rebase.
  • Sync with remotes: push, pull, and fetch.
  • Stash work in progress and apply, pop, or drop entries.
  • Resolve conflicts in a dedicated three-way view.
  • Work with GitHub pull requests — list, read, and review them in place.
  • Run any Git action from a command palette or : command line.

Who it’s for

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ichi is for people who live in the terminal and want their Git workflow to feel the same way: fast, modal, and keyboard-first. If you like the ergonomics of vim or a TUI file manager, ichi will feel familiar immediately.

Built on dado

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ichi is built in Go on top of dado, a terminal UI component library. That’s where ichi gets its themeable look, smooth navigation, and 26 built-in color schemes — see Themes.

Next steps

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