octotui 0.1.3

A blazing-fast TUI replacement for GitKraken - manage your Git repos with style!

🐙 OctoTUI

A Textual TUI For GitKraken Lovers

Installation • AI Commits • Keybindings

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🚀 OctoTUI

We love GitKraken so much, we wanted to bring that beautiful experience to the terminal!

GitKraken is amazing - it's gorgeous, intuitive, and makes Git feel approachable. But as terminal enthusiasts, we found ourselves constantly context-switching between our editor and GitKraken. We wanted that same delightful experience without ever leaving the command line.

OctoTUI is our love letter to both GitKraken and the terminal.

💙 What We Kept from GitKraken

• ✅ Beautiful, intuitive visual diffs
• ✅ Hunk-level staging control
• ✅ Branch visualization and management
• ✅ Commit history browsing

🎯 What We Added for Terminal Lovers

• 🤖 AI-powered commit messages (via GAC)
• 🆓 100% free and open source
• 🏠 Never leave your terminal flow

📦 Installation

Quick Start (Recommended)

# Using uvx (isolated, recommended)
uvx octotui

From Source (For Contributors)

git clone https://github.com/never-use-gui/octotui.git
cd octotui
uv run octotui

System Requirements

• 🐍 Python 3.11+
• 🔧 Git
• 💻 Any terminal with 256+ colors

First-Time Workflow

1. Review Changes: See your diffs in beautiful color
2. Stage Hunks: Click or use s to stage individual changes
3. Generate Commit: Press g for AI-powered message (optional)
4. Commit: Press c to commit with your message
5. Push: Press p to push to remote

Pro tip: Press h anytime to see all available keybindings! 🚀

🤖 AI-Powered Commits

Setup (Optional but Awesome)

# Install GAC (Git Auto Commit)
uv pip install 'gac>=0.18.0'

Configuration

1. Press Ctrl+G in OctoTUI
2. Choose your provider (we recommend Cerebras for free tier)
3. Select your model
4. Paste your API key
5. Save & enjoy AI commit messages!

⌨️ Keybindings

📁 Navigation

Key	Action
↑/↓	Navigate files/hunks
Enter	Select file
Tab / Shift+Tab	Cycle through UI elements
1 / Ctrl+1	Switch to Unstaged tab
2 / Ctrl+2	Switch to Staged tab

🔄 Git Operations

Key	Action
s	Stage selected file
u	Unstage selected file
a	Stage ALL unstaged changes
x	Unstage ALL staged changes
c	Commit staged changes

🌿 Branch & Remote

Key	Action
b	Switch branch
r	Refresh status
p	Push to remote
o	Pull from remote

🤖 AI Features

Key	Action
g	Generate AI commit message
Ctrl+G	Configure GAC settings

⚙️ Application

Key	Action
h	Show help modal
q	Quit application
Ctrl+D	Toggle dark mode

🎨 Git Status Colors

Color	Meaning
🟢 Green	Staged files (ready to commit)
🟡 Yellow	Modified files (unstaged)
🔵 Blue	Directories
🟣 Purple	Untracked files
🔴 Red	Deleted files

Code Quality Standards

• ✅ Follow the Zen of Python
• ✅ DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself)
• ✅ YAGNI (You Aren't Gonna Need It)
• ✅ SOLID principles
• ✅ Keep files under 600 lines
• ✅ Write tests for new features
• ✅ Pass ruff check with zero errors

📚 Tech Stack

• Textual: Modern TUI framework
• GitPython: Git operations
• GAC: AI commit generation
• Ruff: Lightning-fast Python linter

📜 License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Built with ❤️ using Textual
• AI commits powered by GAC

💬 Community

• 🐛 Issues: GitHub Issues

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