Gitmun

Gitmun is a crossplatform desktop Git client built with Tauri (Rust + React/TypeScript).

Get Gitmun

Source	Platform	Link
Releases	Cross-platform	https://github.com/cst8t/gitmun/releases
openSUSE Build Service	DEB, RPM, and AppImage (Various Linux Distros)	https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home%3Acst8t%3Agitmun&package=gitmun
AUR	Arch Linux	https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gitmun-bin
Flathub (Flatpak)	Linux	Coming Soon
Winget	Windows	winget install -e --id cst8t.gitmun
Microsoft Store	Windows	https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nbvnckh5j9v

What it does

• Open local repositories and inspect status, branches, tags, remotes, and history.
• Stage, commit, fetch, pull, and push without leaving the app.
• View operation output in the built-in Result Log.

Local development

Prerequisites:

• Node.js + npm
• Rust toolchain
• Tauri prerequisites for your OS
• git on PATH

Install dependencies:

npm install

Run in development:

npm run tauri dev

Build desktop bundles:

npm run tauri build

Command line launcher

Gitmun can be launched from a terminal or shell integration:

gitmun
gitmun .
gitmun open /path/to/repo
gitmun clone git@github.com:owner/repo.git /path/to/destination
gitmun clone --to /path/to/destination
gitmun clone https://github.com/owner/repo.git --start
gitmun init /path/to/folder
gitmun --reuse-window open .
gitmun completions bash

gitmun <path> is the shorthand for opening a repository. clone accepts an optional repository URL or SSH path, an optional destination, and --start to begin cloning after the window opens. Use --to to set only the destination. init defaults to the current directory when no path is supplied. Use --help for the full command reference.

Experimental Local Copy

Local Copy is disabled by default. Enable Local Copy under Settings > Application > Experimental, or set enableLocalCopy = true in config.toml. The command remains available for testing but is omitted from normal help and generated completions:

gitmun copy /path/to/source /path/to/destination
gitmun copy /path/to/source --to /path/to/destination --mode files-only --start
gitmun copy https://github.com/owner/repo.git /path/to/destination --mode complete-repository --start

copy opens the Local Copy tab and accepts optional source and destination values. Use --mode files-only or --mode complete-repository; --start requires both paths and an explicit mode. Files only copies every hidden, ignored, untracked, and tracked file physically present while excluding every .git entry. It preserves symbolic links and materialises checked-out submodules. An existing usable destination .git is preserved; otherwise Gitmun initialises a fresh repository. --delete-existing removes only the destination working tree. Complete repository recursively clones the source and requires a destination that does not exist.

Linux-only helper setup (if needed):

npm run linux:setup

Experimental AI extension

Gitmun includes an opt-in AI extension for commit-message previews and conflict-resolution proposals. It is disabled by default and supports hosted, local and OpenAI-compatible providers. See AI extension configuration for provider profiles, privacy controls and launch-time environment overrides.

Notes

• Gitmun uses your system Git authentication setup (SSH agent, credential helpers, HTTPS tokens).
• Settings are stored in a TOML config file; the path is shown in the Settings window.
• macOS bundles are built in CI but are currently untested because I do not have access to macOS hardware. Any help testing macOS releases is greatly appreciated.