Gitui org by gitui-org

Blazing fast terminal-ui for git written in rust

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Verdict 68/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 3 months ago

Self-host Gitui org on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
68 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
22k
716 forks

About Gitui org

From the project's README at github.com/gitui-org/gitui. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

[![CI][s0]][l0] [![crates][s1]][l1] ![MIT][s2] [![UNSAFE][s3]][l3] [![TWEET][s6]][l6] [![depstatus][s7]][l7] [![discord][s8]][l8]

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GitUI provides you with the comfort of a git GUI but right in your terminal Table of Contents

1. Features 2. Motivation 3. Benchmarks 4. Roadmap 5. Limitations 6. Installation 7. Build 8. FAQs 9. Diagnostics 10. Color Theme 11. Key Bindings 12. Sponsoring 13. Inspiration 14. Contributing 15. [Contributors]

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
50
maturity
100
community
81
security
70
sustainability
88
adoption
37

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 22k github.com/gitui-org/gitui
GitHub forks 716 github.com/gitui-org/gitui
CRATES downloads (last month) 3.2k gitui

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age6.3 yearssince Mar 2020
Last commit2 months agoApr 22, 2026
Releases shipped67last: 3 months ago
Funding links1declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

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