Git Navigator
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All of Git's power.
None of the learning curve.

Git Navigator is a local-first visual Git client that just works. Drag to rebase, click to resolve conflicts, manage worktrees, stash, reflog. No commands to memorize, no clutter to wade through.

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Git Navigator desktop application

No commands to memorize

Drag, click, and drop your way through rebases, merges, and stacks. The hard parts of Git become things you can see.

Local-first & private

Everything runs on your machine against your real repo. No account required, and your code never leaves your computer.

Lives where you work

Run it as a fast standalone desktop app, or right inside VS Code, Cursor, and other compatible editors.

Features

Everything you do in Git — made obvious.

Each of these is a thing people normally dread in the terminal. Here, you just watch it happen.

Commit graph

A history you can actually read

Branches, tags, favorites, and the full history laid out in a clean, readable graph — with push/sync indicators so you always know what's published.

Rebase

Rebase by dragging

Reorder commits or move a whole stack with your mouse. The thing that scares people out of the CLI becomes simple drag-and-drop.

AI commits

Let AI handle the busywork

Plan split commits and draft clear commit messages with your editor's language model. You review and tweak — it does the typing.

Conflicts

Conflicts, resolved in clicks

Block-level actions show exactly what changed on each side. Pick one, take both, or edit — no hunting for conflict markers in your files.

Files

Browse, diff, and edit in one place

A worktree-aware file tree with path and content search, file, diff, conflict, and blame views, plus safe in-app editing with stale-write protection.

Git Navigator files explorer with diff view
Stacks & worktrees

Stacks and worktrees, without the headache

Push stacked branches safely with a clear preview of what's going where, and switch active worktrees without ever leaving the graph.

Two ways to use it

Wherever you already work.

Git Navigator Desktop

A fast standalone app for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Multi-window for working across repos, a clone flow, SSH key management, and commit signing — the works.

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Editor extension

The same Git Navigator, right inside VS Code, Cursor, and other compatible IDEs. Stay in your editor and keep your flow — no context-switching to a separate app.

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What's new

0.4.0 · 2026-08-06

  • Make commit-graph rebuilds roughly 42× faster on a 1,500-commit, 40-branch history by batching branch-ancestry computation instead of rebuilding and walking the commit map for every branch pair
  • Avoid full graph-model rebuilds when staging or unstaging files, receiving PR/CI metadata during scrolling, or processing duplicate refresh payloads; metadata now updates only the affected commit badges
  • Scale repositories with many branches by replacing the remaining pairwise branch-matrix work with an inverted ancestry walk and memoizing Tauri upstream-relatedness checks instead of spawning `git merge-base` for every branch on every refresh
  • Suppress the duplicate filesystem-watcher refresh that followed VS Code extension operations, avoiding a second round of Git subprocesses and graph recomputation
  • Open directories that are not yet Git repositories in folder mode, with Git-backed surfaces offering to initialize the repository while the desktop Files activity continues to support ignored files, search, external-change refreshes, and relaunch restoration
  • Model stacked-PR layers as branches that can contain multiple commits, so pushing a branch or stack no longer requires one branch per commit and respects each branch's configured remote
  • Diff a commit against any branch it is stacked on, widening the commit and file range one dependency layer at a time instead of jumping directly to the default branch
  • Pull the current branch onto any strict-ancestor branch it is stacked on; dependencies with upstreams are fetched and fast-forwarded first, and stack mode carries descendant branches along with the rebase
  • Highlight all 143 CodeMirror editor grammars and all 192 highlight.js diff and Markdown languages on demand, including whole-filename formats such as `Dockerfile` and `CMakeLists.txt`, without requiring network access
  • Filter Entire sessions by the branches that contain their checkpoint commits, including merge targets and squash merges, with branch counts, merge-path indicators, and linked branch chips
  • Discover developer CLIs from GUI-launched builds by augmenting the inherited `PATH` with the user's login-shell path and well-known install directories, so tools such as Entire, Claude, Codex, and user-installed Git remain available outside a terminal launch
  • Fix stack-mode drag-and-drop rebase so dropping a commit onto an ancestor reparents the dragged commit instead of silently performing a no-op
  • Cherry-pick commits onto the selected target branch rather than the currently checked-out branch, applying multi-commit selections parent-first and returning to the original branch after success
  • Stop the main worktree's uncommitted changes panel from showing the active worktree's changes by carrying the exact status-owning worktree path through both backends and the shared webview
  • Keep an in-progress rebase or cherry-pick preview open when asynchronously loaded PR or CI metadata arrives
  • Detect all seven Git unmerged states before continuing a rebase or cherry-pick, including modify/delete and add-variant conflicts
  • Reconstruct brace-compressed rename paths from `git stash show --numstat`, preserving the renamed file's status and old/new paths
  • Keep header dropdowns correctly positioned and ref-badge actions hover-only after the design-system migration, including correct inside-click handling for SVG icon targets

0.3.9 · 2026-07-20

  • Fix the "Open" button in the uncommitted changes panel doing nothing on the desktop app: it now reveals the file in the in-app file explorer (Files activity), matching the ⌘/Ctrl-click on the file row, instead of a no-op
  • Open a newly created file directly in edit mode: creating a file from the explorer now reveals, selects, and opens it in the editor overlay so you can start typing right away
  • Add right-click Rename for files and folders in the file explorer: an inline input replaces the row's name (pre-selecting the basename stem for files), and a new backend `renameRepoEntry` moves the entry — creating any missing destination folders, refusing to clobber an existing path, tolerating case-only renames, and following the moved entry with the selection
  • Add inline video playback to the Files explorer with an OS-player fallback for unsupported formats
  • Preview and extract selected ZIP files in the Files explorer
  • Render app update notes as Markdown in the update notification
  • Add an Entire integration: agent-session viewer, graph checkpoint overlay, cross-links, expandable tool-call rows in the conversation timeline, and full-text transcript search
  • Prioritize the branch's own worktree when fast-forwarding a local tracking branch
  • Fix reactivity regressions from the SolidJS migration (stale renders, missing updates)
  • Unify overlay close controls for consistent dismiss behavior
  • Unify file toggle chevrons across tree views

0.3.8 · 2026-07-14

  • Add right-click New file, New folder, and Edit actions to the file explorer context menu, with an inline create/rename input that shows the matching file/folder icon; a new backend `createRepoEntry` creates files (with any missing parent dirs) or directories, refuses to clobber existing paths, and reveals/selects new files on creation
  • Add right-click delete for files and folders in the file explorer
  • Finish image rendering support in the file explorer
  • Refresh some UI icons
  • Let an open overlay consume the Escape key before the sidebar closes, so pressing Escape closes only the overlay when both an overlay and the sidebar are open
  • Fix `git rebase --continue` in the VS Code extension throwing before it ran when the host environment defines sensitive git env vars (e.g. VS Code's `GIT_ASKPASS`), by opting into simple-git's ambient-environment passthrough for the vars git already inherits
  • Fix overly aggressive underscore-italic matching in Markdown rendering
  • Migrate the entire webview UI to SolidJS — reactive state and pure reducer, fine-grained rendering, and co-located CSS modules across the commit graph, sidebar, uncommitted panel, overlays, confirm dialogs, push bar, and Tauri shell chrome — retiring the previous imperative DOM/`events.ts` layer

0.3.7 · 2026-06-27

  • Overhaul appearance: swappable color schemes (a default warm "navigator" palette and a GitHub Primer scheme) plus additional popular schemes, selectable independently from light/dark mode
  • Add user-configurable application and monospace fonts
  • Show only the relevant color-scheme selector for the current appearance and sort schemes alphabetically
  • Add third-party license disclosures in settings, including the full license text for bundled themes
  • Auto-fill `user.signingKey` from available SSH keys (preferring ed25519 > ecdsa > rsa) when enabling commit signing, and refuse to enable with an inline hint when no SSH key exists, instead of persisting a broken signing config
  • Add a shared worktree dropdown to the graph header and the stash/reflog overlay
  • Hide the title bar in macOS fullscreen
  • Drop the redundant settings title in the desktop shell
  • Add a commit search overlay with a two-step history search
  • Replace the fetch action's "Fetch only" mode with "Fetch + Track": fetching a named remote branch creates or fast-forwards the matching local branch without checking it out, and stops with a force-update prompt when the local branch has diverged
  • Add a branch range diff view in the commit sidebar
  • Always offer a delete option for local branches in the graph dropdown (except the default branch and non-main worktree branches); merged branches keep instant safe-delete while unmerged branches route through a confirmation dialog with a force fallback
  • Scale repos with many linked worktrees (~50): load only the active worktree's reflog on refresh, resolve linked git dirs without subprocesses, reconcile non-active worktrees in batches, and cap per-worktree file watchers
  • Show an open-repository failure dialog and prevent the desktop app from freezing on a bad open (non-Git folder or failed load)
  • Fix a load freeze caused by large uncommitted changes (e.g. a multi-hundred-MB dirty tree) by bounding untracked-file stat work
  • Refresh the Files explorer tree on git-status changes and reload content on a stale-hash save, fixing stale file lists and edit sessions
  • Stop the primary worktree from corrupting other worktrees' uncommitted panels in the desktop app
  • Make new desktop windows respect custom navbar settings
  • Normalize fetch ref input for origin-prefixed refs so `origin/main` is no longer double-prefixed during fetch, rebase, and checkout
  • Use a thread-safe Core Text API for macOS font enumeration
  • Fix a spurious "branch not found" error after deleting a branch from the graph overlay, caused by stacked duplicate click handlers
  • Point the desktop "Install GitHub App" button at the correct app slug (`vscode-git-navigator`). It previously opened `github.com/apps/git-navigator`, an unrelated third-party app that happens to share the name, so the legitimate app was never installed.
  • If you previously used the desktop "Install GitHub App" button and authorized an app, review your installed GitHub Apps at https://github.com/settings/installations and remove any "Git Navigator" app that is **not** `vscode-git-navigator`. The old link could lead to an unrelated app; this does not indicate your GitHub account was compromised.

0.3.6 · 2026-06-16

  • Add a rendered Preview view to the Files explorer for Markdown and HTML files, defaulting documents to Preview
  • Render HTML previews in a sandboxed iframe with scripts disabled by default and an opt-in, isolated "Enable scripts" toggle
  • Resolve repo-relative assets in the preview: Markdown images and HTML stylesheets/images/scripts are inlined as data URIs from the worktree
  • Turn the Files explorer branch label into a real worktree selector that drives the tree and stays in sync with the backend's active worktree
  • Add an "Open in terminal" action to worktree rows
  • Prompt to restart after an app update finishes installing, with a "Restart now" action in the settings panel and app bar, and short-circuit further update checks while a restart is pending
  • Sign the bundled `git` Mach-O binaries during macOS bundling so Developer ID builds pass Gatekeeper
  • Add a Mac App Store build pipeline (entitlements, Info.plist, provisioning profile, Tauri overrides, `tauri:build-appstore:mac` script) gated behind the `mac-app-store` Cargo feature, which omits the in-app auto-updater
  • Add a Microsoft Store MSIX build pipeline behind a `store-distribution` Cargo feature; both store flavors share a `store-managed-updates` path that hides the in-app updater and shows a store-managed message in its place
  • Add a Linux Tauri bundle configuration
  • Render images, GFM tables, and task lists in Markdown (commit bodies and the file Preview), with syntax-highlighted fenced code blocks in the desktop app
  • Show a push/sync indicator on local branch badges in the graph (ahead/behind counts, an in-sync check, or an "unpublished" glyph) so a branch sharing a commit with its remote still reveals whether it has been pushed
  • Cmd/Ctrl-click a commit's file row to open the file in the Files explorer instead of the diff view
  • Make file-content search results clickable and jump to the matched line in the desktop app
  • Sync the local default branch after a pull-rebase onto origin in the desktop app
  • Eliminate git-status "lock shock" and stale background-worktree UI when concurrent git operations briefly hold the index lock
  • Allow `GIT_EDITOR` to flow through to `continueRebase` in the VS Code extension so rebase continuations no longer break the editor environment
  • Make the desktop discard action delete staged/new files instead of returning an error

0.3.5 · 2026-06-04

  • Add a Files explorer activity with worktree groups, file status badges, and file, diff, conflict, and blame views
  • Add file search with automatic folder expansion for matching paths and git-grep content search
  • Add CodeMirror-powered file viewing and editing with optimistic concurrency checks
  • Replace inline file editing with a focused modal edit overlay
  • Reveal files in the Files activity with Cmd/Ctrl-click from uncommitted changes
  • Add multi-window support for working across multiple repositories
  • Add an empty-state clone flow for opening a repository from a fresh desktop window
  • Surface backend command failures through in-app toasts and show loading overlays during long-running Git operations
  • Add Git identity settings for viewing and editing `user.name`, `user.email`, and `remote.origin.url`
  • Add SSH key management in Settings
  • Add in-app SSH commit signing setup for both the desktop app and editor extension
  • Render commit bodies as Markdown in the info sidebar
  • Show force-delete confirmation when branch deletion fails
  • Set upstream automatically when pushing a branch without tracking
  • Forward file explorer responses correctly for secondary worktrees
  • Make rebase and cherry-pick continue work in the desktop app
  • Repair desktop commit split and stacked-branch rebase flows
  • Make drag-and-drop rebase work more reliably with a wider drop zone
  • Cascade stack-mode amend onto descendant branches in the desktop app
  • Silence background forge metadata refresh failures in the desktop app
  • Fix file explorer scroll, resize, submodule, syntax highlighting, and preview handling issues

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