Git tooling, ranked by value — not ad spend

Better diffs, terminal UIs, and forge CLIs that make version control faster than the web ever will be.

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Our pick

lazygit — Terminal UI that makes git a joy 5.0

#	Tool	Index	Type
1	lazygit Terminal UI that makes git a joy	5.0	self-host	~
2	delta Syntax-highlighted git diffs	4.8	self-host	~
3	Difftastic Structural diffs that understand syntax	4.5	self-host	~
4	GitHub CLI GitHub in your terminal	3.8	self-host	~

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