GitFork

GitFork is a macOS-native Git GUI. It is written entirely in Swift and SwiftUI and talks to the Git installation built into macOS at /usr/bin/git.

Features

• Open and remember local Git repositories
• Browse local branches, remote branches, tags, and all commit history
• Search commits by subject, author, hash, or reference
• Inspect syntax-colored commit and working-tree diffs
• Stage or unstage individual files and all changes
• Commit, amend, and optionally OpenPGP-sign from the changes view
• Fetch, fast-forward pull, and push
• Create and check out branches
• Stash tracked and untracked changes
• Native macOS menus, keyboard shortcuts, sheets, toolbar, sidebar, and dark mode

Requirements

• macOS 14 or later
• Xcode 16 or later
• Git available at /usr/bin/git

Run

swift run GitFork

Build a macOS app bundle

make app
open .build/release/GitFork.app

The local build is ad-hoc signed. Distribution outside your Mac requires an Apple Developer ID certificate and notarization.

Install or replace the app in $HOME/Applications:

make install

Command-line helper

Choose GitFork → Install Command Line Tool… from the macOS application menu. The installer defaults to /usr/local/bin and also offers /opt/homebrew/bin, ~/.local/bin, or a custom absolute directory.

If the directory is not writable, macOS presents an administrator authorization prompt. GitFork asks for confirmation before replacing a different executable named fork.

Once installed, run the helper from anywhere inside a Git repository:

fork
fork .
fork ./foobar
fork open
fork open /path/to/repository
fork --help
fork --version

The helper discovers the repository root and launches GitFork through its gitfork:// URL handler.

Test

swift test