ghui is a terminal interface for browsing GitHub issues and pull requests.
I built it because I usually use elinks and Github inexplicably doesn't work at all on text browsers. I find the Github interface very slow and clunky. If you like things like mutt, newsboat, etc, this is for you. It's also completely shamelessly YOLO vibe AI slop.
But it works. And I use it. I don't even know if this is free software or not. I just said what I wanted and kept on pressing enter and here it is.
Does it secretly do crazy stuff in the background? I read enough of the code to convince myself that it does actually do what it advertises and nothing more, but don't hold me to it.
Features
- Single Python file with no deps apart from
ghandpygments(syntax highlighting). Go figure. - Lists issues and pull requests with colored state indicators, author, labels, and relative timestamps
- Paginated browsing (100 per page) with
n/Nto move between pages - Filter by state (open, closed, merged, all) and search using GitHub's full query syntax
- Sort by updated, created, or comment count
- View issue and PR detail with body and full comment thread
- Render markdown: headers, bold, inline code, and fenced code blocks with pygments syntax highlighting
- Write comments by drafting in
$EDITOR, then reviewing the thread before confirming - View PR diffs with colored +/- lines
- Merge PRs with a choice of merge, rebase, or squash
- Reopen and close issues and PRs
- Open anything in the browser with
B - Jump directly to an issue or PR number with
# - Caching for fast loads
ghui is not:
- A full Github interface. It only implements the things I care about.