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Learn about vigilant mode.

Git Context: your Git identities, finally under control

Git Context is a small desktop app for developers who use more than one GitHub or GitLab account: work and personal, several clients, open source. It sets the right name, email and SSH key for each repository, so you stop pushing commits as the wrong person.

Highlights

  • Profiles for every identity. GitHub and GitLab, including self-hosted hosts and custom SSH ports.
  • Per-repository assignment. Sets user.name, user.email and an SSH host alias, and can rewrite the remote if you want it to.
  • Preview before apply. Every change to ~/.ssh/config, ~/.gitconfig or a repository's config is shown as a before/after diff first.
  • Undo. Each applied change is journaled and can be rolled back from Settings → Configuration history.
  • SSH verification. Confirms that a key really authenticates as the account you expect.
  • Global default profile. Switch your machine-wide identity from the tray in one click.
  • Command palette. Press ⌘K / Ctrl K to find profiles and actions.
  • Launch in context. Open a repository in VS Code, Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, PowerShell or CMD once its identity has been checked.
  • Local only. No account, no telemetry, no network listener. Your keys never leave your machine.

Downloads

Platform File
macOS, Apple Silicon Git.Context_*_aarch64.dmg
macOS, Intel Git.Context_*_x64.dmg
Windows x64 Git.Context_*_x64-setup.exe (or .msi)
Windows ARM64 Git.Context_*_arm64-setup.exe
Linux x64 .AppImage, .deb (amd64), .rpm (x86_64)
Linux ARM64 .AppImage, .deb (arm64), .rpm (aarch64)

First launch

These builds are not yet notarized or code signed by a paid certificate, so your OS may warn you the first time:

  • macOS: right-click the app → Open → Open. If macOS says the app is damaged, run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Git Context.app".
  • Windows: if SmartScreen appears, click More info → Run anyway.
  • Linux (AppImage): make the downloaded file executable with chmod +x, then run it.

Requirements: Git and OpenSSH installed and on your PATH.

See the README for the full guide. Found a bug? Open an issue.

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