DeathPush

Murder the Noise. Ship the Code.

Beautiful diffs, clean GUI, zero bloat. No more opening VS Code just to review your own shit.

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Why DeathPush

DeathPush is a standalone desktop Git client for people who like the VS Code Source Control workflow, but hate paying the context-switch tax.

• Review and stage changes fast, without opening your editor.
• Keep commits clean with hunk-level control and clear diffs.
• Handle real Git work (branches, stash, tags, cherry-pick, reset) from one focused UI.
• Stay in flow with native performance and no feature bloat.

What You Can Do

• Track changes across staged, unstaged, and untracked files.
• Diff files inline or side-by-side with Monaco-powered views.
• Diff images side-by-side (PNG, JPG, GIF, WebP, AVIF, SVG, and more).
• Stage, unstage, discard, and commit -- including amend -- without losing momentum.
• Push, pull, fetch, checkout, and create branches quickly.
• Manage stashes and tags in the same workflow.
• Browse history and inspect commit details when you need context.
• View file blame to trace who changed what.
• Handle merge and rebase conflicts (continue, abort, skip) without touching the terminal.
• Use the integrated terminal with full PTY support when you do need it.
• Manage files directly: delete, add to .gitignore, open in editor, or reveal in file manager.
• Open multiple windows for different repositories.

Built for VS Code Git Muscle Memory

If you already know VS Code Source Control, DeathPush feels immediately familiar.

• Same mental model.
• Less overhead.
• Faster path from "changed file" to "clean commit."

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v18 or later)
• Rust toolchain (edition 2024, minimum rustc 1.85.0)
• just task runner (cargo install just)

Get Running in 60 Seconds

npm install
just dev

Build production binary:

just build

Quality checks:

just lint    # oxlint + cargo clippy
just test    # vitest
just fmt     # cargo fmt
just check   # cargo check

Under the Hood

DeathPush is built with a hybrid Git engine:

• git2 for fast read operations (status, diff, branches, log, tags).
• Native git CLI for write operations (commit, push/pull, stash, checkout, reset, clone), so hooks, signing, credentials, SSH config, and LFS keep working as expected.

Stack: Tauri v2 (Rust) + React 19 + TypeScript + Zustand + Monaco Editor.

License

Apache-2.0 -- see LICENSE for details.